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When comparing FocusWriter vs JotterPad, the Slant community recommends FocusWriter for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform writing apps?” FocusWriter is ranked 4th while JotterPad is ranked 16th.
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Pros
Pro Open Source and free with donation
Pro Customizable themes
This program has a number of good pre-made themes and allows you to create your own.
Pro Can save as ODT, RTF, DOCX and TXT
In addition to Text Open Document (ODT), FocusWriter allow to save as Office Open XML (docx), Righ Text Format (RTF) and text file (TXT).
Pro Cross platform including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Pro Word count
Pro Supports Markdown
Supports the CommonMark Markdown format.
Pro Allows customizing style
You can change the font to suite your needs.
Pro RTL support
Supports right-to-left languages.
Cons
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Con Free version includes a PDF watermark
If you're using the free version of the application PDF exports will have a watermark.