Windows users will find the following features in the View Mini-Bar:
Sprint Timer
Opens two types of clock for timing a writing session. This feature may also be accessed by clicking the timer icon in the bottom-right toolbar:
Countdown mode: Counts down a user-set number of minutes. The default time for a writing sprint is 25 minutes but this number may be highlighted and the desired number of minutes entered. The minimum number of minutes is 1 and the maximum number is 999.
When the desired number of minutes has been typed in or if the 25-minute writing sprint is acceptable, press Start Sprint to begin the countdown.
Stopwatch mode: Times the writing session up from 00:00:00 (zero hours, zero minutes and zero seconds).
Click away from the Sprint Timer to hide it; click the icon to display it. Hiding it does not stop the clock.
At any point in the writing sprint, either clock may be stopped temporarily by clicking the Sprint Timer icon and pressing the Pause button. When the Pause button is pressed, the button converts to the Resume button. Press the Resume button to restart the clock from the point at which it was paused.
At any point in the writing sprint, the countdown or stopwatch may be cancelled by clicking the Sprint Timer icon and pressing the End Sprint button. If the Sprint Timer is in Countdown mode, the default number of 25 minutes will be restored.
In Countdown mode, when the set time has elapsed, the Sprint Timer will pop up and present the user with the option to begin another writing sprint (the Reset button) or open the computer's default web browser to their X (formerly Twitter page), where the user can tweet about his or her writing progress to followers.
Show Stats
When this section of the Sprint Timer window is expanded, information about the current writing session is displayed:
Click the down-pointing arrow next to Hide Stats to collapse this section of the window.
Click the graph icon at the bottom right to open the Writing Stats panel.
Focus Mode
Click the Focus Mode icon at the lower right of the application window:
Focus mode displays the current document (whether Pages, Cards, Scene View or any combination of views) without the menu bar, toolbar, tab bar, Outline Editor or ruler at the top of the screen and with the Final Draft document window maximized.
To exit Focus mode
Press the Escape key on the keyboard
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move the mouse arrow to the very top of the screen and hold it there until the menu bar and toolbar are displayed. Go to View > Focus Mode; the document window will be restored to its previous smaller size and the menu bar and toolbar will be visible again;
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click the Focus mode icon at the lower right of the application window.
Appearance
Switches between System Mode, Day Mode, Night Mode and Midnight Mode. See Appearance for more information.
All modes are available for all script page views, the SmartType window, the Navigator, the ruler, the Beat Board and the Outline Editor.
See Document > Page Layout > Colors for more color options.
Document View Options
Click an icon to change the view mode of the panel currently in focus:
Zoom
The Zoom slider allows the user to resize the page to any magnification chosen (expressed as a percentage). Click and hold the slider and move it left to reduce the page display, right to enlarge it:
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click the minus sign on the left to reduce the page display or click the plus sign on the right to enlarge it.
This function is only available when the document is in a script page view (Normal, Page or Speed View). The slider will not resize a Card or Scene view.
The Zoom popup menu allows the user to choose a pre-set magnification size. A custom value between 50-300 may also be typed in; press Enter to scale the script to that percentage.
All components of the Status Bar, including the View Mini-Bar, can be displayed or hidden by right-clicking anywhere on the Status Bar and checking or unchecking the components to be displayed or hidden.
For more information on the Status Bar click here.