Review: PageFour

Posted on March 19, 2008 by LJ

Summary

PageFour, by Bad Wolf Software, is a creative writing software package.

Overview

Manufacturer: Bad Wolf Software
Platform: Windows
Current Version: Windows: 1.65

Pros and Cons

Pros

Bare minimum functionality
No bells and whistles found in Office software
Easy to customize screen
Easy to use
Intuitive interface
Automatic backups
Built in outliner
Ability to merge chapters into one document
Printing templates to control output quickly and easily without reformatting the document
Stores chapters/notes as RTF documents, viewable from basic Windows software

Cons

None

Why Did I Download/Buy This?

During my first NaNoWriMo, I had used Microsoft Word. I’m a pretty good hand at the features of Word, but I found myself longing for the WordPerfect for DOS days: black screen, green type, no distractions. I find Word’s interface distracting when I am trying to pump out word count. (It’s so much easier to check word count than actually produce words!)

About that time, I saw an ad for PageFour. The price seemed right, and the screenshots gave me what I was looking for. For the second NaNoWriMo, I used PageFour. I was much more productive.