Allow me to make a comment about Scrivener. I have used this program for years. They continue to upgrade and I own the latest edition. It is a complex and quirky program. The creators are obviously brilliant individuals, but I truly believe they don't think like writers. They think like computer programmers. I attempted to download the manual for the new version and it's 750 pages. What's wrong with that picture"? I was working on my novel when it suddenly disappeared. I couldn't find it, so I emailed Literature and Latte. They told me some steps that didn't work, so I ended up giving them control of my computer. It required several days for them to find it. Since then I am afraid of it and use Word. I am the type of writer that when I want to write, I want to do it. Scrivener has become so cumbersome from my point of view that I spend too much time with the workings of the program rather than my writing. I purchased a new manual from Amazon, one of those supposedly easy use explanations. All it does is make me feel stupid.
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I quit Scrivener back in 2018 and never looked back. The index cards, scrivenings, and project-organisation features were just okay for my first project... until I entered the revision phase. Lack of true styles, extremely sluggish global search & replace, drag-and-drop formatting nightmares, and bloated directory structures quickly made the project impossible to manage. I finally exported to Word, which, with a few choice editing add-ons, has become a powerful tool for my writing... and notably lacks a 750pp manual.
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That’s terrifying. I’ve used Scrivener for 5 years and have thankfully never encountered that nonsense. It’s great for series work but I admittedly don’t use all the features.
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Like any tech-based tool, you gotta feel out what works for you. I know people who live Scrivener and use it religiously. Meanwhile, I have little desire to learn yet another tool to use for writing. I’m just now getting the hang of FinalDraft after 6 years of using it, lol.
To be perfectly honest I really do not trust any of these 'software programs' as after several years and having lost at least 2/3 memory sticks we are now having to start all over again....
As we value the right to life I am stuck with apps like Google but you can change the fonts in Microsoft word.
My laptop has OpenOffice and that's what I'm sticking to.
Best wishes
Linda