{"id":3471,"date":"2014-06-17T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2014-06-17T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T12:30:06","slug":"focuswriter-adds-support-open-xml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-adds-support-open-xml\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing App FocusWriter Adds Support Open XML Files, Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter.png\" alt=\"full-screen writer app ubuntu\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter.png 238w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Full-screen writing program FocusWriter updated to version 1.5.0 with many exciting new features and improvements.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-screen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-screen.png\" alt=\"focuswriter screen\" width=\"540\" height=\"242\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-screen.png 540w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/focuswriter-screen-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FocusWriter features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TXT, basic RTF, and basic ODT file support<\/li>\n<li>Timers and alarms<\/li>\n<li>Daily goals<\/li>\n<li>Fully customizable themes<\/li>\n<li>Typewriter sound effects (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Auto-save (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Live statistics (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Spell-checking (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Multi-document support<\/li>\n<li>Sessions<\/li>\n<li>Portable mode (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Translated into over 20 languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest release 1.5.0 was released one hour ago on June 17th, 2014 with following new features and improvements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added daily progress dialog<\/li>\n<li>Added default themes<\/li>\n<li>Added blurring behind text area<\/li>\n<li>Added drop shadow behind text area<\/li>\n<li>Added duplicating themes<\/li>\n<li>Added keyboard shortcuts to move between paragraphs<\/li>\n<li>Added option to disable byte order mark<\/li>\n<li><b>Added basic support for Office Open XML files<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Added Windows installer<\/li>\n<li>Include dictionaries on Windows<\/li>\n<li>Improved theme dialog<\/li>\n<li>Improved background color when loading theme<\/li>\n<li>Stopped clearing document cache across runs<\/li>\n<li>Synchronized location for open and save dialogs<\/li>\n<li>Switched to hunspell<\/li>\n<li>Switched to QtZip<\/li>\n<li>Refactored daily progress<\/li>\n<li>Refactored document cache<\/li>\n<li>Refactored spell checking code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Install FocusWriter 1.5.0 in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one will install the writing app from its official PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode\/gcppa\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install focuswriter<\/pre>\n<p>Works on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>For Othe Linux, Window, and Mac OS, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/gottcode.org\/focuswriter\/\" title=\"FocusWriter website.\" target=\"_blank\">FocusWriter website<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full-screen writing program FocusWriter updated to version 1.5.0 with many exciting new features and improvements. FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. 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