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Features |
Programs |
| Word Processing
Features |
Microsoft®
Word |
Power
Writer™ |
| Full Word Processing capabilities
including complete font, margin, line spacing, paragraph borders, widow/orphan,
keep-together flags, and Style Sheet Control |
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| WYSIWYG Display including full Page
Layout Viewing Mode |
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| WYSIWYG Page Breaks when
using Style Sheets that are defined as Non-Printing |
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| Spell Check and Thesaurus |
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| Real-time Spell Checking with auto-typo
Correction and on-screen underlining of misspelled words |
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| Full dictionary definitions of most
words, including definitions of suggested synonyms |
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| Familiar Word Processor
Interface |
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| User definable Control/Alt
Keys |
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| Macro capability |
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| Mail Merge Capabilities |
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| Embedded sounds clips |
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| Spreadsheet layout and Tables |
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| Grammar Checking |
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| Story
Development |
Microsoft®
Word |
Power
Writer™ |
| Bookmarks and embedded "live"
hyperlinks |
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| Outline View |
Use for document Navigation |
(Document Map -
non-Editable) |
(fully
editable) |
| Use to reorder text |
(Outline View -
non-WYSIWYG) |
(manuscript always
remains WYSIWYG) |
| Includes non-textual hierarchies such as Act and
Chapter Data |
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| Fully Editable while still displaying document in
WYSIWYG mode |
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| Outline items can be categorized by color and
status |
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| Tree-Style view of hierarchy for ease of analysis |
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| One-Click adding of new elements within
outline view |
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| Automatically synchronized with
Act/Chapter & Plot Point Story Development Data |
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| Plot Point (Story Beat) Categorization
with Color Highlighting - allows you to visually identify the subplots or parts
of your story so that you can better analyze its structure |
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| Plot Point (Story Beat) Status Icons -
mark any moment as needing more work, being completed, or having any other
status. |
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| Story/Theme, Act, Chapter, Plot Point and
Character Development |
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| Keep all research, notes and story
development in the same file as the manuscript, instantly accessible but out of
the way as you're writing. |
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| Display your story development
information while the entire text of a chapter/sequence is still
on-screen |
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| Theme, Act, Chapter and Character work
areas to develop rich and dynamic stories |
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| Integrated Research
storage |
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| Miscellaneous |
Microsoft®
Word |
Power
Writer™ |
| Designed by |
Microsoft |
A team of working writers, teachers and a
software company that's been building software specifically for
writers since 1991. |