Review: PageFour

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.

How Do I Use This?

When I need to write, revise or edit, I use PageFour.