software Opening a file to where you left off

[mlesemann]

I use Final Draft for "my" screenplays but whatever the client wants when I work on someone else's project.

A pet peeve of mine is that while FD, by default, opens to the last page I was working on, the others open to page 1.

Am I missing something that another screenwriter on here can help me with?
In particular, I'm currently working with Celtx, but I've run into this with FadeIn and WritersDuet as well.

I know it's not a huge issue but it annoys me every morning

 

[indietalk]

In Celtx you can click File >> History to see your last edit.

 

[mlesemann]

But it still takes me back to page 1, even though I left off working on page 24.

 

[indietalk]

I've never heard of it opening to where you left off. Even in FD but I don't use it.

 

[mlesemann]

FD always opens where I left off.

 

[sfoster]

Sounds like a cool software feature.
Nothing will do that unintentionally, one of the developers at FD had the idea then implemented that as a feature.

Sounds like the developers of writerduet don't have this yet. You could request it as a feature in the next version of the software.
It's something that could be done by a competent developer in one morning of work. Pretty quick.

 

[mlesemann]

one of the developers at FD had the idea then implemented that as a feature.

Great point - probably someone who either (a) wrote screenplays or (b) knew someone who did and complained like me