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Writing Outliner Beta 4 and Pre-launch Promotion

Posted in: Version History by Edwin on June 29, 2010

I haven’t blogged for a while – I’ve been extremely busy with the development of Writing Outliner Word add-on, and today, I can finally announce this final beta release!

Beta 4 of this Word-on mostly contains improvements of existing functions, so that it’s easier to understand and use.

I’d like to thank you all people who has sent  me so much useful feedbacks, comments and suggestions (I know, not all of them have been implemented, but let’s get version 1 out first, I promise I’ll keep work on it 🙂

I’ve set the release date of version 1 to be

July 8th, 2010.

And I’ve decided to sweeten the pot with a very attractive pre-sale, here is the deal – start from now till July 7th, you can pre-order Writing Outliner for only $39.50 – 50% off of the list price.

Pre-order today!

What’s New in Beta 4?

  • Complete Office 2010 (Word 2010) support. The strange problems with Word 2010 should go away now!
  • Enhanced compilation (The processing of merging separate documents into a single document).
    Now ou can set your compilation options – generate TOC (table of content), apply heading styles to chapter names, etc (see screenshot below).
    The compilation has become very easy due to the UI improvements.
    Screenshot of Writing Outliner Word Add-in
  • More friendly to academic writing:
    • Fixed: In Word 2007 and above, the ‘current list’ bibliography will be lost after reopening the project.
    • The compilation now handles footnotes/endnotes well.
    • Fixed: Word documents’ footnotes/endnotes option loses after reopened.
  • Better support for project-based writing:
    • All documents in the same top-level folder (such as the drafts folder) now shares the same style set.
    • New outline node type – folders. You’ll be switched to the multi-column outline will be shown when a folder is selected.
    • In addition setting target word/character counts for a single document, you can now also set target word character counts for folders.
  • Enhancements of the Project Manager outline and Multi-column Outliner:
    • Print the Multi-column Outline.
    • Now the visibility, width and order of the columns are remembered even you restart Microsoft Word.
  • Other usability improvements:
    • Shortcuts for toggling Project Manager Outliner, Document Properties Pane.
    • Ctrl + click to open document in new tab.
    • Use balloon hint window to show document summary when your mouse is hovered above a outline node or a document tab.
    • New ‘Keep Document Window Focused After Selecting A Document’ option.
    • Show word count (in gray color) for each document in the project outline.
  • And a lot of other bugfixes and enhancements, such as problem with International character input, installation for multiple Windows users, loss of Word documents’ page setup info (margins, columns), etc.

Why Pre-order Writing Outliner Now?

  • You’ll immediately get the license key which can be used to unlock the full version of Writing Outliner which will be released July 8th, 2010.
  • You’ll save $39.50! (Or save $99 if you buy MindVisualizer mind mapping software as well).

Don’t miss this chance, but now!

What To Expect Next?

The cork board! With the corkboard documents in a writing project can be viewed and arranged as index cards, it’ll be a powerful tool for writers.

Since I’ll increase the price of Writing Outliner as new major features being added, so I strongly recommend you to pre-order Writing Outliner now and you’ll eligible to upgrade to future version!

People want Scrivener for Windows

Posted in: Book writing software by Edwin on October 22, 2009

Background: What’s Scrivener?

Scrivener is a Mac writing software developed by keith. Scrivener is an all-in-one book writing software that helps you to manage your writing projects, outline your book-length documents, view and search research files, take notes and so on.

Note, I am mentioning Scrivener here is to tell how Writing Outliner Word addin is going to look like, I have nothing to do with Scrivener which is owned by Keith.

People want ‘Scrivener for Windows’

It seems that there are a lot of people who use PC is wanting a Scrivener-like writing software for Windows,  for example, take a look at the outliner software forum,  Scrivener has been mentioned many times here and there.

The Goal of Writing Outliner Word addin is a versatile writing software like Scrivener, and more

I’m now developing Writing Outliner Word addin which will turn Microsoft Word™ onto an  all-in-one writing software, Like Scrivener, you’ll be able to manage your drafts and research materials in one place, on a task pane inside Word, you’ll be able to drag-and-drop to organize your drafts and research files, full-text search through your Word documents, view PDF’s, images, webapges, etc, in one place…

Stay turned !

Scrivener for Windows

Posted in: Book writing software by Edwin on September 18, 2009

Well, this blog title maybe look weird, but I think it’s quite a good way to explain what the Writing Outliner software project is all about.

What is Scrivener software?

Scrivener is a Mac software for writing books developed by a brilliant developer called Keith, it’s a versatile software tool for writing a book, be it a novel, a non-fiction story, a technical manual, or even a series of related documents such as columns.

While Scrivener has many features that make the book writing process easier, I think one of the big ideas behind Scrivener is that writing a book is not a process that simple start writing  from the very beginning straight to the end, but rather it’s a creative process that combines taking notes, jotting down ideas that sparks at any moment,  outlining the book structure, editing different chapters back and forth, final formatting and so on.

Why this writing software project started?

Scrivener inspired me when I was thinking of how to make our mind mapping software MindVisualizer more friendly for book writers, and with the help of my friend David who is a very nice  and knowledgeable guy, this book writing software project was started.

What’s the difference between Scrivener and Writing Outliner?

  1. The main difference:
    Writing Outliner is for Microsoft Windows PC system while Scrivener is for Apple Mac computer.
  2. Writing Outliner is a Word addin that integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Word™ while Scrivener is a standalone program.
  3. Writing Outliner will provide some kind of mind mapping feature for capturing and organizing book writing ideas by integrating withMindVisualizer.

kudos to the author of Scrivener Keith and great thanks to my friend David! Stay tuned!