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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6505298" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>Thanks everyone! Since I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for I'll have to determine what I am going to use (even if the answer is "just keep using stand alone document files").</p><p></p><p>So I played around with some things and took a deeper look at some of the suggestions. Here is what I came up with so far.</p><p></p><p>1) Ironically, I could get pretty close to what I want working with my copy of <strong>Word 2003</strong>. Adjust to desired font, put a texture in the background, put it in web display mode and create a frame on the left with with a table of contents. I can click on entries in the left frame and jump to where they are in the right frame. And I know how to set up macros for preformatted entries. Of course, there is one insurmountable issue that makes it completely off the list: the table of contents doesn't update when the content does (you'd have to recreate the frame with the new content).</p><p>2) I tried out <strong>OneNote 2013</strong> on my other system, and it actually was pretty darn close to what I'm looking for. I was able to adjust the font and colors, move things around, and generally make it look and behave fairly well for what I need. The way I could sync it on android and web would also increase its usefulness. Unfortunately, I really need it running on my <em>other</em> computer, which is an unsupported XP system. Neither the web version nor the older versions actually do what I need it to, so unless I get a new computer sometime soon it's off the table.</p><p>3) <strong>Obsidian Portal</strong> has a relatively attractive interface, but with the 2 mb storage limit I couldn't really use it for the complete deal. It would just be of use sharing info with my players. I'm not sure it justifies all the extra effort just to share selected info. If I just want to share a file or two, I have other means of doing that. The web-based nature of the service also doesn't keep my content close enough to home.</p><p>4) I downloaded the demo for the previous version of <strong>The Keep</strong>, and referred to what features have been added/changed to get an idea of what I'd be looking at currently. It looks decent and functional, but I'm not really excited about it for some reason. It also looks like it doesn't have a lot of ongoing development, and since I anticipate campaign management software becoming a bigger deal, I'm not sure if I want to spend money on something that isn't going that way.</p><p>5) I looked at the tutorials for <strong>Realm Works</strong> and am getting more interested in it than I was when I was just looking at screenshots and thinking "subscription." My initial reaction was that it was filled with stuff I was never going to use, but it looks like all of the basic functionality is actually useful to me. It still looks awfully cluttered up, and there are some oddly designed buttons and menus, but at least I can see what it actually <em>does</em> and it looks like something you can figure out with a bit of time. Unfortunately, there is no demo, so I'm relying on screenshots and tutorial videos. The fact that I can still use the software without the subscription is a big attraction, and the fact that the subscription portion actually looks good enough to justify paying for it makes me less philosophically opposed in this case. I have concerns now primarily based on the fact that I've heard criticism of it (on this thread and elsewhere).</p><p></p><p>What are the main issues with Realm Works? What sort of customization is present, and is there any sort of expected customization that just isn't there? What reasons (other than pricing) are there to avoid Realm Works?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6505298, member: 6677017"] Thanks everyone! Since I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for I'll have to determine what I am going to use (even if the answer is "just keep using stand alone document files"). So I played around with some things and took a deeper look at some of the suggestions. Here is what I came up with so far. 1) Ironically, I could get pretty close to what I want working with my copy of [B]Word 2003[/B]. Adjust to desired font, put a texture in the background, put it in web display mode and create a frame on the left with with a table of contents. I can click on entries in the left frame and jump to where they are in the right frame. And I know how to set up macros for preformatted entries. Of course, there is one insurmountable issue that makes it completely off the list: the table of contents doesn't update when the content does (you'd have to recreate the frame with the new content). 2) I tried out [B]OneNote 2013[/B] on my other system, and it actually was pretty darn close to what I'm looking for. I was able to adjust the font and colors, move things around, and generally make it look and behave fairly well for what I need. The way I could sync it on android and web would also increase its usefulness. Unfortunately, I really need it running on my [I]other[/I] computer, which is an unsupported XP system. Neither the web version nor the older versions actually do what I need it to, so unless I get a new computer sometime soon it's off the table. 3) [B]Obsidian Portal[/B] has a relatively attractive interface, but with the 2 mb storage limit I couldn't really use it for the complete deal. It would just be of use sharing info with my players. I'm not sure it justifies all the extra effort just to share selected info. If I just want to share a file or two, I have other means of doing that. The web-based nature of the service also doesn't keep my content close enough to home. 4) I downloaded the demo for the previous version of [B]The Keep[/B], and referred to what features have been added/changed to get an idea of what I'd be looking at currently. It looks decent and functional, but I'm not really excited about it for some reason. It also looks like it doesn't have a lot of ongoing development, and since I anticipate campaign management software becoming a bigger deal, I'm not sure if I want to spend money on something that isn't going that way. 5) I looked at the tutorials for [B]Realm Works[/B] and am getting more interested in it than I was when I was just looking at screenshots and thinking "subscription." My initial reaction was that it was filled with stuff I was never going to use, but it looks like all of the basic functionality is actually useful to me. It still looks awfully cluttered up, and there are some oddly designed buttons and menus, but at least I can see what it actually [I]does[/I] and it looks like something you can figure out with a bit of time. Unfortunately, there is no demo, so I'm relying on screenshots and tutorial videos. The fact that I can still use the software without the subscription is a big attraction, and the fact that the subscription portion actually looks good enough to justify paying for it makes me less philosophically opposed in this case. I have concerns now primarily based on the fact that I've heard criticism of it (on this thread and elsewhere). What are the main issues with Realm Works? What sort of customization is present, and is there any sort of expected customization that just isn't there? What reasons (other than pricing) are there to avoid Realm Works? [/QUOTE]
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