Edwin Yip
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- September 2009
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- 2/10/2023
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Hi Wojciech,
As far as I can tell from a software developer's perspective, most standalone programs (i.e. EXE files) can be run without problem with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 (apart from other ...
File versioning
2/23/2010
For tech savvy users, TortoiseSvn is highly recommended!
Although it's designed for software developers, It's super easy to install and very usable! It's integrated into the Windows Explorer, for exa...
Microsoft Word Outlines
1/22/2010
@Lucas,
Honestly I haven't check Word 2010 out yet, but you can check this MSDN blog for details, I think he told a little more beyond what I said, maybe not all are significant:
http://blogs.msdn.c...
Microsoft Word Outlines
1/21/2010
Hi Gary,
In the upcoming Word 2010 the outlining will be enhanced a lot: better looking, drag and drop the headings in the navigation pane to restructure the document, and so on.
You also want to lo...
Hi Dan,
I'm developing Writing Outliner Word addin, I think it will be able to do what you want with several steps:
1. Create a Writing Outliner project in Word.
2. Import your Word and PDF documents...
Hi Alexander,
Yes, the current version of Word does not work well with long documents, the upcoming Word 2010 will have a Navigation pane (actually it's the improved version of the current document m...
Thinking about workflows
11/15/2009
Hi Wojciech,
I'm glad that the mind map explains what I want to tell :)
Yes, the notes taking part of Writing Outliner Addin for Word is still a question mark in my mind, I thought of integrating it...
Thinking about workflows
11/14/2009
BTW, the mind map is made with MindVisualizer at http://www.InnovationGear.com
Thinking about workflows
11/14/2009
Hi Hugh,
Thank you so much! I've just made a mind map and get my thoughts clarified! The first version (not the beta version) of Writing Outliner will be focused on four aspects of the writing workfl...
Thinking about workflows
11/14/2009
Hi Hugh,
I mean would you list what you actually need to plan for your writing project? Maybe the deadline, target word counts, etc, for each chapters? During a generic project planning one breakdow...
Thinking about workflows
11/13/2009
Hi Hugh,
What do you do in the project planning stage? (Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm not a writer and developing a Word addin for writers)
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Edwin Yip
Writing Outliner - Turn Microsoft...
Outline with rows and columns?
11/13/2009
Hi Hugo,
This maybe is a dumb question (I'm not a writer myself and I'm developing a Word addin for writers), but I don't quite understand in what circumstances you want to view multiple revisions of...
Hi Dr Andus,
Windows management is on the windows level, but not the program level, that means standalone windows of the same program can be placed on different screens.
Dr Andus wrote:
>So there is...
Hi Peter,
Thank you for the detailed explanation, I'm glad that I asked this question, now I know the overall process of how you capture, refine, organize and finalize your ideas, It helps a lot to m...
Hi Peter,
Your work flow descriptions are so helpful to my Word addin project! Thank you so much!
Maybe this is a dump question, but may I ask, by "creating new drafts every week or so and end up wi...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
10/9/2009
Sebastien,
Sorry for replying late, I was in a vacation. Thank you for the further suggestion on the index, using synonym is a good idea, though I'm not sure will it work, even Google does not use sy...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/30/2009
Hi Sebastien,
Thank you for the detailed description on how you'll intend to use such a tool, it really helps. Importing existing notes/draft documents is need not to mention a must must feature. Reg...
Outliner to find associations
9/29/2009
Hi,
Everybody interests in such a writing software (a Word addin) that pretty much combines Microsoft Word?, treepad and SuperNoteCard together to make the whole writing process smoother, check my re...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/29/2009
Hi Sebastien,
Wow, 'find related notes on the fly' is very a very good idea, I have seen such a feature used in some online ticket system to avoid duplicated questions/request, I did not realize this...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/28/2009
Hello Sebastien,
Chapter by Chapter is neat and does what it's intended to, it's really a good tool :)
I'm glad you jump in this discussion, actually I really appreciate insightful inputs from reall...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/24/2009
Hi John,
Your reply and the Hugh's reply above about the instability of Word has affected the development of Writing Outliner :) Saving each revision of the document was a feature that's being consid...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/24/2009
Hi Hugh,
Actually, Writing Outliner can be (at least partially) a remedy for the instability of Word, since Writing Outliner will save backups for each document, you can easily go back to any previou...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/24/2009
Hi John,
Thank you for the comment and the link to CBC, I didn't know it before. I downloaded it and found that it's a nice tool as a freeware, but Writing Outliner will be providing more features fo...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/24/2009
Hi Daly,
Thank you very much :). Unfortunately, OpenOffice does not provide much API as Word does
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>I wish you well with the project. I am sorry it is tied to Word. Unless I abso...
Scrivener-like outliner for Windows?
9/22/2009
We have just started the Writing Outliner project at http://writingoutliner.com
It's a outliner software designed for writing long documents such as books or a series of related documents such as col...