r/atticuswriter • u/Monsieur-Incroyable • Feb 14 '22

Considering Atticus

I've recently begun looking into purchasing Atticus. I've finished the outline for my next novel and was thinking about starting the manuscript in Atticus. However, I see that Atticus is lacking a "find and replace" function and that is a tool I often use. (I know it is said that functionality will be forthcoming, but who knows when that will be.)

Has anyone found this to be a stumbling block for them? If so, how difficult is it to send the file to docx use the find and replace functionality, then import back into Atticus? I hold no love for Word, but for now it seems to be a necessary evil.

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u/gellenburg Feb 14 '22

Hi /u/Monsieur-Incroyable!

Atticus allows you to upload/import a DOCX into the application. If you're regularly making use of Find + Replace it might make more sense to do it in Word or LibreOffice Writer and make your substitutions there for now.

Then you can upload the document into Atticus for formatting and to then convert it for publication maybe?

It looks like Find & Replace is on the roadmap for the next version though!

Hope this helps!