Anybody writing in WordPad? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310 Mhazie I always use this whern I'm writing the first draft of anything. There are no attention-grabbing wiggly lines under words to lure my Inner Editor out from its cave, but it's still got enough formatting that I can use italics and that normally. Anyone else? Or am I alone? xxx Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:04:58 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_123528 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_123528 thekai05 WordPad doesn't have a word count option, so ....No. Definitely Not using Wordpad. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:09:01 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_135702 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_135702 Ryomasa I use WordPad, mostly because it clears out distractions like spell-checks and grammar checks; they usually break my train of thought. I just use an online word counter to get the rough estimate. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:31:57 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136823 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136823 gwferguson Oh, yeah; I'm using WordPad! It's simple, straightforward, uncluttered, and .rtf can be read by any word processor. Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Crooked Little Vein) swears by it. The lack of a word count thingie is a problem, but I can always cut and paste into OpenOffice or something and get a word count there. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:35:43 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136880 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_136880 Mhazie Yeah, I just c&amp;p into MS Word when I think I might have enough. :) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:43:50 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139425 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_139425 moonmomma You can kill the spell check and grammar check options in Word. Kill them dead and never see them again! bwahahahahah *ahem* In mine (Word 2003) it's Tools --&gt; Options --&gt; Spelling and Grammar --&gt; uncheck "check spelling as you type" and "check grammar as you type" First thing I do when I'm working on a new computer (though this one, actually, is almost 6 years old) or a new writing word processing program is send the spelling/grammar check far far away and never bring them back. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:55:03 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142391 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_142391 chrisk0 When I'm on a windows machine, I usually compose in a program called Roughdraft, which I like to think of as: "Wordpad + word counts + page previews" :) It's much simpler than turning off all of Word that I don't really want to worry about when I'm doing a first draft! Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:07:54 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_143291 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_143291 rainstorm. I use Wordpad because I don't have Word :S Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:13:39 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_177550 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_177550 Sight of the Blind Haha Word is all I currently have on my computer...so yepp I'm using it x) Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:09:24 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_178223 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_178223 Preziös Fränze I love WordPad. Last year's NaNo was made from it and Roughdraft, but when I upgraded to Windows 7 I was horrified by two things. First, Roughdraft began glitching on me. Second, they changed WordPad's view - it now looks like print preview, which was utterly distracting for me. If anyone could tell me how to revert the view back to its pre-Windows 7 self I would be very happy. :| Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:57:55 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_179363 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_179363 ScyFygirl WordPad is the only writing program on my desktop that is currently NOT having serious issues, but for NaNo I'm switching to my laptop, so I'll probably use MS Word. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:13:53 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206954 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_206954 Taosaur I usually write in WordPad for the minimalist interface and (I thought) versatile file format, but I may be using my Android tablet for some of my NaNo-ing, and bizarrely, Android does not play nice with rtf. It's pretty much txt, doc, or gtfo. I'll probably be doing docs in LibreOffice on Windows, and Documents to Go on Android. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:46:58 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_219855 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_219855 JesilynSmith I wrote in WordPad last year, but this year I bought myself Liquid Story Binder. If it proves too distracting (I've spent days just playing with color themes), I'll likely switch back to WordPad. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:43:12 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_220791 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_220791 PlanNine Anyone who likes WordPad but wants additional features like word counts (which someone above said is not included in WordPad) try the free program Jarte. It is basically an improved WordPad that was developed to add in a lot of the features Wordpad is missing. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:50:18 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_236246 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_236246 Taosaur Woohoo! I'm back to WordPad thanks to today's free app on the Amazon Android market! For a few more hours, you can get Office Suite Pro for free (usually $14.99), and in addition to MS Office formats, it handles rtf just fine =D Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:30:53 -0700 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_239749 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_239749 Kesheik I'm using WordPad! Sometimes it's lack of features bugs me, but it is alot less distracting. I downloaded a word counter from Yahoo!Widgets that I am using. You copy the text you want counted and push the "Paste" button the counter and it tells you the words and characters. Not as advanced, but functional and less distracting. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:04:52 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_649941 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_649941 apocalypticangel47 I write everything using WordPad, mainly because I hate the spaces between pages (I have OpenOffice on my desktop, and I don't think you can minimalize it like you can in Word), and because I hate it when Word points out mistakes that aren't mistakes. I still paste the piece into an OpenOffice document to keep track of my counts, but I have to write in WordPad. I'm happy to see I'm not alone in this too^__^ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:55:28 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_951130 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_951130 Stratadrake WordPad! *waves* I have <strong>always</strong> used WordPad to do <strong>all</strong> of my creative writing, including all five of my Nanos. If WP had a built-in wordcounter then I would need nothing else. The main thing I like about it is the zero startup time. Every heavyweight word processor out there involves some serious CPU power when it's starting up (sometimes accompanied by a splash screen or welcome dialog box), but WordPad is just "BAM!" ready to go when you click the shortcut. We should really poll this. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:39:32 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1015540 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1015540 Smiles2322 I use word pad if I am at my PC or notepad if I am using my iPhone. Lol Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:25:09 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1035923 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1035923 thrilleraddict Yeah, I use WordPad, as much as I crave a word count, LOL. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:57:17 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1132089 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/nano-technology/threads/7310?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1132089