Nisus Writer

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Nisus Writer
Proprietary
Websitenisus.com Edit this on Wikidata

Nisus Writer, originally Nisus, is a

Apple Macintosh.[1]
The program is available in two varieties: Nisus Writer Express, and Nisus Writer Pro.

The program is valued by its users—especially book authors—for its reliability and unique features.[citation needed]

History

First introduced in 1989, the Nisus Writer was the first word processor for Macintosh able to handle multiple type systems within one document, e.g.

command line options. These features, which were more advanced than those typically found in word processors of the day, were also present in Nisus' QUED/M text editor.[2]

An unusual feature of the Nisus

cross-platform file formats as used by word processors like Microsoft Word. Contemporary editions of Word had different formats between the Mac and Windows versions and required a translator if the file were to be readable at all. The technique of using the resource fork to store style information was later implemented by Apple Inc. for the standard Macintosh styled text format as used in SimpleText
.

Nisus Writer 6.5 is the last classic version of Nisus and is no longer available for purchase.

Classic
environment.

Rather than porting Nisus Writer to Mac OS X Nisus released a fundamentally new product called Nisus Writer Express. It is based on

Cocoa and complies with Apple's Mac OS X user interface guidelines. It was originally developed as Okito Composer by Charles Jolley (now of Sprout Systems). Nisus bought Okito Composer and hired Charles as Managing Director in which capacity he oversaw further development of the word processor he had created. Jolley later left Nisus to work for Apple.[4][failed verification
]

Nisus Compact was an extra-lean variant marketed for Apple's 68K PowerBooks. It was designed to fit entirely within RAM to avoid accessing the hard disk and thereby draining the laptop's battery. It was at first a commercial product but was later given away as a freemium with various books and magazines as part of a marketing campaign. "Upgrades" to Nisus Writer were offered at a discount.

Current product range

As of November 2017, Nisus sells two versions of its word processor: Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro. Both versions come with more than adequate functionality for most users, although Pro leans more towards business documents, and is designed as a replacement for the likes of Microsoft Word for Macintosh. The Pro version supports more file formats.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hiner, Kirk (November 6, 2008). "Nisus Writer Pro word processor updated to v1.2". TechnologyTell. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "QUED/M". Nisus Software. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Nisus Writer Classic is no longer for sale". Nisus. Nisus. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Charles Jolley Goes Indie". rentzsch.tumblr.com. July 2, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "Nisus Writer Pro features". Nisus.
  6. ^ "Nisus Writer Pro 1.2 added ODF export". Nisus.

External links