Index Card
Index Card is a simple tool for capturing, organizing, and compiling your ideas on the iPad. |
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If you use the index card method of beat sheet outlining -- or even if you don't -- this app works like a charm.
— Bill Fordes, Emmy Nominated Co-EP, Law & Order (1990-2010)
Capture. Organize. Compile.Index Card is a simple, but powerful, non-linear writing tool designed specifically for the Apple iPad. Capture your ideas and store notes as they come to you. Organize the flow of your project by using a familiar corkboard interface. Compile your work into a single draft document that can be read by most word processors and specialized formatting programs. Index Card will assist in writing, structuring, and managing a large project by allowing you to work in small easily manageable chunks. Whether you are a novelist, screen writer, academic researcher, comic writer, or journalist, Index Card can help you get it out of your brain and on to the page. |
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ProjectsIndex Card is project-based, which means that you create a project for each body of work that you want to compile. A project could represent a book, screenplay, or research paper. You can create multiple separate projects, each made up of its own cards. Use the Projects button to switch between existing projects, start a new body of work, or delete old ones. |
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CardsEach card is a piece of your project. Cards typically represent a movie scene, piece of dialog, book chapter, or source material. Cards contain a title, synopsis, and optionally a label color. Add new cards to your project by touching the + button. When editing a card, you will also see an estimated character and word count for the synopsis of the current card. |
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CorkboardThe corkboard allows you to visually arrange your project content with the tip of a finger. Use it like a storyboard to organize the flow of your project. Each card displays the title, synopsis, and label color that you have defined. Tap a card to open it for editing. Touch-and-hold a card to drag it to a new location and surrounding cards will automatically reorder. Tap the Edit button to select multiple cards should you wish to delete them. If you prefer to have a black background, use the settings button (gears icon) to set the Corkboard Background to Off. |
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OrganizeShuffle your ideas around. Any changes make will be instantly reflected in the structure of your project on export. Dynamically combine multiple scenes into a single text just to see how it fits. |
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OutliningOutline is another way of viewing your project. Each card is displayed as a row that includes your title, synopsis, and label color. Tap a row to open it for editing. Use the Edit button to delete rows or drag and drop to reorganize. The search bar allows you to quickly find all the cards in the current project that contain your search term in the title or synopsis. The bottom tool bar will display an estimated character and word count for the synopsis of all of the cards in your project. |
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LabelsChoose a color label to associate with each card. That color will then be visible as the background tint of your cards or rows as an easy identifier. For example, you may decide to use green to indicate finished scenes. |
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CompileExport allows you to compile all of the cards in a selected project into a single document. The title and synopsis from each card will be included and written in the current order that you have your cards organized. Any changes you make to a project will be instantly reflected the next time you export. |
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| The Send via Email option allows you to send your project as an attachment right from Index Card using the mail account you have configured on your iPad. |
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ShareShare your Index Card creations with anyone on a Mac or PC. Projects that you Export and Save to iTunes will sync as RTF documents to your desktop computer via USB with iPad File Sharing. |
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ScrivenerSync Index Card projects with the award-winning Scrivener application running on your Mac OS X computer. It's the ultimate writing workflow no matter where you are. |
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DropboxUpload projects to your Dropbox, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other devices that also have Dropbox installed. |
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Rich Text Format (RTF)
Rich Text Format (RTF) is a general purpose rich text format that can be read by most word processors and popular specialized formatting programs, including Microsoft Word and Final Draft. Use Index Card to capture, organize, and compile your masterpiece, then import it into your favorite writing tool for final formatting. |
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Indexcard Format
The Indexcard file format allows you to send your projects to other Index Card for iPad app users. Applications like iPad Mail and Dropbox for iPad will present an "Open in..." dialog that will automatically launch Index Card and import the project. |
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