ESCRIPTS: Retyping e-scripts vs. reformatting - what's easier?

[jennaline]

So, I find that it is really helpful to type it yourself. I know that if I used a script someone else typed, I would only become frustrated. The non-custom formatting would drive me crazy!

I like to type my own script. It's useful for inserting cues too.

I mean, if I borrowed someone's electronic copy, I might end up with some crazy Rodgers and Hammerstein shenanigans where things are inappropriately put in bold.

EDIT: Split this off from the Electronic Scripts request thread, lest that get too off-track.  --PSMK

[kiwitechgirl]

Yeah, but you can always re-format.  I'm doing Heartbreak House shortly and managed to find the text online.  I copied and pasted into Word, and I don't like the formatting so I've re-formatted it - still a whole lot quicker than typing up the whole lot myself.  I've scanned and OCR'd a good few of my scripts over the past couple of years and do end up re-formatting most of them as sometimes the OCR goes a bit odd anyway and I like to check the whole thing through before printing it out, and it doesn't take me much time to re-format as I go.

[katykat29]

I'm in the process of typing out Guys and Dolls right now and it does help to delve into the script on a word by word basis, but I'd like to save myself a little work on the off chance that someone is willing to share.  I'm happy to reformat or type, both take time, but reformatting is easier on the carpal tunnel syndrome...