In fact, it is simplifying all the configuration and automating a lot of the manual steps I had to take with Word, which is nice. My intention was to use Word for all my grad school writing as well, but since Perrla is recommended and I could test drive it for free, I figured why not? It isn't taking me any longer to create my papers than it would if I used Word directly. I used Word for all my undergrad writing and I used citefast to create my references for which I created my citations manually. Have you not used Word for all of that? I used it and it did all of that for me as well.
I'll have more chance to do so once I get to section 3. I normally use citefast for citation autogeneration, but since the first two sections of the paper don't require citations I haven't had much of a chance to play around with PERRLA's citation engine. I haven't played around with the research tool or any of the other stuff yet. While it's still too early to have a serious impression of the tool, I can attest that it is far quicker and easier to set up a new paper once you get it set up, and it takes care of all the important stuff like the title page, table of contents, footnotes, and references/citations. The outlining system is interesting but I didn't end up using it for this paper. (03-19-2019, 09:50 PM)dfrecore Wrote: (03-19-2019, 04:11 PM)Merlin Wrote: I started using it last night and got through about a third of my first paper in a couple of hours. I just signed up for a 30-day free trial for the online service (since the desktop app apparently doesn't work with Word 365 yet) and I'm going to use it to write my first MBA paper, but I'm curious if anyone else here uses it too? I see people chatting about it all the time on the WGU Facebook and Reddit sites, but I didn't know about it until recently. Supposedly it makes things much easier than using the word tools (or leveraging a third-party citation generator manually). While I consider myself pretty strong in my understanding of APA and MLA, and don't really find it that hard to manage my references or citations, Perrla is recommended as a "must have" for any grad student or anyone who is expected to write a lot of papers.
The online version also helps with research, outlining, and a bunch of other things. Has anyone here used PERRLA ( If so, do you recommend it?įor those unaware, it is an application, available as both an online service and a desktop app that integrates with MS Word, and helps students manage references, citations, and academic styling according to APA 6 or MLA 7/8.
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