Mean I think every project is destined for Scrivener. But this one is big and complicated and needs the extra features it brings.

So please — don’t rule out Word 2010 (Windows) especially if you have a simple, linear project. It’s great for that — and I try to explain why in the link above.

But Microsoft just released the companion Office package for the Mac. And boy is that a very different animal. click on the header or footer (which does the same thing). I clicked on the space between the pages. Work that one out. Oh and while you’re at it… work this out. There is a new full screen view (copied from things like Scrivener you imagine). You know the idea. You get to focus on nothing but your writing.

Well actually you don’t because full screen view includes headers and footers and all that wasted white space too. Outlook you can make the mail folders you use a lot favourites so they come and sit at the top of the sidebar where they’re easy to see. You can drag folders in Mac Outlook too. They just bounce back to where they were in the first place. Oh, and every email I have is now marked unread by Outlook, though they’re definitely read and read well. Great.