{"id":173,"date":"2011-03-10T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desairem.com\/focus\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:38:11","slug":"ufocus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desairem.com\/wordpress\/ufocus\/","title":{"rendered":"uFocus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Distraction-free writing.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

uFocus is available for Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No fuss.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The interface is unobtrusive:\u00a0the title bar only appears when moving the mouse to the top of the window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In order to provide a clean environment that lets you easily type your stories, uFocus only supports plain text file types which you can then export to HTML, print or create a PDF of from the print panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Markdown<\/a> you can write notes, posts, articles, books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Fountain<\/a> you can write screenplays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your own library.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With a two-finger swipe to the right you can open the sidebar, to which you can link any directory. This way you have your own library<\/a> always at hand and you can quickly open your most frequently used documents. The popup button at the top of the sidebar allows you to switch between libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libraries are a handy way to structure your work. For example, if you’re writing a novel, you may create a subfolder and keep a separate file for each chapter. If you write a diary, you may create a file for each new day. If you have a blog… you get the idea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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uFocus offers four built-in themes: light, dark, sepia and amber, plus a basic theme editor to add your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

uFocus also comes with a series of modi<\/a> that can assist you in staying even more focused. You can activate the highlighting mode, where all the text but the current sentence or paragraph fades out. You can automatically scroll the text when you get on a new line while typing. You can enable typewriter sounds. And if your greatest temptation is always to edit your text instead of writing, you can disable text deletions and replacements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to keep track of the word or character count, you can pin them to the bottom of the window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic outline.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For Markdown documents, you can take advantage of the live outline view to quickly navigate to any header inside your document. For Fountain documents, the outline view lists all scenes as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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That’s it. I wish you all the best in creating wonderfully exciting stories!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I created uFocus because I couldn\u2019t find my ideal (and affordable) writing environment. I hope that it can help you stay creative too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Do you need help, want to report an issue, suggest a new feature or start a discussion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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