FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work.

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FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distractionfree word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and has many other features that make it such that only one thing matters: your writing.

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Customizable Portable Multiple languages Tabbed interface Auto saving Distraction free writing Distraction free UI Fullscreen support Writing statistics

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