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Q&A Format for electronic download sales: letter sized pdf okay?

I would like to self-publish a book and sell it through Amazon, and also make it available in a variety of electronic formats. I recently bought a book for $35 as an electronic download from the a...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by aparente001‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Way to create an interactive dictionary for Google Docs?

I'm using Google Docs to both write a story and to create a dictionary of sorts for ease of writing. I'm trying to figure out a way that I can either have a word suggestion box pop up on Google Doc...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Marcus Mravik‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Labyrinth: old freeware to organise characters and plot

I found this freeware app, labytrinth, years ago. It allowed to create elements (characters, places, objects, etc) and detail information about them. Then you could drag these elements into a wide ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by SC for reinstatement of Monica‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Multiple continues references in Microsoft office word 2013

I'm writing a paper for IEEE using Microsoft office Word 2013. I want to use dynamic reference which is available in this version of Word. In a place of my article the references are similar to: ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Babak.Abad‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A if I write a book about an open source software, should I take permission from the software's creator?

I am planning to write a book about an open source software product. Should I contact the creator of that software and get their explicit permission for writing the book? Or can I continue without ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by srini‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to get 2 different page numberings in the same document in MS Word?

Let's say I have a 6 page document. (MS Word) I want the first 3 pages to be numbered i, ii, iii and the remaining 3 pages to be numbered 1, 2, 3 How can I achieve this? I tried the automatic n...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Mohdak‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is yWriter for Mac reputable? Is this a safe download?

I was wondering if anyone has used yWriter for Mac and has downloaded it from Softonic. I feel a little iffy about this site(pic attached). I suppose a better question would be: Is it safe to downl...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Vikkie‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Web-based WYSIWYG Markdown editor with commenting?

My question is similar to this one, but with (hopefully) a clearly defined use case: sharing and reviewing basic tech docs with a minimal, intuitive GUI. I'm producing technical documents using MS...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Would Office Open XML or OpenDocument Format be better for my needs?

A Quick Note I asked if this was an okay topic over on Meta, and they said it should be okay, as long as I "describe the writing-related context -- what you're writing, who (if anybody) you're col...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by SarahofGaia‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there a free online alternative to Scrivener?

I currently use Google Drive/Docs to pen all of my novels and short stories, but really feel that I could do with a management suite of sorts, such as Scrivener. However, as Scrivener costs actual...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by M.Y. David‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What software is good for writing a technical book? [closed]

I must write a book for the university and I am looking for software. The style that I want is like the books of O'Reilly, Apress or Packt. I need: Insert a table of contents (automatic). Divide...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by cespon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Free or cheap way to lay out a concert program booklet?

I just volunteered to produce the concert program booklets for a recital series starting in October and I'm wondering what is the best way to go about creating a multi-page booklet that would inclu...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by user55515‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Outliner (software) with annotations for OS X or browser based (but offline!)

Okay, there are like a billion outliners out there but I'm not sure if there is one that does what I want. Maybe you can help. I want to write chunks of text without headline, numbering, bullets....

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A External folders in scrivener?

I have a couple of folders with artwork, maps etc. I would like to include this folders to my scrivener project but I don't know how. The furthest I've got is to drag files from folder to Scrivene...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Invader Zim‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Software to organise world building?

There were a couple of other questions about this, but they were asked many years ago, so I thought I'd start a new one. For a long time, I used Wiki on a Stick to organise my worlds and allow for...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Composing a single narrative by writing small chunks

Qualifier/Disclaimer This may be a very atypical question for this site (of all those I've seen, this question on superuser seems most closely related to mine, but the question was closed as off-t...

0 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by TeXnewbie‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to convert handwriting into text

Recently, I found a short story that I had written many years ago when computers were not that common. It is 25 pages of handwriting. Obviously, I don't want to spend hours typing it. My typing spe...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Javeer Baker‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Incorporating diagrams and equations into text when writing

I am looking to write a book on Physics/Mathematics. Of course this book will need to include mathematical equations and diagrams. Are there any writing softwares that have devices such as TeX and...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by ODP‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What's a good writing software for Android phones/tablets?

Everyone once in a while while I'm out I come up with something I want to add to my story. Are there any good writing apps for Android phones and tablets? Most places that recommend mobile writing ...

1 answer  ·  posted 13y ago by Ralph Gallagher‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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