I can't find it my Screenwriter document (file). What do I do?

For a more detailed article on locating your screenplay documents, please click here for Windows, or here for Macintosh.

To find a file in Windows:

1. Click on Start > Search. (Select "Files and Folders" if you are on Windows XP.)
2. Type in all or part of the file name.

In Windows Vista, the search will begin automatically. In Windows XP, click the Search button to begin.

NOTE: If you want to search for all Screenwriter documents, type in the following for the file name:

*.mmsw – will find all Screenwriter 6 documents
*.scw – will find all Screenwriter 2000/4.x documents
*.stw – will find all ScriptThing documents

To find a file on Macintosh:

OS 10.4 (Tiger) or later

1. Click on the Spotlight (magnifying glass) in the upper-right corner of your screen.
2. Type in all or part of the file name.

Alternatively, you can search for all Screenwriter Scripts/Documents. Make sure you are in the Finder and click File > Find. Set the search so that it looks for items in the location "Everywhere" where Kind is Other > Screenwriter Script/Document.

OS 10.3 (Panther) or earlier

1. Make sure you are in the Finder.
2. Click on File > Find.
3. Set the search so that searches in "Everywhere".
4. Search for items whose "Name contains ".

To search for all Screenwriter 6 documents, search for items whose "Extension is MMSW". Unfortunately, Screenwriter 2000/4.x documents on Mac don't have extensions unless they were saved on the Windows version first. In that case, search for items whose "Extension is SCW".