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Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 19, 2014 at 12:45 AM

Hugh wrote:
>I used it several versions and numerous years ago. I seem to remember
>that it then had a “novel” mode - which to me half-defeated its original
>purpose, and turned it into an expensive text editor.

I did try it out and now I see what you meant. The index card features only work if you’re willing to stick with the scriptwriting mode, which is too limiting for my purposes.

There is some criticism out there saying FD has been complacent, as the industry leader, and that not much has changed for several versions. I can see why. I was barely able to install it (cdintf400.dll missing). The interface is clumsy and dated, and in some of my monitors the software would struggle to render the lines and pages as I was scrolling.

Otherwise the index card feature is neat. Too bad they didn’t extend it to all the other non-script templates they provide. I won’t be buying it.

Hugh wrote:
>(Story O, listed there, is
>another wannabe-scriptwriter’s tool, but is significantly cheaper than
>FD, has just been upgraded, and its index cards work OK.)

Thanks for the suggestion. First time I looked at their site I was put off by the childish feel of it but upon second look the timeline and the index card features look interesting, so I might take it for a test drive.

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