What Software Do You Write In?

[astroguy]

I'm curious here - what do you use? I originally used Word, then I went to a very simple text editor. Now I'm back to Word because this site preserves formatting. (And for you Mac folks out there, no, I'm not proud of using Word. )

[John Doe]

I use word too... only because I have custom dictionaries built and is too lazy to find another program... word works fine... and I also have templates and custom formats... so I'm good with word... really typing software really doesn't matter... they're all pretty much the same... you just have to spend time to learn or be willing to learn new software....

[colinian]

I've updated the tools I use since I originally posted here. So here are my changes:

 

I use Microsoft Word 2010 2013 for writing, then I use Dreamweaver CS5 CS6 and import the Word docx file into a template for my story/chapter which I then post.

 

For GA I import my Word docx file into the story editor and do a quick visual edit pass to make sure everything was imported correctly, and pretty much leave it alone after that.

 

I've tried a couple of the programs designed specifically to edit stories and chapters, but didn't find them to offer enough to make it worth switching from Word.

 

Colin

Edited October 29, 2012 by colinian

[Andrew Q Gordon]

I use Pages for Mac. Pages will let you save the file in a .doc format which helps because neither my Beta nor one of my two editors has Pages - [thankfully Jian has both too]

 

Two points. It appears that GA does not preserve some of the formatting from Pages - I specifically notice it eliminates the italics. Which so far has not been an issue but there is something I am working on where I use italics a lot so I may have to post from a .doc file.

 

Another reason I like pages is it takes all of a minute to convert the longest story into an ePub document that I can transfer to my eReader and take it with me to read on the Metro every morning. All I do is copy, export, name, and save and I am done. Not sure if Word offers that feature. And since I have a Mac and Pages is complete compatible with Word, I just stick to Pages.

 

Andy

[Marzipan]

Word 2010 and I love it unless it starts bitching to me. When that happens, I have in panic used the google docs too.

[Rilbur]

I use openOffice purely for the spellcheck functionality. I do most of my work using HTML so I control the formatting.

[Tipdin]

I use Word. It has spellcheck, a grammar checker, and will allow me to insert clipart, tables, and sorts data with the click of the mouse.

 

Pages on my Mac will save in a Word format, but when opened in the Word program, the formatting is a mess.

[Johnathan Colourfield]

I currently use Word 2007 cuz its just awesome And my editors all have word 2007 too

[Krista]

Google Documents..

[myself_i_must_remake]

i use word, but for important paragraphs, i sometimes take a bunch of index cards, write out different versions of sentences on them, and then piece them together until i like the end product. it's one of the few writing processes that technology does not make easier.

[S.L. Lewis]

Microsoft word at home, occasionally OpenOffice if I'm not home or have to upload to site that hates word. What ever is available really.

 

 

 

[Freddyness]

Google docs

[LemonFresh]

open Office cause im broke and can afford Word lol

[hh5]

hehehe - I think the best software we're all using is the power of the human imagination and the wondrous backgrounds we all evolved from.

 

perhaps - Star Trek's quote "IDIC - infinite diversity in different combinations" is a classical way to describe the literature at GA

[S.L. Lewis]

I use word for the most part. When I'm not at home, or when I'm editing certain things, I use a file share site called Keep and Share. I like it.

 

Otherwise I use openoffice when I'm at class.

[MarkSen]

Word 2007. As long as I can type something in, adjust line and paragraph spacing, change the font type, size and color with bold, italics and underlines, I'm fine with it. Although I seriously hate those green lines, even when there's absolutely nothing wrong with the grammar of that sentence.

[jian_sierra]

I use Mac's Pages as well. However, I save the file as a Word document which is weird because I should just use Word, right? **shrugs**

[Mchoule]

I am using Scivener (windows version) most of the time and Word from time to time.

[Mikelaing74]

I use Word 2010, and then paste it into Google Docs so I can share it with my editor.

[Andy78]

I use Word 2007

[MikeL]

See below. Eliminated double post only way I know how.

[MikeL]

OpenOffice.org Writer...best free software in the world, fully compatible with all Microsoft products. Authors e-mail their Word file to me, I keep the file in Word format and return the annotated file to the author as a Word document.

[Rilbur]

LIbreOffice -- the truly open source fork off OpenOffice. (Mike, you might want to look at upgrading to Libre if you're still using OO; lots of long-standing bugs have been fixed in LO that simply weren't 'important' enough to Sun to allow a fix)

[MikeL]

LIbreOffice -- the truly open source fork off OpenOffice. (Mike, you might want to look at upgrading to Libre if you're still using OO; lots of long-standing bugs have been fixed in LO that simply weren't 'important' enough to Sun to allow a fix)

 

Thanks for the info, Rilbur...will check it out when I have more time.

[Friday]

I usually write in Word, it's spell/grammer checker and easy to use.