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Originally Posted by MarjaE
I've got multiple projects, no idea how many files, hundreds of pages for each project, and no, Calibre is not much help with cross-referencing them.
I'm looking for something which helps me--
a. Cross-reference these
b. Keep track of which chapters need expansion, revision, more research, more references, etc.
c. Keep track of which files I'd like to export to a short version for readers, and which ones I'd hold back for personal use.
d. export them, of course.
It's hard to see what accessibility options different note-taking software has. But footnote support is important and isn't common in note-taking software.
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Marja:
As is not uncommon with your posts for ideas, suggestions, etc., I think that once again, you're seeking a unicorn, a Holy Grail that doesn't exist. I've done a lot of work, over the last 40 years, with extensive, huge files with thousands of linked sources, footnotes, endnotes, URLs, and all that and I have NEVER met a writing program that does all that.
I don't think that Scrivener would do
everything you need. It could do a
lot of it--it does have extensive footnoting capabilities. It would allow you to link content and add resources (files, images) to the folders that you create.
You could create notes on the clipboard entries to yourself, about what needs expansion and all that. So...that's an all-in-one solution and no, I don't know about accessibility but you could definitely ask the L&L guys about it--they are VERY accommodating.
Two other ideas:
Word+OneNote: would do
all of this. It wouldn't even really be hard. Just link back and forth; do your writing and footnoting in Word; link OneNote sources to the footnotes and keep all (all!) your sources, images, files, webpages, etc. in OneNote. That's option 1.
There's an older, mostly abandoned program, LSBXE, (Liquid Story Binder) that I've always said was all flash; I said that people would buy it because it made them feel like a real writer, rather than doing all the flashy stuff that people think it does. But...for something like what you're talking about, it MIGHT really work. It works off interconnected file databases, with almost everything in RTF files and databases, so you MIGHT find it useful. When I was still (stupidly) trying to help the developer and users improve the product, I was part of maintaining a wiki on how to best use it, and that may still be around.
Of all the options that I know--and again, I know a
crapload of them from years of real estate development documents and research, legal stuff and all that--I gotta say, something like either Word+OneNote, or Scrivener, is
probably your best bet. I can't remember what you said about Scrivener, vis-a-vis your special needs, but if you CAN use it, it probably does more of what you want,
in one place, than anything else. And it has that easy-to-use file browser, built-in, that would keep your resources handier.
So..I don't know if that helps, but if I were you, I would at least email L&L, the developers of Scrivener to see if they can address your accessibility needs, b/c if they can, that's seriously your best option.
Hitch