Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread James Nash
Hi folks, What are folks on the list using for Word Processing please? Although I don't need it right at the moemnt, I would like the ability to use footnotes and endnotes as well as tables of contents. Latex is great for academic writing nbut sometimes when there's an error and the file will

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread william lomas
There is also a demo of pages as part of IWork On 4 Sep 2009, at 13:46, Dane Trethowan wrote: I use a combination of Open office and Pages - the latter is very nice indeed I'm told under Snow Leopard though I haven't had the chance to try that for myself yet -. Another word processing

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread James Nash
grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X I use a combination of Open office and Pages - the latter is very nice indeed I'm told under Snow Leopard though I haven't had the chance to try

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X Yes, Pages is the name of the Word Processing package in Iwork 9. On 04/09/2009, at 10:50 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: Hi, The iWork Suite

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Jeffrey Shockley
- From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:50 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X Yes, Pages is the name of the Word Processing package in Iwork 9. On 04/09/2009, at 10:50 PM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: Hi

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
will work under Snow Leopard when it comes out of beta. Thanks for the suggestions - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 1:46 PM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X I use

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
not that familiar with it. Thanks, Jeffrey - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X Pages contains many advanced features that I'm only now

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Jeffrey Shockley
Ah, I'll take a look at those resources. Thanks. Jeffrey - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X You expect me to summaries the features

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:26 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X You expect me to summaries the features of Pages in one email message? We'll be here all night smile, what I've discovered so far is some very excellent auto

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Jeffrey Shockley
OK, Will do. Thanks, Jeffrey - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X As I said earlier, many things I haven't even explored yet so have fun

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread James Nash
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X You expect me to summaries the features of Pages in one email message? We'll be here all night smile, what I've discovered so far is some very excellent auto-correct features, we've discussed the Auto

Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
? - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:26 PM Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X You expect me to summaries the features of Pages in one email message? We'll be here all

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-08 Thread James Nash
Thanks Mike - Original Message - From: Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:16 AM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Text edit comes with the mac, and it works well, the newest version of pages is also very

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-08 Thread william lomas
@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:16 AM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Text edit comes with the mac, and it works well, the newest version of pages is also very accessible. On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:48 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone use Pages or Nisus

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-08 Thread James Nash
, July 08, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X and james, you can always get a trial of IWork I liked it when I tried it, i may purchase it wen and if i decide to upgrade to snowleopard On 8 Jul 2009, at 09:23, James Nash wrote: Thanks Mike - Original Message

Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
Hi folks, Does anyone use Pages or Nisus Writer Pro on Mac OS X or indeed any other Mac word processor please? If so, what is the acce3ssibility of each with VO? Thanks James --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, James: Pages and Open Office 3.x are accessible, though neither has tables support yet. I have heard that the other one you mentioned is accessible too. Regards, Alex, On 7-Jul-09, at 12:48 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi folks, Does anyone use Pages or Nisus Writer Pro on Mac OS X or

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
hi, i use text edit allways , pages and open office. text edit is not a simple note editor and is very potential, eg. saves tables, links ecc iwork is as great as word ... and it is useful to open doc from moffice and insert formatting such as header or foot nottes. i love it's comment

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
hi, what are your needs? since i swich to mac i never needed to turn back. open office is very similar to ms office at least it has everything in the menu format. rk Il giorno 07/lug/09, alle ore 22:03, Simon Cavendish ha scritto: Dear James, I have been following various posts on this

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
I recommend OpenOffice. With Writer you have access to bullets and tables. With those two things, you can make a pretty decent technical document. Just a note about the tables: You might not think that you can do anything with Them at first, but it does work. However, Text presented in a

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Simon Cavendish
Dear Rostislava, The major problems I have encountered trying to use Nisus Writer Pro is a lack of certainty in formatting. I would not know for instance when I was inserting bullets or other features. When toggling attributes like bold or udnerline, i do not know whether i toggle them

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X HI, James: Pages and Open Office 3.x are accessible, though neither has tables support yet. I have heard that the other one you mentioned is accessible too. Regards, Alex

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
my new Mac I will look at the new Nisus version. Take care James - Original Message - From: Simon Cavendish simon.cavend...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear James, I have been

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
on Mac OS X hi, i use text edit allways , pages and open office. text edit is not a simple note editor and is very potential, eg. saves tables, links ecc iwork is as great as word ... and it is useful to open doc from moffice and insert formatting such as header or foot nottes. i love

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Justin Harford
...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear James, I have been following various posts on this list but to date I haven't heard anything reassuring about Pages or Iworks that would persuade me

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Koumanova Rostislava
hi, i use bold, underline in text edit. for eg. i write my document and then i spell check and format by selecting and performing bold , underline ecc. i handle a lot of tables using open office. it does not read heading of the colum or row and i have a little tip for this. if i have to fill

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Simon Cavendish
- From: Simon Cavendish simon.cavend...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear James, I have been following various posts on this list but to date I haven't heard anything reassuring about

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
simon.cavend...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear Rostislava, The major problems I have encountered trying to use Nisus Writer Pro is a lack of certainty in formatting. I would not know

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
. When i get my new Mac I will look at the new Nisus version. Take care James - Original Message - From: Simon Cavendish simon.cavend...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear James

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
? Thanks James - Original Message - From: Justin Harford blindst...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:48 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X If you use LaTeX you are doing quite well. LaTeX is far nicer under Mac OS X than Windows

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X I use latex my self, but I haven't found a good way to be compatible with people who write Word docs. On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Justin Harford wrote: If you use LaTeX you are doing quite well. LaTeX is far nicer under

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
simon.cavend...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Dear James, I have been following various posts on this list but to date I haven't heard anything reassuring about Pages or Iworks that would persuade

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread Barry Hadder
- From: Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X I use latex my self, but I haven't found a good way to be compatible with people who write Word docs. On Jul 7, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Justin

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
can't remember. I think the work around for this problem is to put braces around the faulty ligatures. Thanks James - Original Message - From: Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X

2009-07-07 Thread James Nash
...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:38 PM Subject: Re: Word Processing on Mac OS X Well I don't think that this is just a Voiceover list and you are the one who started the Word Processing on Mac OS10 discussion. Which I think is a valid topic