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From: jem@sm.luth.se (Jan Erik Mostr|m)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does anyone have comments on Nisus?
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Date: 9 Jan 90 08:18:24 GMT
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ras@skippy.UUCP (Bob Surtees) writes:

# I have seen a couple of reviews on Paragon's Word Processor Nisus and, as a
# result of playing around with the demo version, am almost at the point of
# purchasing a copy.

# Does anyone out there have any experience with this product for serious
# word processing and had a chance to compare it to some of the other
# *heavies* that are in common use?  I currently use WordPerfect and was
# thinking of Nisus as a second WP over Word.

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Ok, here are my feelings about Nisus.

Shortly: BUY IT !!

Why ? I could list lots of things but here's the most important ones

1.	Regexp. This is USEFUL. Is as powerful as regexp in sed, perl etc
2.	Macros. You can define macros that simplifies you're work. You
		can define powerful macros with ease, none of the other
		WP I've tried has anything compared to it.
3.	Style sheets. You can define stationaries that contains headers etc
4.	You can change the behaviour of Nisus by setting the preferences
	according to your taste.
5.	Markers. Easy to define a marker that you later can use in a
	number of ways.
6.	Spelling/Checker, Thesaurus. The spelling checker isn't as fast
	as WriteNow's but it's faster than most.
7.	Contents/Index. Easy to define and use.
8.	The ability to define you own command keys (shortcuts)
9.	User styles. You can predefine your own styles i.e.
	Times-12-bold and then quickly change between them. This doesn't
	works exactly as I like it but it works.
10.	Graphics. You can make drawings quickly inside your document
	without leaving Nisus.
11.	Footnotes/Headers/Footers/Endnotes. Nisus got them now

So far this is the Mac WP I like best. I've tried MacWrite II, WriteNow,
Word and quickly read the manuals of FullWrite but I like Nisus best.

				jem
Jan Erik Mostr|m    jem@sm.luth.se (ARPA  : jem%sm.luth.se@ucbvax.berkeley.edu)
Univ. of Lulea,Sweden              (Bitnet: jem%sm.luth.se@sekth.bitnet)