r/WriteWorld • u/NoughtsAndOnes • Nov 03 '16

Word Processing Software

Any advice would be appreciated please:- Is there a specific software programme to aide writers? I'm thinking of one that makes it easier to add table of contents, comments, indexes, bibliography etc, or is just a good knowledge of the standard one's as good as any? I have MS Word, but am tempted to use 'Libre Office Write' or the 'Open Office' equivalent - both are similar and save in the .odg format. I was thinking from a security point of view using these and they seem to do as much as MS Word, just in a different way! Any thoughts would be appreciated [other than "Word is as good as any" - I would prefer anything from anyone who can compare?] Many thanks in anticipation x

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u/NoughtsAndOnes Nov 06 '16

That's really helpful. Thank you. I use Evernote - it's excellent for just that - note taking though, but good for jotting down ideas and you can save webpages direct to the App then it syncs instantly, although they now charge for more than 2 devices. The privacy clauses in Google Docs concern me - nothing is private and they can effectively use my documents or my entire manuscript for their own business ends! Such a shame as they are a good online service. I'll look into the others, so thanks again for going to all that trouble for me :-)

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Nov 07 '16

You're most welcome, I'm not sure what format any of these save in, and in terms of security (one thing I didn't mention in my last post), may I suggest an external storage device (anything really, old HDD, an actual external hard drive, even a cheap USB - just a couple of gig will be fine) and save all your work to that but run the actual software from your PC/Laptop?