MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Calibre and FORMATTING how to stop it altering my formatting?

paulzag · 07-22-2010, 09:04 AM

I work with screenplays all the time and in the end most people stick to PDF or Final Draft if they're going to read them on a device.

Screenplay formating is non-trivial. I used a very fancy MS Word template in the 1990's and it still didn't deliver 100% US industry standard layout.

Now if you just want to read a screenplay in close enough format, I'm happy to help work it out. Like Kovid said, text optimized formats are not designed to keep arbitrary whitespace.

If you point me to a free download of a script you are trying (that works as you want) I'll have a crack at it.

07-22-2010, 09:04 AM	#37
paulzag Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: eMachines eM250, iPhone	I work with screenplays all the time and in the end most people stick to PDF or Final Draft if they're going to read them on a device. Screenplay formating is non-trivial. I used a very fancy MS Word template in the 1990's and it still didn't deliver 100% US industry standard layout. Now if you just want to read a screenplay in close enough format, I'm happy to help work it out. Like Kovid said, text optimized formats are not designed to keep arbitrary whitespace. If you point me to a free download of a script you are trying (that works as you want) I'll have a crack at it.