Final Draft

File Format
Name	Final Draft
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Screenwriting Final Draft ; ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.fdr, .fdx
PRONOM	fmt/964, fmt/1845
Type Code	FDpG
Wikidata ID	Q50308928, Q93431491
Released	1990

Final Draft is screenwriting software developed for Macintosh and Windows.^[1]^[2]

Format Information

Final Draft scripts can be separated by versions 2-3, version 4, versions 5-7, and versions 8-current.^[3]^[4]

FDR are Final Draft version 5-7 scripts. Binary format with the beginning hex values FDFDFDFD
FDX are Final Draft versions 8+ scripts. XML format with root value of "<FinalDraft DocumentType="Script" Template="No" Version="6">"