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I just entered a writing competition for short stories, with a strict limit of 650 words per entry. The site provides a link to a web site that they use as the official word counter for their competitions.

I wrote a short story that was initially over 750 words according to TextMaker. However ...

Thank you.

I have decided to explore using LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). The current version is LMDE7, but I have been advised that LMDE6 is better. I guess I'll have to look at both. It's pure Debian, so there should be no problem running the .deb version of SoftMaker Office ... right?

I have a couple of desktop computers, several laptop, and a Microsoft Surface tablet, all running Windows 10. None of these devices qualifies to switch to Windows 11. Unless Microsoft changes their minds again, security updates will end in October of this year.

I have SoftMaker Office Professional ...

Go to the Format > Paragraph dialogue. Scroll down the list of paragraph style until you find "List bullet." Make changes until you get what you want.

Open the "Normal" template, create your custom color(s), then save the template. If you will only need that color in certain docments, you can create a new template for use with the custom color(s).

Pages 163 and 566 of the user manual. (The English version.)

Be sure you have the visual rulers turned on, then inspect where your rulers are showing the margins for the paragraphs in the numbered list. The default should look like this:


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Note that the indentation markers in the horizontal ruler are indented by 0.25". That's the ...

Dissregard the fact that I use the classic menu system. The dialoge box should be the same.

Thank you Woody44. I tried what you suggested, and it's certainly workable - if I have two different files.

So I've made a copy and have the original in one iteration of TM, and the copy in the second iteration of TM.

I do wish, though, this could be done with a single file in 2, or even 3 ...

I thought it could be done with one file. The second iteration loads as a read-only copy. I just tried that, and it refused to load the second iteration of the file. Interesting.

SoftMaker - please consider adding this functionality to a future update.

I just open two iterations of TextMaker and size each window to half the screen. That makes it very convenient for moving back and forth. Typically, I have a manuscript open in one window and the outline open in a second window.

What is the nature of the vulnerability?

Even more peculiar, regarding contractions:

Both "can't" and "don't" count as two words.

one two three can't five six.

and

one two three don't five six.

report as seven words.

But while "don't" is a contraction for two words, "can't" is a contraction of one word: "cannot." If I change "can ...

Thank you for tracking this down. It happens that I recently entered a writing context, too, and I found that the word count reported in TextMaker didn't match up with the word count reported by the web site the contest uses as its official word count judge. Now I know why.

SoftMaker, please fix ...

When there are blank left-hand pages so new chapter begin on a right-hand page (which is the correct way to format books), the blank left-hand pages should NOT have any header, footer, or page number. They are BLANK.

https://www.self-pub.net/blog/creating-proper-blank-pages-in-a-book-layout/

https ...

I do not understand the problem.