Five tools that make life easier for writers

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Five tools that make life easier for writers

By Jack Wallen February 28, 2012, 11:50 PM PST

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Five tools that make life easier for writers

Introduction

ntAs a writer, I’m always looking for tools to make my work easier. Although I spend most of my time in a word processor, sometimes I need more specialized features. For those times, I have some go-to tools that make the writing process go more smoothly. Whether you’re a novelist, a student, an office manager, or even a documentation designer, these tools can help with your writing projects.

ntNote: If you’d prefer to view this information as a blog post, check out this entry in our Five Apps blog.

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Writer's Cafe

ntWith Writer’s Cafe, you can can plan and manage your work as you go along.

Labyrinth

ntLabyrinth offers a scaling and scrollable canvas, text attributes (bold, italics, etc.), arrow navigation of thoughts, import/export, the ability to save a state across instances, and much more.

Bibus

ntIf your writing involves a lot of citations, Bibus can help you manage them.

Bibus

ntBibus lets you search and sort your bibliographical records, perform live and online queries, and insert references and formatting of bibliographies into Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, and OpenOffice. Bibus is free (open source) and easy to use.

By Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen.

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