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How do I center Text

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:01 am
by wolfie
I simply want to write things like ACT I in the center of the page. Is there command or way to do this?

thank you

Re: How do I center Text

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 11:48 am
by admin
Very sorry for the delay on this. I read it and thought to myself: "Good grief, just right-click the paragraph and pick 'Centered', how hard is that for chrissakes?" ...but I just looked now and that's not an option. Which is a bug. Which is my fault not yours. And which will get fixed asap.

So, the workaround for right now is: first add a "Transition", say fade-out or whatever, then on the next paragraph tab or enter to cycle through types, and it'll include Centered. Then delete the Transition if you want.

- Jake

Re: How do I center Text

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 2:36 pm
by admin
"Centered" is now available from the paragraph-type dialogue box, and also has its own shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+E or Cmd+Shift+E

- Jake

Re: How do I center Text

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:15 pm
by Pcolac
why is something as simple as centering so complicated ?

Re: How do I center Text

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:17 pm
by Pncolac
When I use the centering command it underlines the text. I don't want this. How do you simply center without it underlining ?

Re: How do I center Text

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:44 am
by admin
There are many things that a normal document editor allows, that are not found in a properly formatted film script. You can't see or hear 'centered', so what is it for? Non-standard formatting is one of the things readers complain about most, so I've generally tried to avoid allowing it. Happy to be persuaded otherwise, and have been on other issues, but I'd need to hear a pretty good argument for it.

- Jake