Word or Excel ?
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Word.
Excel isn't for the composition of prose documents. It's a spreadsheet program. It's good for setting up calculations and formulas and tracking/reporting data.
The purposes and foci of the programs are completely different.
Excel also has a 250 word limit per cell, which is very infuriating and limiting, even when used to track and report data used for creative endeavors written in Word.
Excel isn't for the composition of prose documents. It's a spreadsheet program. It's good for setting up calculations and formulas and tracking/reporting data.
The purposes and foci of the programs are completely different.
Excel also has a 250 word limit per cell, which is very infuriating and limiting, even when used to track and report data used for creative endeavors written in Word.
Agree with Delayan. Excel isn't used as a word processing program.
You choice would be between Word, one of the freeware programs that are similar to Word, or one of the software packages made especially for writing.
If I were you I'd just stick to using Word.
You choice would be between Word, one of the freeware programs that are similar to Word, or one of the software packages made especially for writing.
If I were you I'd just stick to using Word.
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I have been using "scrivener" and quite like it. There's a very similar program for windows called "liquid binder"-- anyone messed around with these?
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I've tried to outline in Excel, but hate it. I do use it for initial character creation and keeping track of a cast of characters.
I've been writing in Movie Magic Screenwriter. I use to have a neat little macro for Word to allow screenplay formatting, but MMS seems to have more writing tools, even if the interface isn't as nice as Word.
I've been writing in Movie Magic Screenwriter. I use to have a neat little macro for Word to allow screenplay formatting, but MMS seems to have more writing tools, even if the interface isn't as nice as Word.
I use excel to keep track of all the publishers I have looked at and why or why not I should use them.
I also use it for storing contacts.
I would never write in Excel, I agree with those of you who believe this question was mis-worded.
I write everything in word
I also use it for storing contacts.
I would never write in Excel, I agree with those of you who believe this question was mis-worded.
I write everything in word
I use Liquid Story Binder. It's the worst name for probably one of the best pieces of writing software around (equivalent to or right behind Scrivener.)
It can be overwhelming to people at first because there are so many features available, but what they don't realize is you only use what's useful to you and it's great. You can grow into it at your own pace, or use different features for different projects. Unlike other pieces of writing software, it's a set of tools, not a process or workflow instrument.
I wrote about it on my practice blog here. And there are screenshots!
Also, forgot to mention. The developer is super-supportive of the writing community and is constantly enhancing the product based on user feedback and you can download and try it for free for 30 days.
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Word / Google docs / Open office and a few others depending on what I'm doing and what I'm doing it for.
There's a bunch of opensource word processors available out there but those are the most popular ones.
I'm actually finishing up a writer's resource book of sorts that should help a lot of folks here. Best of all it's free. Will let you know when it's done.
Word / Google docs / Open office and a few others depending on what I'm doing and what I'm doing it for.
There's a bunch of opensource word processors available out there but those are the most popular ones.
I'm actually finishing up a writer's resource book of sorts that should help a lot of folks here. Best of all it's free. Will let you know when it's done.
Quite right!I use yWriter. I love it, and you can't beat the price.
I also use OpenOffice Write (similar to Word) and Notepad++.
I can see how Excel could be useful for outlines or fact sheets.
I've used them all monitoring college computer labs for decades, and WordPerfect is the best out-of-the-box word processor for writers available for PCs.
You know it's good, because every year, Microsoft has copied WP's latest improvements since the '80s. Microsoft then spends lots of money trying to make WP incompatible with its operating programs.
You know it's good, because every year, Microsoft has copied WP's latest improvements since the '80s. Microsoft then spends lots of money trying to make WP incompatible with its operating programs.
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I agree on all counts, Chase.
WordPerfect is the ultimate word processor. I believe it was the first one of its kind, and nothing comes close to touching it for being user-friendly and versatile.
It's unfortunate that most agents and publishers demand Word.
(Using Word under protest.)
WordPerfect is the ultimate word processor. I believe it was the first one of its kind, and nothing comes close to touching it for being user-friendly and versatile.
It's unfortunate that most agents and publishers demand Word.
(Using Word under protest.)
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If you linked to a thread or quoted part of the conversation so we could see what context this was said in, then using Excel for some aspect of writing (character lists, plotlines) might make sense.
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I cant think of writing in excel - i dnt see HOW u can but some ppl on this site said they write on excel - so I jst wanted to knw
A digression from the thread topic, Vanny, and I recognize that you're new here, but please -- spell out your words normally. This is a writer's site.
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Although I use Word. I have used Word Perfect. The owned the word processing market for some time, but failed to evolve. Remember the stupid function keys? You had a little cardboard cutout to place on your keyboard. I believe Open Office works every bit as well as Word Perfect. Both should save in DOC format.
