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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 05:22 PM EDT |
Well, OpenOffice/LibreOffice will work fine for general writing. (Actually, I
write prose with emacs, but she probably doesn't want to go there...)
For more sophisticated work (math papers, say), Lyx is a Latex front-end that
does a great job of de-fanging it.
All these tools are available both on Windows and Linux, so it won't matter
whether you succeed in luring her away from the dark side...
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| Authored by: tyche on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 06:21 PM EDT |
I use LibreOffice for writing novels. Part of my reason is that I refuse to be
hamstrung by the requirements of publishers to only a particular, complex,
formatting that they're going to change anyway. As a result, I publish PDF
files to the Internet.
However, there are benefits to using it without all the fancy work that I do.
For example, my books are created one chapter at a time, then put together in a
master document. this keeps initial file sizes smaller and more manageable.
ALL the pages use the same formatting, and therefore have the same margins, both
for sides and top and bottom (one requirement of most publishers). They also
are set up for the same font and font size (another requirement of publishers).
This makes it easier to simply go from one chapter to the next. LibreOffice 4
includes word count on the status bar below the text for the regular chapters (a
plug-in will give word count for the master document).
For me, there are additional benefits. I can use whatever fonts I want, even
mixing fonts within a chapter without causing problems. I can include graphics
(I create my own). Also, both the fonts and the graphics can be sized for best
visibility. Since I'm publishing to the Internet as PDF, I'm already in the
form that the U.S. Copyright office likes for submission of electronic
applications (which are cheaper, too). Even the title page and copyright page
use the same page format as the chapters do, and titling for the chapters is
centered at the top of the first page of the chapter using various sizes of font
(chapter number at 22, then two lines at 14 for the actual title and the day of
the week. Publishers, by the way, hate that). I can also create my own front
and back covers in Gimp, save them out as PDF and insert them using PDF Mod
(again, publishers hate that).
I currently have 3 formally copyrighted and 3 that are copyright applied for
published to the Internet. And 3 more that are still being proof-read and
edited waiting for the accumulation of $105 to apply for the copyrights ($35
each book, and I submit applications 3 at a time).
Hope this helps.
Craig
Tyche
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 07:45 PM EDT |
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I meant specific software, like Celtx, YWriter, Evernote, or
Storybook.
Sorry, I hadn't explained myself well enough.
She was using Open
Office, I've explained about Libre Office
and she has made the switch. Didn't
even notice any
difference yet. What she needs is things to make her more
productive, and since I don't think she's ready for me to
install a LAMP stack
with the Wikimedia software yet, what
can you
suggest?
Waynehttp://madhatter.ca
PS: She sold a short
story to Janet Morris for Dreamers in
Hell, the next volume in the Heroes in
Hell shared Universe.
That should give you an idea of how good she is. Janet
doesn't buy junk. FYI, Janet is one of my writing teachers.
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| Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 09:44 PM EDT |
Well, if you're looking for a word processor, then there's LibreOffice and
OpenOffice.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 09:50 PM EDT |
There's a project to adapt parts of the Calligra suite for serious writing -
check out Calligra Author.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 09 2013 @ 12:29 AM EDT |
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Found this blog post. Most of the software is available for multiple
platforms, gotta like that!
10 Free Open Source Tools For Writers
I promise that
when we've had a chance to evaluate them, Shebat Legion
and I will write
reviews of everything we tested, to help the next poor soul
stuck in this
situation.
Of course she doesn't know I've committed her to this
yet...
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| Authored by: tqft on Thursday, May 09 2013 @ 06:28 AM EDT |
I like this http://www.cogsci.nl/software/quiedit
"QuiEdit is a distraction-free, full-screen text editor (a quiet editor). I
initially wrote it for personal use, to write blog posts and such. It supports
theming, basic text formatting, Markdown syntax, and spell checking."
fills the screen & blanks everything else out
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