Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:5403 comp.sys.mac.misc:11113 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!cmcl2!esquire!baumgart From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Nisus v. MS Word -- Different Question Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 15:55:58 GMT References: <1991Apr14.220122.8800@news.stolaf.edu> Sender: news@DPW.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Distribution: na Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell Lines: 61 In-reply-to: smithc@thor.acc.stolaf.edu's message of 14 Apr 91 22:01:22 GMT In article <1991Apr14.220122.8800@news.stolaf.edu> smithc@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Christopher Smith) writes: How does Nisus compare to MS Word? More specifically: * how compatible is it with other word processing formats; It imports/exports MacWrite and Word 3/4, but not fast-saved files. * does it have the section support MS Word does, ie. can I have different headers/footers/etc for certain pages; Don't know about sections, but you can change headers/footers whenever you like. * does it support a table format like MS Word does; No, there's no table support as such. It has a decent drawing module built-in, though, which might do for simple tables. * does it have footnoting features; Yes, and it does a good job handling footnotes. * is Nisus relatively fast, specifically with the spell- checking, searching, and search/replace? Yes to both. Definitely the best search/replace out there, since you can search on styles, fonts, etc. It also has built-in grep and a friendly way to use it. Other nice features: Great built-in macro language. You can do just about anything you want to with it. There are macros to do general typographic cleanup (change multiple spaces to single spaces, "--" to em-dashes, etc.), macros to delete ".bak" files... all sorts of things. I wrote one to strip fonts from the PostScript0 files I create and upload to my Unix box at work for printing. Also, my favorite features: unlimited undos and multiple selections. It's great to be able to undo and redo more than just your last action, and you can't imagine how you ever got along without multiple selections until you use Nisus. I like being able to highlight all the words I want to put into italics at once, and then selecting "Italic" from the Style menu one time to change all of them. A real time-saver, and something I always thought should be in the Human Interface Guidelines. I think there's a demo available from Paragon if you want to give it a try. They can be reached at: Paragon Concepts, Inc. 990 Highland Drive, Suite 312 Solana Beach, CA 92075 (619) 481-1477 Hope this helps. -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman