Nisus Writer
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Nisus Writer, originally Nisus, is a
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.
An unusual feature of the Nisus
Nisus Writer 6.5 is the last classic version of Nisus and is no longer available for purchase.
Rather than porting Nisus Writer to Mac OS X Nisus released a fundamentally new product called Nisus Writer Express. It is based on
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
- List of word processors
- Comparison of word processors
- OpenDocument software
- Office Open XML software
- MathMagic, an equation editor compatible with Nisus Writer, supporting automatic baseline alignment
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "QUED/M". Nisus Software. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- ^ "Nisus Writer Classic is no longer for sale". Nisus. Nisus. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Charles Jolley Goes Indie". rentzsch.tumblr.com. July 2, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- ^ "Nisus Writer Pro features". Nisus.
- ^ "Nisus Writer Pro 1.2 added ODF export". Nisus.