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How do I number a header on both sides?

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NatalieOshea

Most all of the screenplays for films I have read have this for example:

17 INT. SUBWAY PLATFORM - DAY 17

I'm working on a script for my film and I have it formatted so that each header is automatically numbered. My script/screenplay is being done in MS Word 2010. I have it formatted so that when I create a new header like the example above, the number is automatically there on the left, but doesn't appear on the right. For example, the way my script is now, it looks like this:

17 INT. SUBWAY PLATFORM - DAY

For those of you doing their scripts/screenplays with MS Word, is there any way for me to program it so the numbers appear on the right side of the page as well? So then when it needs to be moved, the number changes along with it, as it does on the left? Being already 54 pages into my script, I have like at least a hundred of these headers in here and I'm not going to manually insert the same number after each header. Number 1, it's time consuming for me and my editor and 2, what if a header needs to be moved?

Any help or advice on this matter would be appreciated.

Natalie
 
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100% do not use MS Word to write your screenplay.

As Zensteve says, use the free screenplay writing package Celtx.

https://www.celtx.com/index.html

I have used it for 5 screenplays - one of which got to the semis of the Nicholl.

But also ensure you understand the (few) screenplay writing format rules.

You'll find some free screenplay format guides here:

http://reelauthors.com/script-analysis-coverage/watch-your-formatting.php

As others have stated, scene numbers are only used in shooting scripts.
 
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