Scrivener (software)

Infobox Software
name = Scrivener



caption = Scrivener's main window showing the tutorial file.
author = Keith Blount
developer = Literature and Latte
released = 2007-01-20
latest release version = 1.11
latest release date = 2007-12-8
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operating system = Mac OS X
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genre = text editor, personal information manager
license = proprietary (shareware)
website = http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html

Scrivener is a text editor designed for writers. Scrivener contains a document, note and metadata managing system allowing the user to keep track of notes, concepts, research and whole documents for reference (documents including text, images, PDF, audio, video, web pages, etc.). After the user has written their piece, they may export it to their favorite word processor for formatting.

Features include a corkboard, an outliner, iPhoto-like Full Screen mode and "snapshots" (the ability to save a copy of a particular document as it is before you made any drastic changes).

Keith Blount created the program as a tool to help him write the "big novel". Scrivener was intended as a tool to keep track of all of his ideas and research. It is his first application, built mostly on libraries and features of Mac OS X v10.4.

External links

* [http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html Literature and Latte]
* [http://www.applegeeks.com/blog/?p=1616 Review at] "Applegeeks"
* [http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/reviews/104565/keith-blounts-scrivener.html Review at] "MacUser"
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/magazine/06wwln-medium-t.html?ex=1357275600&en=e0f04d9791fe6b3a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all Review at New York Times]
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