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FileConverterFormat(*.fcf)savesthedocumentintheFileConverterformat,readablebyFinalDraftAVand
FinalDraft4andearlier.
HTMLDocument(*.html)savesthedocumentasawebdocumentreadablebywebbrowsers.(NOTEthatsaving
inthisformatdoesnotpublishthefiletotheinternet).
RichTextFormat(*.rtf)savesthedocumentasaformattedtextfile,includingallparagraphindentsandelement
styles.AscriptexportedfromFinalDraftasRTFandopenedinmostwordprocessorswillretainmanyelement
styles(suchassceneheadingsinallupper-caseandcharacternamesupper-caseandindentedtowardsthemiddle
oftheline).
PlainText(.txt)savesthedocumenttoastandardtextfilewithnoformatting.AscriptexportedfromFinalDraftas
TXTandopenedinmostwordprocessorswillnotretainanyelementstyles.
TextwithLayout(.txt)savesthedocumentasaplaintextfilethatuseswhitespacetosimulateformattingfor
indentsandlinespacing.
Tab-DelimitedDialogue(.txt)exportsalldialogueinthescriptalongwithfilename,date,charactername,dialogue
numberandscenenumbersinatab-delimitedtextfileforspreadsheetordatabaseimport.
AvidScript–BasedEditingexportsyourscripttoaformatreadablebyAvid’sprofessionaleditingsystems(.txt
extension).
ThisseriesoffilescanbeusedbyAvideditingsystemsequippedwithAvidMetaSync™.Youcanexportyourscript
toaseriesoffilesthatcanbeusedbyAvideditingsystemsequippedwithAvidMetaSync™.
MetaSyncisastandardfeatureinthelatestversionsofSymphony,MediaComposerXL11,FilmComposerXL,
MediaStationXL,Xpress,NewsCutterEffects,andNewsCutterXPontheWindowsplatform.Pleaserefertothe
AvidMetaSyncdocumentationformoreinformationaboutthisfunctionalityandwhichversionsoftheirsoftwareare
compatible.
TheAvidExportcreatesaseriesoffileswhichmaybeusedforpurposesofinsertingdialoguetextintoanediting
project-foruseinclosedcaptioning,subtitling,etc.ItwillcreateaCharacterReportforeachcharacterinthescript.
AnXMLfilecalledMASTER.xmlisalsocreatedwhichcontainstheproperextendedmarkuplanguagefieldsto
interfacethecharacterreportswiththeAvidMetaSyncsoftware.
YoumustuseanAvideditingsystemequippedwithMetaSynctoaccessthesefiles.Youcannotdoso
throughFinalDraft.
ToperformanExportforuseinAvidMetaSync:
1. ChooseFile>Export,andthestandardSaveAsdialogappears.
2. Choose“AvidXMLExport”fromtheFormatpop-uplistSaveastypedrop-down.
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