The 11trees Writers' Toolkit are Apps for Microsoft Word 2011 (Mac OSX) and Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, and 2013 (Windows). 

The three Editions of Writers' Toolkit, including the FREE Edition, bring the best resources on the web inside Microsoft Word, so students can quickly find relevant information to help them improve their writing. Writers' Toolkit can replace a $70 writing handbook AND help students actually use great resources (buying a book doesn't mean you actually learn from it - or open it!)

To get a better sense of the FREE Edition of Writers' Toolkit, click through the short slide-show below. You can click on any image to see a larger version.

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  The Writers' Toolkit Brings the Best of the Web - Inside Word!

  The free 11trees Writers' Toolkit embeds the world's best writing instruction - right inside Microsoft Word. So your students can browse advice and examples on writing AS THEY COMPOSE. This example shows the writer browsing help on Argument.
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  Concise Help Authored by Writing Experts

  Writers browse the Toolkit menus, intelligently laid out with their discovery process in mind, and simply click. After clicking on 'Help Making My Thesis More Specific,' the writer is taken straight to a page offering help with this specific issue.
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  Content From 11trees and Beyond

  We've brought our own content, authored by writing experts with over 25 years teaching college composition, together with the best of the web, including the Online Writing Lab at Purdue.
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  Online Writing Lab - Inside Word

  We open a full browser inside of Word, so we aren't embedding content improperly. Once a writer hits a particular page on OWL they can browse as normal.
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  Google Scholar - Embedded

  Students can access Google Scholar (and Google and other websites if they really want to work at it) from inside the Writers' Toolkit. Most colleges will have a smart connection with Google Scholar, enabling students to get to full-text versions of articles.
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  Research - Without Leaving Word

  In this example, a student is writing an essay about Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been." They'll be able to review results, and research, without leaving their own writing.
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  Research - Results Inside Word

  The search results in many, quality results - some requiring access to online databases, others not. By encouraging students to use Google Scholar, the 11trees Writers' Toolkit inspires good research habits.
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  Research - Full Text

  This example shows a student reading a scholarly article (from 1974!) inside Word, where they could easily add quotes and reflect on their own opinions vs. the author's.

The three Editions are:

1. FREE Edition

   • The Free Edition of Writers' Toolkit brings an entire writing handbook inside of Word. If you need help with comma splices, or citing using MLA? No worries. You can get to the information you need within seconds. No fumbling through a $70 hardcover book with an obscurely written table of contents. Two clicks and BOOM! You've got what you need, from the web's best resources on writing. Features include:
     • The web's best resources on grammar, style, organization, argument, research, and citation formatting
     • Tools like a thesaurus, citation management, citation formatting, word count, spell check, and basic grammar check  
     • A student-friendly organization with all information within a click or two...no confusing tables of contents or indexes
     • Download for Microsoft Word 2011 (Mac OSX) or Word 2007, 2010, or 2013 (Windows)

2. RESEARCH Edition

   • The Research Edition of Writers' Toolkit builds on the Free Edition, but adds custom menus to help students find the best research resources at their institution. We create a custom version for a school, college, or university and make the necessary installers freely available. Along with a complete writing handbook baked inside of Word, students can use plain-text search menus to maximize the benefit of resources available at the institution (Lexis-Nexis and potentially hundreds of other databases). We'll even customize the base Writers' Toolkit content to point to the institution's favored resources.
     • All the features of the FREE Edition plus a custom set of menu options that take students directly to their institution's research databases.
     • The custom menu system that is designed in partnership with your institution.
     • The Research Edition of Writers' Toolkit is licensed by institutions on an annual basis. The license fee is based on total enrollment.
     • Options to customize the entire content library available through Writers' Toolkit, using resources preferred by the institution.
     • Learn more about licensing the Research Edition of the Writers' Toolkit.

3. PRO Edition

   • All the features of the FREE Edition plus specialized research tools and wizards to help students master academic writing 'moves' and demystify college composition.
   • Available late Fall, 2013. 

 These resources appear inside Microsoft Word, so writers can access them as they create.

Writers' Toolkit for Microsoft Word is available in FREE (the Windows version is shown above) and paid Editions

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• Visit our FAQ if you have questions, or feel free to Contact Us to report any issues with installation. Upgrading the add-in is quite easy once it is installed, so as we add and tweak features you'll be able to benefit.