On Jan 1, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Text Wrangler is a free download from Bare Bones Software, see >>>> http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/ >>> >>> May not need it, i forgot i ordered office.mac with the new computer. >>> I have fired off an email to fetch support to see what they suggest i >>> do. I like the program for my site uploads. >> >> i think you'll find TextWrangler much more satisfactory than MS Word for >> editing html and other text files; it's worth the time to download > > Absolutely. I can't imagine running a computer without a plain text > editor ... I do most of my first draft writing work in TextWrangler > first, then bring it into Pages for editing, revision and formatting. > (My computer is a Microsoft Free Zone. ;-)
Then you can't write for the NY Times -- or most other publishers. All of whom want Word docs. Although I suppose there's a way of faking a word doc with other software. Hardly seems worth the trouble to me, though. Paul > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
