about to scan a 100 page screenplay into word 2000. my only option is to scan as a .rtf file. once i've scanned it all into word, do i have to convert the entire file to .doc ? how do i do this? thanks

You should be able to open it with Word and save it as a .doc. If your system doesn't default to opening rtf files with Word, right-click, choose Open With and choose Word. I would try 1 page before I tried 200. You may not like the formatting or something and it would be better to know right away before you spend all that time. I can't say that I have ever been able to scan a entire document into Word and have it come out looking exactly like the original, especially if there is formatting like tabs, columns, italics, etc. I imagine a screenplay would have a lot of that. Good luck!

i asked the question. instead of scanning the 114 page screenplay myself, took it to local copy shop with state-or-art scanner. for $50. they scanned it, gave me a dvd copy, and emailed me a copy. everything worked out great. i opened the file with word, converted it to a text file and imported it into final draft. final draft automatically converted it to their file format.