[Am-info] Word Processor for Mac OS X

[Mitch Stone]

On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 01:14 PM, Sujal Shah wrote:

>  know this is a blase topic for this list, but I'm having real issues
> tracking down a reasonable word processor for Mac OS X.  At least on
> Linux, I have AbiWord and StarOffice/OpenOffice, both of which are
> passable and reasonably functional.
>
> I can't stand AppleWorks right now (tables aren't working the way I
> expect, and TOC generation doesn't exist as far as I can tell...).
> Anyone know of anything that isn't Microsoft Office that works well on
> OS X (and it needs to be OS X native, not classic mode stuff...).
>
> OpenOffice is being ported to the Mac, but the port is still not
> useable, unfortunately.

You might also check out the public beta of MarinerWrite for OS X. I haven'
t seen it, but I wouldn't mind a report from somebody who has.

http://www.marinersoft.com/

Also, Nisus is supposedly working on a Cocoa version of NisusWriter, but 
no dates have been announced.

   Mitch Stone
   mitch@accidentalexpert.com