Every paragraph has a type. This type defines how the paragraph is laid out. Items like margins, spacing, etc. Every paragraph that is set to the same type, except special (details below), will be laid out identically. All Dialogue paragraphs will start on the same margin, break on the same margin, and have the same spacing.
You do not change the settings for a paragraph, you change it for the paragraph type. When you change the settings for the paragraph type, it changes the settings for all paragraphs of that type.
Every script has a style. This style is the collection of the formats for each paragraph type. A style also has the settings for the paper for that script, the paper size and margins. A style fully defines the format that a script will be displayed in.
Note: You can have Screen Writer Studio display all fonts or just fixed width fonts. This is set in the options. If you are running a version of Windows that is using a Western European alphabet (English, German, French, etc.) the default is to only show fixed width fonts. Otherwise the default is to show all fonts. Fixed width only can be a problem because fonts like Courier Old are considered variable width fonts.
Script Styles in Screen Writer Studio come in two flavors, standard and program (file). The standard styles are the four main styles; Screenplay, Sitcom (tape), Sitcom (film), & Stageplay. These four formats are stored as part of Screen Writer Studio and are always available.
Program styles are styles that are for a specific show or studio. Each style is a separate file. If you have the correct style file, you can load and use it. As shows come and go, style files for new shows are created and can be downloaded from our site as needed.
But if you don’t have a show’s style file, you cannot load it. Standard styles are always there while program styles require the appropriate file.
When you create a script or load a style, the style used is copied into the script. If you change that style later, it does not change the style in that script. The only way to have changes in a style applied to a script is to load that style into that script.
If there is a specific show format you need to use, select Tools, Load Script Style, File. Then select the style you want. It will then apply that style to your script.
Note: When you change a style, it does not affect scripts set to that style. When a style is applied to a script, a copy of the style is placed in the script and the script uses that copy.