I'm not sure if I'll ever shift to it, because in my area blackouts are very common and very frequent. The Auto save function of MS word is really helpful many times. Moreover, it's simpler and less featured than MS, except perhaps the tabbed browsing. I'd stick to MS for the time being. And Adobe scares me.
Microsoft Word, easiest thing I have ever used. Simply open up the programme and type. Has all sorts of tools, like word count, formatiing, page set up, lots of stuff, you shuld take a look.
Microsoft Word 2003, all the way. To me, that's a bit like saying soyburgers are basically like hamburgers. To which I reply, "Then why not eat hamburgers?" After all, no one ever promotes hamburgers by saying, "They're basically like soyburgers."
I like that line. I'm remembering it. I just use Microsoft Word. After all...why not use Microsoft Word? (My only gripe is I wish I could access and update my own stories from any computer, somehow, involving the internet.)
I use Microsoft Word, but cut my teeth on WordPerfect years ago, which was technically more effective as a word processsing program...fewer bells and whistles that a writer doesn't really need. I use Word now because it does what I need, it's pretty standard, and it's the software used at my work as well. Terry
i use ms word... it's the lingua franca of the writing world, so why not use it, if you want to be a serious writer?... and word perfect is NOT 'basically just like' it... and is far from perfect... in fact, when writing mentees send me work on wordperfect, i have to have them resend it as rtf, before i can work on it... it's far inferior to ms word and i can't see why anyone who wants to write professionally wouldn't buy the best tools for the job...
I use Openoffice. I like it better then word. Because my word program even after reinstalling it won't work for my computer anymore. So Openoffice it is.
Word 2003. Cuz I like giving Microsoft more money. But it works, and I've been using it since grade school, so I'm pretty well settled down with it.
I use Microsoft Word, just because the only other programs I have are Notepad and Wordpad and those both equally suck.
I shift between the OS X version of Microsoft Word and Scrivener. I really do like Scrivener, but the amount of options tend to distract me.. My favorite feature in Scrivener is going full screen. And because I'm cool here's two screen caps: Scrivener Full Screen Scrivener Highly recommended.
I use yWriter (which is freeware) and Microsoft Word 2007. I also use EverNote, which isn't a word processor but I use it to create characters, worlds, etc. Very handy software as well.
I'll give this EverNote a trial. It looks like it could come in handy. Are you running a free trial still?
Microsoft word, baby. Live it, breathe it, eat it(It actually taste pretty good.) Goes good with salsa. Plus you'll keep my microsoft stock going up.
No actually I am not. But GiveAwayoftheDay has provided the software free for download a few months ago. It's very useful! Has anyone ever tried Liquid Story Binder?? It's the "Windows-version" of Scrivener. I tried the trial version and it's very handy, but to some the features might be overwhelming.
Open Office Writer works for me. It comes with more features than I need, and to my knowlege, offers everything offered in Microsoft Office. The spell checking ability is superb, and you can expand it's dictionary by teaching it new words. And most importantly (to me at least) it's free. It's very easy to learn too. Open Office will write many different file types, including .doc and .rtf.
I use Open Office; you can download it from the internet because it's freeware, and it works very well ^^ you can also save a document created in Open Office in about 20+ different formats, including MS Word, notepad, etc.
I use Word for the processing part, but Quark or InDesign for the layout, typesetting, and other processes.
I'm surprised that no one mentioned PageFour. It really helps you organize your thoughts and stuff. You can write one scene per page and keep them in Chapter folders. It automatically save and protects with password, too. The only problem is that it doesn't export to one Word document.
Id there any other? Actually, I use the old version of software called "Pen and Paper". Most of my writing is either on my blogs or in my journal. Other than that--it is MS WORD.
So what do you think is software for writing worth it. Or just a pain in the prose butt? I'll go first While I don't believe it will help you write a better story its useful. My software cost me $20 I use it pretty much to keep my work tidy. I know where my ideas are, my outlines, characters and note. I find that pretty handy.
MS Word 2003 all the way for me (as a word processor.If you mean something else, well, I don't think I use any.)
