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Sometimes, when you are trying to write seriously, all the bells and whistles of a word processor can cause more harm than help. When I am in the zone, the last thing I want is all kinds of flashy buttons and crazy little paper clips talking to me and telling me I made a typo. All this does is break my train of thought and completely derail a project. That is where WriteRoom comes in.
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Are you a Linux user with a passion for writing? If so, check out these essential tools for the job. Writing is a key skill in the modern world, whether it's directly how you make your living or not. Whether it's writing memos or emailing clients, most jobs include at least some use of the written word.
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If you are not a power user on MS Word, I am assuming that you haven’t heard about the Document Map. The Document Map is one of those little features tucked away in MS Word. The Document Map helps you navigate through a long Word document and access different parts of it.
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Nuance's iPhone apps, Dragon and Dragon Search have been available for free download for over a year now. Since then, the company has added a few other similar voice to text apps to its line of desktop and mobile applications. It's even rumored that Nuance has partnered with Apple to infuse voice commands within the next iPhone.
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In the heat of the moment anything can happen. Maybe your boss just emailed you to let you know that you have to come in and work on Saturday. Fortunately for all of us short tempered hot heads, there is Tone Check. Think of Tone Check as a spell check for your anger.
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Netiquette is short for network or internet etiquette. It encompasses the special set of social conventions found in online interactions. While netiquette is very similar to good behavior or etiquette in offline encounters, there are subtle differences that can easily make or break a good impression.
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As an English language learner or even as a writer who thinks he knows it all, referencing clichés is good exercise (just so you can eliminate them!). They say there’s a cliché born every minute. These five websites on clichés’ could help you locate (and eliminate) some of them.
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What's great about Tumblr is that you can reblog posts by other members of the site. This helps keep your own blog fresh with content without you having to always develop it yourself. On the other hand, if you're short on original content ideas, you might consider some of the following creative writing ideas for Tumblr content.
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Maybe you have your own blog or maybe you write for someone else's blog. Maybe you're a journalist. Whatever your line of writing, it's likely that at least some of it will be on the Internet. If that's the case, you're probably quite good at writing about your favourite niches. But do you sometimes long to know what it is people are talking about?
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For me, the iPad is the ultimate device for paperless reading, writing, and photo viewing. The comfortable viewing size of the iPad makes it a perfect electronic notebook for reading ebooks, PDFs, typing short emails, and viewing lots of photos. There are also some very good apps that actually allow you to use the iPad like a notepad.
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The World Wide Web is a world of writing. Most web content is still written text and because statistics say that English is the most used language online, you definitely need good English skills to earn a decent living online. To improve the quality of our English writing, we can use help from a grammar and spelling checker. One of the best free tools is After the Deadline.
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Dolphin Text Editor v1.6 is a lightweight Windows app that adds some functional extras to any Windows program that handles text. Sitting in the System Tray, it can be brought up with a hotkey and the text formatting commands applied on the selected text. Dolphin Text Editor is a free software (for personal use) and it runs on all Windows versions and all Windows software.
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I know that a handful of people value lightweight programs, especially after I read some comments on my previous articles. I must admit, it’s a great thing when a program is light on resources and does the job right every time. In today’s feature I’ve found another very lightweight program for your personal enjoyment called [...]
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Have you ever had the idea to finally sit down and write that great novel you've always wanted to create, but you kept putting it off because the whole process just felt too complicated? Some novels have dozens of main characters and several threads of storyline all going on at the same time. How does the author keep it all straight?
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If you want to keep a journal on your Mac, there are several free options available for users, depending on the extent of features you want, and how you plan to use your journal. Three of the best free Mac journal software apps offer very different experiences when it comes to the journaling experience. viJournal [...]
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