You can link it to BookEnds, which is nice. I just had trouble importing my EndNotes files into its library (which is probably my fault).ĭevonthink Pro is another tool in my arsenal. Sente is another good alternative worth the try. You can, however, take notes in a note field next to the preview window. The one thing I wish is that that I could annotate the documents in the preview window. I like the fact that it is cheaper (both initial and upgrade costs) and I like that the document preview is right there. I just made the switch from EndNote to BookEnds (which has Cite-While-You-Write functionality. And I like the idea that something looks finished even when it is not. I remember where things are on something that looks like a published page and this makes it easier to go back and edit.
I like Word (and Pages, Mellel, and other WYSIWYG software) because that is the way my memory works. a text-oriented application can be frustrating. And since my work often includes graphs/charts/tables/pictures/etc. I have Pages, but I don’t see the advantages. I’m going to be the unpopular one here and say I still use Word. I’m especially open to suggestions as to new writing and bibliography software. Note these are listed by order of my affection. But in the meantime, I’m going to give Scrivener a shot.ĭoes anybody else find themselves bolting from the confines of MS Word? Any defenders of this software? And while we’re at it, what is your software “writing suite”? For me, it’sĭevonThink Pro as my second-brain software, for organizing and searching my documentsĪpple’s Pages to write and format documents, and So, now with the grant proposal off my desk, its time to clean out my action items and prepare for a short jaunt to Panama. Why not find software that gently removes the distractions, and lets you, and your words, flow? Our job as academic scientists is not to write memos, but manuscripts. The upshot of both: the process of creative, synthetic writing is largely divorced from the process of formatting mass-produced documents. It links to a nice essay by Steven Poole on the same topic. Now wouldn’t you know it, Virginia Heffernen has a nice article on cheesey little website about her move away from the Redmond empire. My mini-rant against Microsoft Word prompted reader Sasha to suggest looking into Scrivener.
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