09-17-2012, 06:37 AM | #226 | |
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Amazon, Kobo, and B&N are pretty easy to get into. I have never tried it, but you can push directly in to Apple also - but many find it very hard. In fact some on this forum have mentioned Apple as the primary reason they use Smash. Smash gets you in the rest, including more and more libraries now. IF I was starting today I would push to B&N, Kobo, and Amazon directly but still use Smash for the rest. I do not advise ignore any stores you can get in simply because exposure sells. |
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09-17-2012, 05:05 PM | #227 | |
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Now, with Scrivener I just use the one program and two screens. I synch with Dropbox between desktop and portable systems (I don't trust iCloud - too many dramas) and it all works beautifully. |
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09-17-2012, 06:06 PM | #228 | |
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Something similar I have done is working on my laptop with the project open in Scrivener and researching on the Dell Duo in tablet mode right next to me. I find it helpful to keep the project in front of me - I'm less likely to go off on a tangent. Something else I like to do with the Duo is collect photos that inspire me or bring to mind scenes for the story, and when I feel bogged down I can reach over and swipe the screen to flip through them. |
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09-17-2012, 06:22 PM | #229 |
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I could not live with out two screen anymore. I have my notes doc up on one screen, my story up on main screen, and often will have use for a third screen for researching things
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If you want to drive three monitors without a suitable video card, you can buy a USB2 video driver that will support the third monitor. It is a monitor cable that will plug into a USB port. In the days of CRT's set-ups like this would take up a huge desktop footprint, but with thin and light LCD monitors it is quite easy. I can see the day coming when one wall in an office is a bank of monitors. |
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09-17-2012, 07:53 PM | #231 | |
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I too, have one of these, though I long for the Infinity. The Transformer works so well, I wonder how anyone copes with lesser tablets. And battery life is wonderful. Truly useful parts of the dock are the USB ports and card reader - I can copy stuff for others very easily, get images from my camera and so forth. Yes, typing is not so good on such a small keyboard. The portability of it though and the battery life makes it a very useful device. Recently, I upgraded my laptop to a Probook (17") and don't miss my desktop at all, though I do have a hankering for a second screen - LSB allows so many files to be open at once, it becomes addictive, and I'd love to have my timeline on one screen, while I type on another. My laptop gives me about 5 hours with wireless and BT on (I listen to music - mostly from the '60s when I work), which is sufficient. Cheers, |
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Most newer graphic cards have multiple outs.
Ranges from vga/dvi to hdmi. Simply use different outs vfor different screens |
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this is pretty good news to me - I'll look them up. I am aware that most machines can connect two monitors (or, as in the case of notebooks, an additional one) directly. I would just prefer a wireless option. What I have been using is Dexpot, which allows me several desktop screens a la Linux, that I can toggle between easily. I have one for LSB, and another where I keep open browser windows, and leave my media player open on another. Dexpot is free for private use. Cheers, |
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Here's a link: http://dexpot.de/?id=contact - they should be able to answer that question. Let us know how you fare. Cheers, |
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Freelancers are considered commercial use.
An author's considered a freelancer. http://dexpot.de/?id=purchase |
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One question that's not rhetorical: How about an "academic editions" - such as those offered by Microsoft Office, does such a licence allow you to make commercial use of the software? A brief look at that licence shows only that you must be a "Qualified Educational User", I can't find that it limits what use such a user may put the software to ... though I would be surprised if they didn't have something to say on the subject somewhere. |
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Since they list academic institutions as schools etc. under commercial usage I think, no edu licensing is available. I've only pointed out freelance because writing is under german law considered a freelance profession.
I assume free usage for home strictly only. |
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