How come my headers are not printing in my script?

There are two primary causes for headers not printing in your script:

FOR MOVIE MAGIC SCREENWRITER 6 / 6.5 MACINTOSH

There is a known bug in the Macintosh version of Screenwriter 6 / 6.5 where if a page break occurs in an entire paragraph that has been formatted with an attribute (for example, "bold"), then the header will not be drawn on screen or printed.

This is typically seen when a user selects the entire document and applies an attribute such as Bold to every paragraph.  NOTE: there is no need to do that -- make sure you are using the Courier MM Screenwriter font and your text will be sufficiently bold on-screen and for printing.

This issue can be solved by REMOVING the bold (or other) attribute you've applied to the entire line / paragraph.  It might be difficult to remove the attribute from the entire document in one operation, and if you have problems doing that, you can send the script to Technical Support and we can do that for you.

OTHER CAUSES

This might be caused because the information has not been entered in your Header or your Top margin is not setup to work correctly for your printer.

FOR MOVIE MAGIC SCREENWRITER 6+

To check your Header do the following:

1. Go to your Format menu and select Header and Footer.
2. At the top of the Header Setup dialog box, in the Line 1 or Line 2 fields, there should be "#". for the page number and a period. If there is not, click the Pg. button and type a period and whatever other information you want.
3. Click OK.
4. Print your pages and you will now see your page numbers.

To check your Margins do the following:

1. Click Format > Document Layout.
2. At the top of the Document Layout dialog box, adjust the Top Margin by making it greater than what it is currently set to by approximately 0.2-0.3".
3. When you are finished click OK.

If the Page number is not being printed you must go back and adjust the Top Margin further.

FOR MOVIE MAGIC SCREENWRITER 2000 / 4.x

To check your Header do the following:

1. Go to your File menu and click Header Setup.
2. At the top of the Header Setup dialog box, in the Line 1 or Line 2 fields, there should be "#". for the page number and a period. If there is not, click the Pg. button and type a period and whatever other information you want.
3. Click OK.
4. Print your pages and you will now see your page numbers.

To check your Margins do the following:

1. Click File > Page Layout.
2. At the top of the Page Layout dialog box, adjust the Top Margin by making it greater than what it is currently set to by approximately 0.2-0.3".
3. When you are finished click OK.

If the Page number is not being printed you must go back and adjust the Top Margin further.