I wrote my Ph.D. thesis (about 120 pages + graphs and graphics) in Nisus,
while the guys next door wrote their (about 80 pages) in Word 98, on win
98). I worked with almost no problems, no crushes, convenient publish
subscribe etc., had all my Ph.D. in one document (I gave NW 48 Mb RAM)
while they had to divide their work to different files (otherwise Word
would crush every time) and keep cursing Microsoft. Word have sometimes a
"mind of it own" and its not always clear how to turn thease "featurs"
off. The NW find/replace features, even in power find level alone were
very helpful as well. (I should mention I did one big table in Word since
the table tool of NW far from perfection,,,).
Hope it helps Yoram
Mark Masny wrote:
> As one who is on the cusp of buying Nisus Writer, and also one who
> likes Word 2001, I would be interested in hearing what it is about
> Writer that appeals to writers of books and article where the
> multi-linguistic and advanced search capabilities are not overtly
> relevant. In particular, I'd be interested in hearing from Judyth,
> who's letter on the compatibility or capability of Writer working
> with Word was interesting. From her letter, I now see that it isn't
> unreasonable to consider having both Word 2001 and Writer on the same
> Mac, each for different reasons. Word 2001 or 98 are great for office
> type tasks, and working with Excel etc, while Writer is a great
> writing tool for writers.
>
> I guess I'm just looking for an adequate reason to buy Writer. Word
> 2001 is, in my opinion, a fine application, for many tasks, but
> there's something about Writer that I can't put my finger on that
> makes it feel right for long writing. Maybe it's simply having a
> separate application for the writing task, like a special table one
> sits at to write. Other than it's language and search strengths, and
> leaving out the MS negativity, what are the convincing reasons to buy
> it. I don't expect it would replace my Word, but how might it be more
> applicable to serious writing.
>
> I'm already convinced the participation in this List is one stroke in
> it's favor.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mark
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