# Export PDF, FDX, and Fountain > Produce an industry-formatted PDF, a Final Draft file for the office, or a plain Fountain file, from the draft line and save point you choose. [Try it in Plot](https://app.inkwell.software/projects) Export produces a file from the script as it stands on the current draft line — or from any save point you pick. 1. **Open the Import / Export menu** Choose **Import / Export** in the toolbar. The formats are listed under **Export**; typing "export" into the command palette reaches the same list. ![The toolbar's Import / Export menu: Import is at the top (1), with PDF (2) and Final Draft (3) under Export.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/import-export-menu.light.webp) _The toolbar's Import / Export menu: Import is at the top (1), with PDF (2) and Final Draft (3) under Export._ 2. **Choose the format** **PDF** for anyone who reads scripts. **Final Draft** when a production office asks for an `.fdx` — scene numbers and revision marks carry across. **Fountain** for a plain-text copy that any screenwriting tool can open. Choosing a format starts the export straight away. Upgrade to [Writer](https://www.inkwell.software/pricing?inkwell_source=help_plan#tier-writer) for Final Draft export. ![Choose PDF (2) for readers, Final Draft (3) for the office, or Fountain below them for a plain-text copy. Import is a separate action (1).](https://www.inkwell.software/help/import-export-menu.light.webp) _Choose PDF (2) for readers, Final Draft (3) for the office, or Fountain below them for a plain-text copy. Import is a separate action (1)._ 3. **Export the version you mean** The toolbar exports the draft line you are on, as it stands. To send a saved version — last week's table-read draft, say — open **History**, find its save point or milestone, and use that row's **Export** menu to choose the format. Exporting a saved version leaves your current draft where it is. ![The named save point in History (1) has its own Export menu, so you can download that version without changing your current draft.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/export-save-point.light.webp) _The named save point in History (1) has its own Export menu, so you can download that version without changing your current draft._ 4. **Know what the file carries** A PDF opens with the title page — title, author, contact, and draft date from the project's title page. A production PDF preserves issued page numbers, including A-pages, and lists the distributed revisions on the title page. A pass with changes prints the color and date on every script page, with asterisks beside revised lines. For the packet that displays the revised pages, see [Turn on revision mode](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/revision-mode-and-colors). A speech that runs onto the next page ends with (MORE), and resumes with the speaker's name and (CONT'D). Final Draft carries the text, its structure, scene numbers, and revision marks. Fountain carries the text and its structure. When the same character speaks again after action, the PDF adds `(CONT'D)` to the cue. Fountain and Final Draft exports include it too, and importing that file keeps it as part of the cue. To leave these out, turn off **Automatic character continueds** in **Document settings**; the choice is saved for the project. Page-break `(MORE)` and `(CONT'D)` are added either way. ![A script page from the real production PDF shows its Blue revision header and asterisks beside revised lines.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/export-production-pdf-view.light.webp) _A script page from the real production PDF shows its Blue revision header and asterisks beside revised lines._ 5. **Download** The file downloads with the script's title in its name. A PDF shows its progress while it renders, and you can cancel it from there. ![Choose PDF in the export menu and watch the toolbar render the file before the download finishes.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/export-download.light.webp) _Choose PDF in the export menu and watch the toolbar render the file before the download finishes._ [Watch the recording](https://www.inkwell.software/help/export-download.light.webm) > **Note: What survives the round trip** > > A screenplay's text and structure move to Final Draft and back without loss. Production state such as locked pages does not travel — the office keeps that in Final Draft. The [format interoperability page](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/interop) lists each element. Handing off a treatment or a draft that still holds prose? [Word formatting and export choices](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/word-formatting-and-export) shows how prose comes out. ## What next - [Word formatting and export choices](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/word-formatting-and-export): See which Word features become editable Plot writing, which changes the import report explains, and what to check before sharing a PDF or screenplay file. - [Import a Final Draft file](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/import-a-final-draft-file): Bring an .fdx or Fountain file into Plot with scene headings, characters, and dialogue intact, and read the import report before you write. - [Turn on revision mode and colors](https://www.inkwell.software/help/writing/revision-mode-and-colors): Lock the production draft, work through the colored revisions in the office's order, mark the changed lines with asterisks, and hand over a script that matches its conventions. - [Plans and quotas](https://www.inkwell.software/help/account/plans-and-quotas): Every plan's limits — projects, draft lines, save points, skill runs, completions, collaborators, share links, storage, and export formats. - [Read the full walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/export-pdf) --- Canonical page: