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Software for writing a book

axer · 2006-01-24 17:01:35

Hi y'all, A friend of mine is just begining to write a 400 or so page book about his parish and through personal experience I know MS Word is not the best software to write it in or lay it out. Anyone know what is the best software for doing this? Thanks for any advice, Noel.

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24-01-2006 6:01pm

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axer

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Hi y'all,

A friend of mine is just begining to write a 400 or so page book about his parish and through personal experience I know MS Word is not the best software to write it in or lay it out. Anyone know what is the best software for doing this?

Thanks for any advice,
Noel.

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#2 24-01-2006 8:26pm
genie

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I downloaded a program called RoughDraft, which I think was free. It's a word processing program which you can use in normal/screenplay/play mode. Two thirds of the screen is taken up by this and one third on the right is used as a notes/doodle section. I used it for a bit but found myself going back to MS Word and now I'm back permanently with Word. It's a matter of preference, I suppose. Your friend might be better off with a Desktop Publishing program for layout etc.

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