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Writers rejoice! Here’s
something for you THOSE who find professional word processing programs too cumbersome now have another choice. This fortnight we feature a freeware that is light on the HDD and easy to use. It saves files in the RTF format, which means you can open files prepared in this program in any other word processor like MS Word too. It is feature-rich yet none of these requires special skills to handle. This is a must for home PC users. RoughDraft This is a freeware word
processor. Although suitable for everybody, it has features specifically
designed for writers of novels, short stories, articles, plays and
screenplays. It is designed to be as practical as possible, offering all
features you need, without being complicated or awkward to use. It
supports comprehensive text and paragraph formatting options. It can
import files in Word 6.0, Word ’97 and HTML formats. The Side Panel
makes common operations quicker and convenient. You can open up to 100
files at the same time. It features spell check (in British or American
English) of the whole text or of individual words. You can also create a
custom dictionary to which you can add your own words. However, the
dictionary and thesaurus facility (provided by Anthony Lewis’ WordWeb
program) has to be installed separately. Though it is not required to
run RoughDraft yet the program writer strongly recommends it. Like Word
this freeware allows automatic insertion of user-defined words - for
character names or commonly used words. It has four extra clipboards for
inserting longer phrases or paragraphs. The program has special modes
for screenplay writers and playwrights that make formatting easy. It
saves files in the popular Rich Text Format (RTF), meaning they can be
opened in just about any other word processor. Or if you want it can
create HTML files of your work for publishing on the Web. RoughDraft can
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