The document provides an overview of various tools that can help with drafting, revising, and presenting documents including mind mapping software, speech recognition software, reference management tools, spelling and grammar checkers, and tools for formatting and sharing documents. It lists specific software like FreeMind, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Zotero, Microsoft Word styles and templates, Google Docs, and blogging platforms that can aid different stages of the writing and presentation process.

2. The Blank Page Drafting Revising (and revising…and revising…) Presentation

3. Look for: mind mapping, speech to text Look for: word prediction, speech to text, references Look for: mechanics, text to speech Look for: reference management, formatting, templates

4. Some SmartArt in Office 2007 FreeMind XMind Inspiration Mindomo Mindmeister Places to look: Wikipedia: List of concept mapping software

5. Limited capability in Word Sphinx (Geeky!) Dragon Naturally Speaking ($79.95 - $179)* MacSpeech Dictate ($169-$199)* SpeakQ ($360) *low end of scale is student-only pricing from AcademicSuperstore.com

6. Talking Word Processor LetMeType OpenOffice Text Expander (Mac) $29.95 Phrase Express Texter (a bit geeky)

7. Online dictionaries Thesauri FreeThesaurus Visual Thesaurus (short free trial, then $2.95/mo or $39.95) Multiple-purpose Word (& other software) built-ins Lingoes The Sage WordWeb StarDict

8. Work that word processor! Spell check Grammar check Find & replace Spell checkers Jspell multilingual ieSpell for online writing Style checkers The Editor WordDog

9. Talking Word Processor Orato DSpeech Natural Reader ReadPlease Kurzweil

10. BibMe Son of Citation Machine Zotero Reference management software pages on Wikipedia

11. Hide/show formatting Use styles ! Save templates to save time

12. Why use a template? Speed Consistency Creating your own templates Save as .dot (Microsoft Word) File, New  select template Must save under new name Microsoft templates

13. Sharing & collaboration Google Docs Zoho Wikis Publishing Email as a publication Blogging Performance sharing Podcasts Vlogging