Yeah Write for Windows Product Description
We began development of Yeah Write for Windows believing we could
create a better word processor. We understood some of the
difficulties in trying to compete with the popular word processing
programs, but we also recognized a few weaknesses in these products.
The popular word processors are, in general, big and slow, and,
while feature rich, they are difficult to learn and use. Also, the
tiny black characters and the stark white backgrounds used by these
programs make documents hard to read on the screen.
Yeah Write doesn’t look anything like a standard word
processor. Instead of creating a document from a blank screen, Yeah
Write uses a fill-in-the-blanks approach. Documents have attractive,
colorful backgrounds. Screen fonts are set independently from
printed fonts, so a writer can edit with large characters and print
with normal size characters. The program interface is simple enough
that using most features is fairly obvious, even to users with a
minimal amount of Windows experience.
Documents
Document management is transparent, which is a fancy way of saying
that the writer doesn’t have to worry about filenames. The
program automatically stores documents in folders and drawers, and
automatically lists them in a folder's index. Finding documents
later is a snap.
Folders have names which match the type of document contained in the
folders. The free versions of Yeah Write have folders for a diary, a
journal, general purpose documents, personal letters, business
letters, memos, and notes. A registered version also has folders for
an address book, e- mail messages (send only), faxes (send only),
business letters with return addresses, and envelopes. With each
folder, a writer can create a document by clicking on  in the
index and filling in the blanks in the document window. YW saves a
document automatically when the writer exits the program or finishes
a paragraph.
When the writer prints a document, Yeah Write displays a printed
preview. By clicking on the various printed styles to the right of
the preview, the author can quickly change the look of a document.
In many cases, the document prints perfectly the first time.
Character Styles
In addition to normal text, Yeah Write supports bold, italics, and
underline, and combinations of the three.
Paragraph Styles
In addition to standard paragraphs, YW supports bullets, check
boxes, indented paragraphs, hanging indented paragraphs, paragraphs
indented left and right, numbered lists, outlines, headings, and
titles. Outlines are only available in the registered version. The
free version sometimes has fewer levels available. The registered
version supports additional options for displaying bullets and
numbered lists.
Standard Features
Yeah Write has many of the features you would expect to find in a
word processor. It is very much a Windows product and uses standard
Windows keystrokes and dialogs. Text selection, cut/copy/paste, and
document navigation are straightforward and comfortable. Writers can
use the keyboard, with many keystroke shortcuts available, or the
mouse, depending on their interface preferences. Find, Find and
Replace, and a Speller are included in all versions. A writer can
password protect a drawer. The program displays and prints special
ANSI characters, like é, ©, and ç.
Special Features
Besides these standard features, Yeah Write has many features not
generally expected in an inexpensive word processor. Dates are
filled in automatically (they can, of course, be changed). Yeah
Write supports em dashes and smart quotes. Cut/copy/paste supports a
smart paste and a dumb paste, making copying text from other
programs a little easier (especially from an Internet browser).
Where appropriate, carry over fields automatically copy text from a
previous document into a new document (for example, if the writer
ended the last letter with “Sincerely,” then the next
letter is ended in the same way). Get and Move make moving and
copying text from one document to another surprisingly easy. A
writer can turn off automatic save to preserve laptop battery life.
To make printing easier, each folder can have its own printer setup.
In other words, for the envelopes tab, the writer can select the
right setup to print envelopes, and, for the letters tab, the writer
can select the right setup to print on letterhead. From then on,
even if the Windows printer defaults change, YW remembers to use the
correct setup for each type of document.
With the registered version, an author with an SMTP address and an
Internet connection can send YW documents as e-mail messages. Also
with the registered version, an author with an FTP server address
and a valid name and password can save and retrieve documents to and
from an FTP site.
$15 Version Benefits
Those who purchase the full product receive these additional
documents types:  address book, e-mail, fax, envelopes, and another
business letter with room for a return address. They also can use
outlining, more levels with styles, and can change the numbering
options for outlines and numbered lists. Also, they can send e-mail
messages (assuming they have an Internet connection and an SMTP
address), and the can save and retrieve to and from an FTP site
(assuming they have an Intenet connection and an FTP server address
and password).
Product Limitations
We introduced Yeah Write in April, 1996, and we continue to improve
the product. We hope to release improved versions approximately
every six months. Because the program is fairly new, it has a few
limitations. Yeah Write supports only one font per document,
although is does support various font sizes for headings and titles.
The program does not support full justification (next release),
hyphenation, subscripts, superscripts, endnotes, footnotes, table of
contents or an index. A document can have only one margin setting.
Page numbers, headers and footers are included with some of the
printed styles, but a writer cannot define them (we hope to improve
this in the next release). YW does not import Word or RTF documents
(only text and WP51--we may do RTF in the next release). Finally,
writers cannot define their own document types (someday).
If you have suggestions or comments, please write to us at
info@wordplace.com.
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