You can make the interface as pretty or as sterile as you see fit. When you first download the app (for free, I might add, though you can give a “tip”), you will find it is already preloaded with a selection of themes. Some, such as the ‘old school’ theme are very plain featuring nothing but plain text on a plain background. Others include background images and coloured pages for your text to appear on (as you can see from the screenshots below). If none of these themes are to your liking, you can customise them by changing the font margins line-spacing text background colour and opacity and much more besides. You can also create, save and export your own themes using (or not, if you prefer) images from your own library. The bottom two images are default themes.There is a traditional toolbar and a selection of menus at the top of the screen which includes all the basic features you would expect from a word processor however, this is all invisible except when you hover the cursor over it, thus giving you easy access to all the basic features without getting in the way while you are trying to write. Sidenote: For those that are interested, the top screenshot is using a slightly modified version of the wood floors wallpaper (JPG) that I also use as my custom Dashboard background image. The app is cross-platform compatible, so you can run it in Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux. Really the worst thing about FocusWriter is it’s ugly icon, but if that’s your only complaint about an app then you’ve got it pretty good.
You see all these details by hovering over the bottom of the FocusWriter screen (see screenshot below), so they’re not always visible or in your way.
Outside of the eyecandy, there are also a variety of genuinely useful writing features, and it’ll keep track of word count, page count, paragraph count, character count, as well as the ability to set writing goals either by time or by words written. The appearance is highly customizable so you can set whatever font and background works best for you, do this by dropping from the “Settings” menu and selecting “Themes”.
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