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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 4, 2008 at 09:39 PM
Bob Mackreth wrote:
>For writing and composition, I’ve pretty
>much given up on NoteMap (moment of silence here) and shifted to Page Four. My
>preference is for a one-pane outliner here, but you can’t have everything you want in
>this life. Wish it were a little simpler to manage and move pages within the Page Four
>outline tree, but the program serves my needs adequately if not perfectly.
Bob, I have a question regarding Page Four; is there any way to export one’s work to another word processor in .doc, .rtf or any other format? From what I can see, there’s import from such formats, but what is called ‘export’ seems to be just a way to get one’s Page Four files from a PC to another.
TIA
alx
Posted by JohnK
Dec 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Bob, I have a question
>regarding Page Four; is there any way to export one’s work to another word processor in
>.doc, .rtf or any other format? From what I can see, there’s import from such formats,
>but what is called ‘export’ seems to be just a way to get one’s Page Four files from a PC to
>another.
>
>TIA
>alx
PageFour’s native format is RTF, so there’s no problem with editing the files elsewhere. Yes, Page Four’s export feature is just an easy way to make a copy of the notebooks.
If I wanted to finish a set of files off in Word and then create a single document I would use Chapter by Chapter (http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.berthet/cbc/index.html). Indeed if you already have Word, Chapter by Chapter, which is free, may be a good alternative to PageFour.
Posted by Bob Mackreth
Dec 5, 2008 at 03:58 AM
JohnK wrote:
>Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>>Bob, I have a question
>>regarding Page Four; is there
>any way to export one’s work to another word processor in
>>.doc, .rtf or any other
>format? From what I can see, there’s import from such formats,
>>but what is called
>‘export’ seems to be just a way to get one’s Page Four files from a PC to
>
>>another.
>>
>>TIA
>>alx
>
>PageFour’s native format is RTF, so there’s no problem
>with editing the files elsewhere. Yes, Page Four’s export feature is just an easy way
>to make a copy of the notebooks.
That’s correct. Rather than creating a database, PageFour pretty much uses the Windows filing system. “Pages” are individual RTF files, and “folders” are exactly that.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 5, 2008 at 07:18 AM
John, Bob, many thanks for the quick response. I see that there’s not much danger of getting trapped inside a non-generic format which is a good thing.
I will also try Chapter by Chapter because it offers a very sensible and flexible approach. Rather than having to learn a new word processor it seems to complement Word in the structured writing where it lags behind.
alx
Posted by Sebastien Berthet
Dec 7, 2008 at 06:51 AM
Hi,
Alexander, I’d be happy to get your feedback on CbC.
Let me know if you have any problem or suggestion.
I’m always eager to see how other writers use my software, and how it can be improved.
Sebastien