Features


This is a list of the main features in Picardy 2.1. See the online help for a full explanation of Picardy functionality. Here are the changes from version 1.0.

Content Entry

  • Text-based editing pane
  • Continuously-updated preview pane
  • Synchronized edit and preview
  • Assistive edit dialogs
  • Jump between panes
  • Syntax coloring
  • Highlighting
  • Import Cindex/SKY/text formats
  • Merge indexes

Editing Aids

  • Flip headings
  • Duplicate item
  • Convert to double-post
  • Collapse headings
  • Autocomplete
  • Find/Replace
  • Capitalization

Alphabetization

  • Letter-by-letter or word-by-word
  • Custom global / inline alphabetizations
  • Ignore function words, leading articles
  • Treat Unicode as ASCII
  • Spell out numbers
  • Section seprators

Export formats

  • RTF (styled)
  • RTF (unstyled)
  • Plain text
  • HTML
  • Cindex IXML
  • SKY Index
  • MACREX
  • Tab-separated
  • EPUB

Tools

  • Groups
  • Abbreviations
  • Define function words
  • Character Map
  • Spellcheck in nine languages
  • Edit user dictionaries
  • Clipboard functions
  • Scratchpad
  • Validation
  • Backups

Styles

  • Indented/run-in
  • Page number style
  • Sub-heading order
  • Compression style
  • Reference styles
  • Format text, page numbers
  • Templates