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|[Drum Roll Production / How I Met Your Father] |
|MS Word Struggle |
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|Mia Narcelles |
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|October 4, 2013 |
Copyright 2013, #26 Sycamore St. Brgy. San Juan
By Mia Narcelles Taytay, Rizal 1920 Contact No.: 0985-489 5610 Email: miamnarcelles@gmail.com
Synopsis
Lance enters the library and finds the love of his life, Loudette. Although she may not admit it, she is obviously having troubles with her computer. Lance approached her and used the opportunity to talk to Loudette.
Cast of Characters
Lance Villaflor: 17 y/o. A sophomore college student at LAMF University.
Loudette Divina: 17 y/o. Also a sophomore college student at LAMF University.
Paulo Busto: 16 y/o. Bestfriend of Lance Villaflor.
Katrina Medina: 18 y/o. A contributor to the school’s paper.
Scene
Different facilities of LAMF University.
Time
Day. First semester, Academic Year 2013-2014
SEQUENCE 1
INTERIOR: Day time. Computer section of the college library at LAMF University.
Fade In
Loudette is sitting at her computer. She is frustrated and mumbling to herself.
Lance
How’s it going, Dette? You don’t sound so good.
Loudette
No, I’m not. I’ve been messing with styles and formatting in Word, and I can’t figure out how to show just the ones I want.
Lance
Yeah, they changed the styles and formatting feature in XP - you are using Word XP, right?
Loudette
Yes.
Lance
It’s a bit weird at first but is an improvement over the last version. Here, let me show you.
[Lance takes hold of the mouse and pokes around in Word for a few minutes to see what styles Loudette has been working with.]
John
So you’re building a screenwriting template, eh?
Loudette
Trying to.
Lance
It’s these 11 styles you want, right? – character, dialog,
Loudette, interjecting, points to each style in the task pane…
Loudette
Scene heading, the end, title, trans in, trans out, your address, your name, and action.
Lance
A girl who can finish my sentences - powerful stuff, Dette. And speaking of action: You’ve been a bit low on the gas lately, if you know what I mean…
(Lance has been trying to date Dette since the second grade; they’re now in first year university and Loudette still has no interest.)
Loudette
Lance, stop it! I need to get this done!
Lance
Okay, okay, now where was I? So when you’ve got all the styles you want, the way to show just them and not all the others - which, by the way, belong to Normal.dot - is to first enter each style in the document, and then here at the bottom of the task pane in the Show box, choose Formatting in use. See, now when you go to choose a style from the Formatting toolbar or from the task pane, just your 11 styles appear.
Loudette
And these styles will always be here? I mean, when I close the template and open it again, everything will be the same?
Lance
Word saves the last state you were working in – this is called “sticky”. Just your 11 styles will be in the styles list on the Formatting toolbar and shown in the task pane. But when you reopen Word, the task pane won’t be open. You’ll need to click the Formatting and styles button on the Formatting toolbar to open it back up again.
Loudette
Okay. And it looks like I can still add, modify, and delete styles in Formatting in use view, yes?
Lance
Yep.
Loudette
Thanks, Lance! You’ve been a big help.
Lance
Yeah, you probably owe me one come to think of it.
Loudette
Owe you one! Owe you one what?
Lance
Relax Loudette. I’ve had enough action for one day. See you in Biology.
[Smiling, Lance closes the door behind him.]
Fade out
SEQUENCE 2
EXTERIOR: Day time. Outside the halls of the Biology lab.
