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Q&A What makes good writing software?

As silly as this may sound: the ability to turn every single function OFF if desired. Bells and whistles are great. Some people love them. I hate a lot of them, although not always. Sometimes I w...

posted 12y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:44:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:44:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
As silly as this may sound: the ability to turn every single function OFF if desired.

Bells and whistles are great. Some people love them. I hate a lot of them, although not always.

Sometimes I want my word processor to catch my CApitalization typos and repeated words. Sometimes I don't. I don't want it looking over my shoulder so it can complain if I use passive voice. I don't want it to automatically superscript "th" in 20th. Sometimes I don't want it to turn every bulleted sentence into an indented list, but sometimes that's exactly what I want.

So I want the ability to turn all those tools on and off, easily. Whatever whizbang features you end up adding to your app, I want a toggle for them so I can choose to use them or not.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-02-15T00:28:23Z (almost 12 years ago)
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