What Do You Write On?

I've used MS Word/Office for ages but switched over to LibreOffice this past year.....EXCELLENT!

(full disclosure....once I write the first draft etc in my spiral notebook I then enter it into the computer user LibreOffice or Word)

 

No, No, the only remaining dinosaurs are birds.
Darwin.

 

FIRST DRAFT: Notebook and Pen

I went several years without handwriting anything, but one fateful day back in 2008 my printer ran out of ink when I urgently needed to post a letter. With no time to buy a new cartridge I wrote the letter by hand, and I was so shocked at how bad my handwriting looked (I used to have beautiful handwriting) I decided that from that day forth I would always write the first draft of everything I write by hand.


SUBSEQUENT DRAFTS: Laptop or Desktop PC

At the moment I'm using an ASUS laptop running Linux Mint 17.2

 

Well done Sherlock. Who would have known?

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I bit the bullet and picked up a copy of Scrivener. When you open up your first project, under the binder it has a whole bunch of default stuff. Can you change the settings so that doesn't show up? Or do you just have to delete all of it?

 

Like the sample output.

I'm definitely gonna have to watch some tutorials to get the hang of everything.

 

skip.knox explained it, in the post above!

 

Tangentially related.....Taking notes on paper vs computer - Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR

 

I've been happy with Toshibas for laptops. Comparatively stable and reliable.

 

I've tried a few times and it never completes its download, neither will its mirror sites. I've asked for help on their site several times and never got any responses. So I've stuck with Google Docs.

I'd like something I can use offline though, things would go far faster and I wouldn't need to depend on a connection. I would probably still use Docs though, because I can share it with people.

 

I'm struggling to figure out LibreOffice right now. I can't find some of the things I need most, like the thing that lets me put accented letters and symbols into my document. Very important when the majority of my characters have accents in their names. Copying and pasting from other documents is a pain in the butt. I much prefer Microsoft Word.