![]() Interesting that this thread should appear today. If more of my professors would get Macs, that'd be nice. :-) The interface is "different", but I've finally mastered how to prepare a paper in it to LRU's specifications and only have to perform some minor cleanups in Word afterwards. While I could have used Word and worried about Mellel later when it came time for RTL, Mellel has much better performance than Word, and I wanted to get a grip on Mellel and become comfortable with it on a few smaller papers first instead of jumping into it when it came time for something big. LRU is primarily a Windows shop, so most professors use Word for their papers. I recently moved back to Hot Springs, Arkansas (my hometown), but LRU is allowing me to continue solely through online studies which has been great. I'm a couple semesters away at finishing my bachelor's program, then going in for Master's and eventually my Doctorate. I'm currently studying at Luther Rice University in Lithonia, GA. I'm also going to spring for Accordance 10 soon and buy into one of the new base collections to prepare me for the hardcore Biblical Language studies when they come up. I haven't gotten into RTL text yet, but I know it's coming and wanted to start using Mellel ahead of time so I'd feel more at home with it when the time came. Far superior to Word when I need to chunk away at large papers. Mellel has been excellent in terms of performance and stability. Should I give Nisus Writer Pro a look, and would it streamline my workflow better than Mellel, or since I've finally conquered Mellel enough to write my papers with, just stick with it? I'd love to hear people's evaluations on the programs. I've also seen on here where some are trying Nisus Writer Pro and really seem to like it as well. So usually when I'm done, I do have to export to Word, then open it inside Word 2011 and cleanup the formatting slightly before sending it on. It does save everything in a proprietary format. Usually before figuring out anything high end, I've had to consult the manual, or turn to a forum page (some of you on here REALLY helped me out recently when I needed it and it was MUCH appreciated!).Ģ. I've finally mastered enough of it where I can type my seminary papers easily (I've created a few "template" files). Performance has been great and I love the new iCloud integration.ġ. So far things have been OK with Mellel and my seminary papers. ![]() I'm doing this to prepare for when it's time for Biblical Language (such as Hebrew) work, as well as the performance of Mellel is definitely better than Word. I'm currently using Mellel for my academic papers for seminary. If you write long or complex documents, collaborate with others, or just want a clean, elegant word processor that you can customise to suit how you work, you should at least try the demo of Nisus Writer Pro 2 on your MacFormat disc.While I'm at the comparisons, I have another question. It's a very different beast to apps such as iA Writer: it has similar complexity, power, and flexibility to Microsoft Word, with none of the bloat or – to some – irritating automation. ![]() You'll need to tinker to get the EPUB export right, such as for viewing/selling on iOS's iBooks app nevertheless, it's good to have the option. ![]() You can customise one of the panels in the Tooldrawer to suit.Īs well as some additional formatting and style options such as paragraph-level borders, shading, and document watermarks, this new version builds on its predecessor's rich tools for building structured documents by adding the ability to export PDFs (with clickable links for cross-references, tables of contents and more) and EPUB. One small but welcome feature is an easy way to add special characters to your documents. It would be foolish to think of it as a DTP package, however Pages is much better for DTP, though it's a weaker word processor than Writer Pro 2. Writer Pro 2 also adds some simple drawing tools – shapes, lines, floating text boxes – in a nod towards basic desktop publishing abilities. (Nisus's default file format is the widely supported RTF annoyingly, while Word opens RTFs with Track Changes turned on, Pages only seems to accept Track Changes in DOC/DOCX.) It's not without fault: though it can happily open DOC and DOCX formats so you can share files with Word-using colleagues on both Mac and PC, it converts them on opening, forcing a slightly awkward round-trip if you're pinging the same document back and forth. It gains support for Track Changes, making it easy to collaborate on documents, add comments and review changes made by other team members.
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