Calligra Author
Why "Author", when we already have "Words"?
Words is a multi-purpose tool, but authors tell us that writing a novel or textbooks needs some specialised tools. Author is designed to meet those specialised needs.
Planning
Writing
- Word-count in the status bar # include statistics-in-statusbar.png ?
![](/images.userbase/thumb/5/59/Statistics-in-statusbar.png/350px-Statistics-in-statusbar.png)
- Distraction free mode
![](/images.userbase/thumb/0/08/Leinir-dfm-mode.jpg/350px-Leinir-dfm-mode.jpg)
Reviewing
- Annotations (Notes) - you can select passages and add annotations. Editors and reviewers can add comments to the annotations.
- Export to DOCX format is available.
Publishing
![](/images.userbase/thumb/2/29/Epub-validated.png/350px-Epub-validated.png)
Export concentrates on EPUB2, the standard used in many publishing houses, and MOBI, the format used for Amazon Kindle devices.
Future developments
![Some planned scene separators](/images.userbase/thumb/f/f1/Separators.png/75px-Separators.png)
Planned developments include:
- Export to EPUB3 (already progressing)
- A navigation docker
- A range of section separators
- Autocompletion
- Wiki export and import
- Import of styles from an existing document.
To learn more of these plans, read [Calligra Author - The Next Step]