Page Breaks

A page break is a line of only three or more = (equals sign).

You do not need to insert page breaks into your script, this will be done automatically when exporting. However, if you want to insert a forced page break, Fountain Mode can calculate where and how a page break should occur. For example, when inserting a page break within dialogue, fountain-more-dialog-string will be inserted, which defaults to “(MORE)”, then the page break, then the speaking character’s name followed by fountain-continued-dialog-string, which defaults to “(CONT’D)”.

C-c C-x RET

Insert a page break before point, accounting for breaking scene headings, dialogue, etc. (fountain-insert-page-break).

User Option: fountain-more-dialog-string

This option sets the string inserted when a page break occurs within dialogue, either when exporting or when calling fountain-insert-page-break. Defaults to “(MORE)”.

User Option: fountain-continued-dialog-string

This option sets the string appended to the repetition of the speaking character’s name when a page break occurs within dialogue, either when exporting or when calling fountain-insert-page-break. Defaults to “(CONT’D)”.