Stephen Zeoli
8/9/2010 3:44 pm
I think it depends on what you want to use the word processor for, Daly.
I find I rarely use a word processor on my Mac -- I don't consider Scrivener a word processor, but a writing program.
If you intend to do a lot of writing in the word processor, then I think Nissus is a good choice. If you just need it for putting the finishing touches on documents you write in other programs, Pages -- the word processor that is part of Apple's iWorks suite -- works well. Mellel is complicated, but powerful. If you think you are going to be doing a lot of work in the w.p., then Mellel might be worth checking out -- otherwise skip it, since you'll have to devote a lot of time to learning its techniques.
You may be able to get away with just using the free Bean, which has most of the basic word processing functions.
Steve
I find I rarely use a word processor on my Mac -- I don't consider Scrivener a word processor, but a writing program.
If you intend to do a lot of writing in the word processor, then I think Nissus is a good choice. If you just need it for putting the finishing touches on documents you write in other programs, Pages -- the word processor that is part of Apple's iWorks suite -- works well. Mellel is complicated, but powerful. If you think you are going to be doing a lot of work in the w.p., then Mellel might be worth checking out -- otherwise skip it, since you'll have to devote a lot of time to learning its techniques.
You may be able to get away with just using the free Bean, which has most of the basic word processing functions.
Steve