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Why Word is a Time Killer (And How AsciiDoc Helps You Reclaim It)

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From Word Chaos to Clear Structure: How adoc Studio Accelerates Documentation on Apple Devices

Melle, Germany - March 05, 2025 - Working on technical documentation, manuals, or instructional texts often take an unnecessarily long time in conventional office tools: formatting becomes disorganized, images jump to the wrong places, and every update requires manual corrections. With adoc Studio,  ProjectWizards introduces a new writing environment on Mac, iPad and iPhone that alleviates these pains.

Here are the three most common problems with Word & Co. and how adoc Studio solves them:

Why Word & Co. Are Unsuitable for Long Texts

  1. Unclear formatting: Mixing text and layout leads to unintended font sizes, indentations, or paragraph styles. And it takes a long time to realign everything.

  2. Time-consuming updates: Every time a product version changes or a URL updates, users must manually adjust each document. This process creates multiple file versions (_Final, FinalV2), leading to confusion.

  3. Tedious image adjustment: When resizing or moving images, the layout often shifts. Anyone needing precise layout or dimensions has to laboriously experiment.

How Does adoc Studio Solve These Problems?

  1. Central design, uniform formatting: In adoc Studio, content and layout are clearly separated. Users format documents centrally via CSS. This saves time and avoids recurring formatting errors.

  2. One document, many outputs: Users define recurring information, such as product names or URLs, only once. If the text needs to be available in different versions (e.g., PDF, HTML), users can manage this with a few clicks – without changing the original multiple times.

  3. Reliable placement of text and images: Images and elements remain exactly where you want them. With the autocomplete menu, adoc Coach, users don’t need to master the syntax. It explains and suggests the syntax directly within the text. 

What is AsciiDoc?

AsciiDoc is a simple, freely available markup language that originated in software development. Previously, AsciiDoc users had to write documents in programming environments and convert them via the command line – often too complicated for non-experts. With adoc Studio, users handle this process in a native app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone — no complex commands required.

It has never been easier to write technical documents without great effort and provide them in various formats. This has significantly accelerated documentation creation for our customers.
Frank Blome (ProjectWizards CEO)

Availability and Price

adoc Studio is available as a bundle in the Apple App Store (Mac, iPad, and iPhone). A 14-day trial allows you to get acquainted without obligation. Afterwards, the software costs €9.99 per month or €99.99 per year. 

For more information, please contact:  

Marvin Blome
marvin@projectwizards.net
Marketing, ProjectWizards GmbH

About ProjectWizards

For over 20 years, ProjectWizards GmbH has operated as a decentralized company from its headquarters in Melle, Germany. With over 150,000 software licenses sold to customers in 160 countries, it is one of the market leaders for project management software on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. In 2024, adoc Studio has expanded the portfolio and now offers an integrated writing environment for AsciiDoc on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

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