![]() ![]() Often a Word work session starts with something other than jumping straight into writing. ![]() Often you’ll need to wait 15 minutes or so before working while Microsoft handles the latest updates to all the Office apps.Įven when there are no updates Word is not instant on. It rarely starts without checking to see if there is a software update - usually once a week. Of course you can do much the same with, say, Microsoft Word or Apple Pages. iA Writer a breeze compared to Word, Pages The app-OS-hardware integration has only improved with Apple’s recent move to iOS 11. This works so well that you can type away on, say, a MacBook, race out the door and pick up from where you left off on an iPhone. You can store documents locally on a Mac, iPhone or iPad, but why would you when you can save them the cloud and have them sync between devices. That’s because cloud is central to the software. If you have an iPad Pro, this would be a good time to invest in a keyboard, although iA Writer is fine if you write on a glass keyboard. If you don’t use Apple hardware, the software is a good reason to change. There are versions of iA Writer for iOS, MacOS and Android. If you need to do tricky typographic work or lay out pages, this is not for you. If you like your writing software flashy and complex go elsewhere. iA Writer feels the nearest thing to using paper in a typewriter and yet it is as modern as the iPhone X. IA Writer starts from the premise that some writers focus on their words, not how they look on a page. ![]()
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