![]() ![]() Tote it in a bag, switch it on, and it’s ready to use, with up to ten hours of battery life. If you spend many writing sessions at a coffee shop or library, your tablet might be a better choice of writing instrument than a laptop. The key to writing successfully with a tablet PC is to tailor it to your needs so it becomes part of your existing workflow, matching your personality and preferences. A good place to start is with the keyboard. The best accessory you can add to any tablet PC is an external Bluetooth (BT) keyboard, such as those offered by Apple, Logitech, Verbatim, Kensington, and others. To be fair, there are writers who can sustain a productive writing session using an onscreen, virtual keyboard, but most of us are more comfortable with an external unit. Some keyboards have better typeability than others, so pay special attention to the key layout to make sure you purchase one that doesn’t slow you down. #HANDYPRINT APP REVIEW BLUETOOTH#įolding Bluetooth keyboards offer convenience, though the keys often don’t respond as nicely as they do on a rigid unit. Any modern BT keyboard will work with any BT-enabled tablet PC, allowing you to mix brands if, say, you use a Nexus tablet but like typing on the Apple BT keyboard. ![]() Tablet Standĭo you prefer typing on your tablet PC in portrait or landscape mode? Portrait mode is more typewriter-like, with a vertical orientation to the page landscape, or horizontal mode, is similar to a laptop. In either case you’ll need something to prop the tablet at a comfortable angle for viewing. Many tablet covers fold in such a way as to prop up the tablet for viewing in landscape mode. When you write on your main computer, do you use a word processor, a minimalist text editor, or a specialty application such as Scrivener? Does your writing require a lot of attributes, such as italics, footnotes, or special formatting, or, like most novelists, does your writing consist mostly of plain words on a page? If you don’t mind carrying an extra bit of gear, you can purchase an inexpensive metal or plastic tablet stand with folding legs that, like a miniature artist’s easel, holds the tablet in portrait or landscape orientation. The majority of writing tools available for tablets are plain-text editors or simple text editors that support Markdown notation (see “What is Markdown?”). There are also a few full-featured word processors available and a few organizing tools that might prove useful. Most of the text and Markdown editors are either free or inexpensive, while the word processors tend to cost more, but are still reasonable compared to the price of software for a Mac or PC. ![]()
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