SCAPPLE TUTORIALS MAC OSX

The Mac OS version of Scapple is at a different version number so may include additional features I can not use or am aware of. The following is from Scapple for Windows PC. So let’s take a quick look at some of the features inside Scapple with some screenshots.

SCAPPLE TUTORIALS MAC OSX

If you’re after a look at how Scapple and Scrivener on the Mac OSx work together, take a look at this review. Mac Scapple (and Scrivener) users are gifted with more features in Scrivener which eases the integration between the two note systems – see Note 2 below for more on this. Apparently the Scapple notes are more popular with the students afterwards than his carefully prepared linear slideshow notes. He puts Scapple up via an overhead projector, and uses it to capture discussions and topics as they occur.

I’ve seen one reviewer using Scapple as a teacher lecturer. This freeform text editing has benefits outside of pure writing. That’s often NOT a nicely organised mindmap or spiderweb. When plotting out ideas for a novel, for instance, I jump around from character to event to setting to another character, then join the related elements as I see fit. Mindmaps require a central starter node, from which deeper thinking is drilled out from the middle into branches and more branches. I still use some good mindmapping apps for nutting out initial structure or concepts, but with Scapple I can see that going by the wayside, mainly because of the free-form capabilities of note-taking. I’ve long been a fan of mindmapping – in theory. Created for writers, Scapple will benefit many more creatives after some quick thought note-taking, with the bonus that your notes can be drag and dropped into Scrivener also. It’s more a free-form text editor useful for unstructured brainstorming.

Scapple is often classified as mindmapping software. Now that it’s out for Windows also, I finally found some time to give Scapple a go.

Scapple is the brainstorming, free-form text editor by the makers of Scrivener. #52Tech | Week 9: Scapple (Win & Mac desktop)

Scapple tutorials