To change the settings on your Mores and Continueds, open the file you are looking to edit, or create a new file. Then, click the button on the righthand side of your screen:
From there, click the tab “Layout” and choose “Mores and Continueds”:
This opens a panel that sets the text and options for dialogue and scenes that span across page breaks:
Dialogue Breaks
Final Draft will attempt to keep a character's dialogue on the same page; however, lengthy speeches may exceed a single page. When that occurs, the Bottom of Page text (MORE) is placed just beneath the dialogue at the bottom of the first page. At the top of the next page, the name of the character is repeated along with the Top of Next Page text (CONT’D).
Bottom of page
Select “Yes” and the text in this box will appear at the bottom of the page when there is a break in dialogue. This text may be edited but (MORE) is standard.
Top of next page
Select “Yes” and the text in this box will appear at the top of the next page when there is a break in dialogue. This text may be edited but (CONT'D) is standard.
Automatic Character Continueds
If this option is marked “Yes”, the Top of Next Page text will be placed after the character’s name when the character's dialogue within a scene is interrupted by an element that is not another character's dialogue (i.e., an Action or General element). The character continued text is not inserted if a character's speech is continued from one scene to the next.
Scene Breaks
The Scene Breaks Mores and Continued should be enabled for production scripts. When a scene is continued from one page to the next, the Bottom of Page text (CONTINUED) is placed at the bottom of the first page, and the Top of Next Page text (CONTINUED:) appears at the top of the next page along with the scene number that is being continued.
Bottom of page
Select “Yes” and the text in this box will appear at the bottom of the page when there is a break in dialogue. This text may be edited but (CONTINUED) is standard.
Top of next page
Select “Yes” and the text in this box will appear at the top of the next page when there is a break in dialogue. This text may be edited but (CONTINUED:) is standard.
CONTINUED: (#)
Select “Yes” to add a number after the CONTINUED (e.g. (2), (3), etc.) at the top of each continued page, indicating how many pages are included in the same scene.