#writing programs

Scrolling while I'm reading / editing in OpenOffice is turning out to be REALLY bad for the ADHD. Because the scrolling doesn't go line-by-line. It skips like 12 lines down when I reach the end of the screen, and then I have to scan to find where I left off. Every single time.

This might be okay for editing, but it is HORRID for trying to get immersed, get the new-writing flow state going, and (with my flimsy ADHD focus) to stay focused on The Writing and How It's Flowing, and not Scanning the Screen to Find Where I Left Off every three paragraphs... <:P

(I'm not scrolling with a mouse; I'm using the keypad to navigate. Just tapping the down arrow key to scroll. If I can't figure out how to change it, this might legitimately be a dealbreaker for me...)

Preemptively, I refuse to use Google Docs (AI scrapes the writing you put up there) and I don't want to pay a subscription fee (so M365 is out).

Does anyone know: A.) How to make LibreOffice writer scroll one line at a time instead of a dozen? I tried researching on reddit and LibreOffice Help alike, and I don't think anyone else has found a solution... None I've seen, at least.

Or B.) a simple free writing program for Linux (Mint 23-something) that can read large .rtf's? We're talking, this story I'm trying to read from is about 250 pages long, ~150k words, and has two decades of tracked changes on it, though I'd already resigned myself to potentially losing the tracked changes. Apparently Ellipsus doesn't handle 20k+ words well, and, uhh. Half my story files are over 20k. Being able to set custom templates would be ideal, but anything that lets me read it as White Text on a Black Background would work.

looking for a google docs replacement!

not proton it's a bust.

what i need is a writing program that i can access the same files to edit from my pc and my phone. <- big point #1

and has basic editing. like spell check, not autocorrect. formatting. and find and replace. <- big point #2 this is why proton was a bust. it's all manual, click and change and you better spot your spelling mistakes.

i want to type with my crappy phone when i get an idea. and fix it from my pc with a real keyboard. all in one app. not have to copy paste from different programs to a storage place copy paste to an editing program (which for me leaves me back at google docs anyway.) and then copy paste back to the storage program. (proton.)

i'd prefer free, but so far only google docs has the normal word document functions that is free. and i really need those.

i don't care about fancy texts, bolds, italics. just find and replace and spellcheck. not autocorrect. please help me find this goldilocks program to get me away from google.

^ This is in the share menu. I don't think I need to say much else.

It is anti AI!

Tons of templates!

You can collaborate with other writers

Just life Scrivener, but better!!!

Better than Google Docs!!!

No limits on the dirty or dark your writing goes. So you can write and edit you NSFW fics!!!

Ellipsus

                                 AI AND YOUR WRITING At a recent meeting of a writer’s group I belonged to we had an interesting discussion on the use of AI in one’s writing. One of the authors present was having a problem in determining if the question of using AI should be considered should come into play when considering a publisher. The problem considered what percentage of the manuscript…