I have Microsoft Works and Microsoft Word. What do you use? Which ones would you recommend?
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Microsoft Word and WriteWay Pro. I recommend both 
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Word is nice. Open Office Writer is nice. If you happen to be infatuated with Kate Moss then Kate is for you, but you'll have to run Linux for that one.
That being said, Jack Nicklaus could whip your ass with the shittiest set of clubs from the worst pawn shop in the world with one eye covered and one arm tied behind his back.
That being said, Jack Nicklaus could whip your ass with the shittiest set of clubs from the worst pawn shop in the world with one eye covered and one arm tied behind his back.
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MS Word, for the most part.
Yeah Write is good for journaling. It can be password-protected.
Q10 is a good one. Completely black screen, and you get the noise of a typewriter when you type. Very cool! I use it for fiction.
Yeah Write is good for journaling. It can be password-protected.
Q10 is a good one. Completely black screen, and you get the noise of a typewriter when you type. Very cool! I use it for fiction.
Just got Q10. It's very cool! No krr-ching, but there is the ratchet sound of the carriage return.
I dislike Word and even Open Office Write for novel writing, mainly because it's clumsy in both of them to organize in chapters and navigate among them and move them around. I got a program called WriteItNow, which is not perfect, but is meant specifically for writing book-length manuscripts, including easy tab access to notes, chapters, characters and so on. I'm mainly working on a non-fiction project right now, and it's ideal for that. Not expensive either. Exports as RTF, so you can add all the pretty bells and whistles in Word or Write afterwards.
I dislike Word and even Open Office Write for novel writing, mainly because it's clumsy in both of them to organize in chapters and navigate among them and move them around. I got a program called WriteItNow, which is not perfect, but is meant specifically for writing book-length manuscripts, including easy tab access to notes, chapters, characters and so on. I'm mainly working on a non-fiction project right now, and it's ideal for that. Not expensive either. Exports as RTF, so you can add all the pretty bells and whistles in Word or Write afterwards.
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Only Word as far as I know has Change Tracker which I use constantly. I've tried a few others such as Write It Now and just didn't find them satisfactory. I don't find organizing chapters a problem. Just set up a folder for the novel and for each chapter. Then when you want to combine them, use insert file.
It would be kind of nice to have a WP that would have all the chapters open at the same time to make it easier if you do need to switch around from one to another, but not nice enough to give up Change Tracker.
It would be kind of nice to have a WP that would have all the chapters open at the same time to make it easier if you do need to switch around from one to another, but not nice enough to give up Change Tracker.
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Microsoft Word for Mac and also iWork Pages. I love the way how I can rearrange things using Pages -- I use it for outlines and scene notes -- much better than Excel.
I also use Personal Brain for ideas gathering and organization.
I also use Personal Brain for ideas gathering and organization.
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I use wordpad, in text mode even, and most of the time that's all I need. It's what I've used to write all my stories in the Flash Fiction challenges. I've edited substantially larger files with it with no problem. MS Word seems like overkill and slow in comparison.
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Wordperfect. It doesn't crash like MS word does, but I'd rather use something simpler.
I'd rather be using a Commodore Vic-20. I guess I could use an emulator, but the irony of using a powerful toshiba laptop for the purpose of making it into a Vic-20 would probably kill me.
I'd rather be using a Commodore Vic-20. I guess I could use an emulator, but the irony of using a powerful toshiba laptop for the purpose of making it into a Vic-20 would probably kill me.
Word
I prefer Word for most uses, but WordPerfect X3 allows me to open and edit pdf, and lets me use a toolbar with shortcuts to every other program I use, so it's been my choice for several months now.
I prefer Word for most uses, but WordPerfect X3 allows me to open and edit pdf, and lets me use a toolbar with shortcuts to every other program I use, so it's been my choice for several months now.
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I use two wp's for banging out first, second, third....nth drafts---yWriter and WriteItnow.
When I'm ready to proof read and do the deep edit, then I use MS Word. Not the best, but it works.
When I'm ready to proof read and do the deep edit, then I use MS Word. Not the best, but it works.
I used word 2007. It's the first word that has seemed useful to me (with features like the running word count)
otherwise, I use an eight dollar fountain pen and a three dollar five-subject notebook.
otherwise, I use an eight dollar fountain pen and a three dollar five-subject notebook.
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I actually still use Word 97. At some point I suppose I should upgrade, but I have it customised just the way I like it. I sometimes use Wordpad if I'm at work and doing some sly paragraphs of my novel during the boring bits, but I don't like that so much.
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