Nisus Writer Express is a writing and editing tool that is engineered lean, focused, and fast at a price even a student can afford.
Built from the same core as Nisus Writer Pro, Nisus Writer Express features the same elegant user interface and compatibility that has been universally praised by both users and press alike.
NOTE: To buy Nisus Writer Express via the App Store an Apple account is required.
Here are some key features of "Nisus Writer Express":
· Floating graphics (Text Wrap around images)
· Glossaries
· Widow and Orphan Control
· RTF, MS Word (97-2004), WordPerfect (read only), and Plain Text Support
· Small Caps support
· Improved Find and Replace engine
· Right To Left Input
· Bullets and Numbering
· Insert Hyperlink
· Built-in Tables
· User-defined styles
· Footnotes
· Document endnotes
· Section endnotes
· Full Screen editing mode
· Customizable multi-key keyboard shortcuts
· LinkBack support
· Nisus New File
· WYSIWYG font menu
· Leader tabs
· Smart Quotes
· Convert Smart Quotes to Plain Quotes (and vice versa)
· Highlighter
· Smart insert and delete
· Save as PDF
· Spotlight aware - no plug-in necessary
· Hyphenation
· Rectangular selection
· Shows double space characters with show invisibles
Templates:
· Open any file as a template
· Supports Microsoft Word document templates (DOT files)
· Correct Spelling (Cmd-Opt-;)
Expanded Underline and Strikethrough Styles:
· Single, Double, Dotted, Dashed, Heavy
· Underline by word
· Bold and Italicize any font
· Silent Font Substitution
· Autocomplete
· Same Page Section Breaks
· Column Balancing
· Superscript Ordinals
· Inheritable Character, Paragraph, and Note Styles
· Language-sensitive typo fixing
Limitations:
· 15 days trial
· During the trial period a watermark will appear on the last page of any printouts. Once the trial period expires you will no longer be able to save documents, and the watermark will appear on all printed pages.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Changed: improved in-application feedback reporter (via the Help menu).
· Fixed: Nisus New File can fail to load when running a non-English localization, preventing launch.
· Fixed: crash that can occur on Lion when OSX probes/changes all scroll view settings. Only occurs if documents have been closed with certain types of GUI interactions.
· Added: added Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) localization.
· Changed: our application support folder name should be "Nisus Writer Express", not just "Nisus Writer". If the old folder exists, we move old materials and create a link to the new folder.
· Fixed: possible crash when saving files with certain nested fields / cross-references.
· Fixed: import: Express should be able to import ".doc" files on 10.4.11.
· Fixed: spell: all parts of a URL should be excluded from spellcheck, not just the first fragment (eg: domain).
· Fixed: styles: possible hang when deleting a list style.
· Changed: better default toolbar item set for Express.
· Fixed: loc: the French localizat...