Whiz Folders Deluxe 6

Posted by Graham Rhind
Feb 28, 2007 at 07:40 PM

I’ve been a fan of Whizfolders for a while, and have used it to write all my software manuals and one book. (My books don’t require references, footnotes etc., which is why I don’t need other, in my eyes overcomplicated, programs to achieve this). Sanjay, the writer, moved very quickly to resolve any problems I had and added new features as I requested them.

I find it a completely intuitive program to use (I know this is a personal thing - some members here find programs intuitive which I find a complete mystery). I don’t really get the “overwhelmed with windows” comments. Whizfolders opens one window with a documents list and one new window per document open, so if you work on one document you get two windows. (The first time you use the program a tutorial window opens, which may seem off-putting). I prefer this to programs where documents are tabbed within a single window; and once you’ve found the right keystroke it is quick to switch between windows. I like the paradigm of keeping documents distinct in this way - it means I can have multiple instances of the program running on different machines and accessing different documents over the network, without having to close instances or worry about a single document containing all my data getting corrupted or whatever. The documents are also easy to carry around on, for example, a USB stick.

I am a fan but I do have my criticisms of the program - table editing suffices but is primitive, and only small pictures can be easily embedded, but there are workarounds, and when I find the perfect organising program, I’ll let you all know :-)

Graham

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I just can’t get over all the windows
>that pop up as you run the program… they kind of overwhelm me. I am sure that if I just
>stuck with the program for a while I would get used to this, but when you’re trying to
>write something and you have a deadline, it isn’t easy to have patience, I’m
>afraid.
> >Steve Z.