Scriptation is optimized for industry-standard TV, film, and theatrical script formatting. While you can open and annotate any PDF in Scriptation, scripts that follow these specs work best with features like Actor Highlight.

Scriptation was originally built for TV and Film, and is optimized to read standard single-cam and multi-cam script formats.

With some script formats or documents like musical scores, schedules, ROS, and contact sheets, some features like Actor Highlight may not work as reliably.

Want to create a script from scratch that's optimized for Scriptation? Here's how.

These guidelines are taken from Final Draft's "Untitled One-Hour TV Drama" template.

• Text Margins: Left: 1.5", Right: 1", Top: 1.0", Bottom: 1.0"
• Header/Footer Margins: 0.5"
• Page Number: Top right of Header, Right Indent: 7.25", Period after the number
• Font: Courier
• Font Size: 12
• Leading (vertical line spacing): Normal

Single-Camera Sample Script

Multi-Camera Sample Script

Theatrical Sample Script

Scriptation offers a custom Final Draft and Microsoft Word template for theatrical productions, designed to work with Actor Highlight.

What about Dual Dialogue?

At the moment, Scriptation isn't likely to recognize Dual Dialogue for Actor Highlighting or Playback Mode. We're working to expand the text recognition algorithm — stay tuned for app updates.

What's Next

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Updated on: 25/06/2026