Editor: Q10 is a simple but powerful text editor designed and built with writers in mind.
Q10 is freeware. That's right, you can download and use it at no cost.
Q10 is small, fast and keeps out of your way.
Press F1 inside Q10 to read the help card.
Q10 will clean your kitchen, walk your dog and make excellent coffee. Well, not really. But it's really good as a full-screen text editor.
Full-screen.
Focus on your work. Even if Mark Pilgrim doesn't like full-screen editors, some of us do.
Live text statistics.
Word, page and character counts are updated live as you type.
Programmable page count formula.
Specify what formula to use for page count calculation. You’re not constrained to the 250 words per page rule anymore.
Customizable look and paragraph format.
Change the colors, line spacing, first line indent, paragraph spacing, font...
Perfectly portable.
A single self-contained executable file. That’s all. Easy to use with a pendrive, so you can carry your writing environment with you everywhere. Q10 will remember the last file you worked on, even if the drive letter assigned to your pendrive changes from computer to computer.
Easy to use timer alarm.
Perfect for timed writing sessions and word wars. When the time is over, it will tell you how many words you wrote in that period.
Spell checker.
You don't make mistakes. I know it. You know it. But many people do, and Q10 lets them check their spelling.
Notes.
Any paragraph starting with ".." is considered a note. You can get a list of all notes in the current document and jump instantly to any of them.
Target count.
Displays completed percentage. You can choose units: words, pages, lines, paragraphs or characters. If NaNoWriMo is your thing, this is for you.
Partial counts.
Keep track of the extension of current chapter or see how much content you've produced in the current writing session. You're free to use partial counts as you like: up to four counters with ...
