Comments on: A Monster Word Processor Review: The Underground Geeks Out

By: Poster number 5

Poster number 5 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:52:57 +0000

Since the graphic designers neglect all my cunningly selected fonts, sizes and indents anyway – I just stick with what I do best – text.

Be gone, all silly nonsensical alternatives. For me its Q10 and no fuzz. A screen and some text is all I desire and need.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:24:50 +0000

Slower load times are a common complaint, but I start Open Office in the morning and it stays open all day.

Be interesting to see how readily the world adopts the new version of MS Office, or if corporate reluctance to re-train users to the new interface doesn’t create a switch to one of the other offerings.

By: legbamel

legbamel — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:54:17 +0000

I only recently discovered Open Office and now use it exclusively at home. But my “other computer” has only Office, so I write a lot in Word. But for the slow load time lack of the readability stats available in Word, OO Writer would be unbeatable.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:36:39 +0000

Tom

Most of my clients use Word too, and I have yet to have an issue with importing or exporting Word files. I have used Nisus Writer for about 2 years now and really appreciate it’s interface, simplicity and reliability.

Steve

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:40:57 +0000

I know there’s an Open Office version for the Mac, but that Mac users will probably be happier with Neo Office, a more Mac-like version of the Open Office Suite.

Heard a lot of good things about Nisus; how well does it import and export MS Word files. That’s what 95% of my clients use.

By: Steve McCullough

Steve McCullough — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:19:54 +0000

For Mac users I suggest a look at Nisus and the newer Nisus Pro. I assume it was not included because it is Mac only. Rock solid in operation with an incredibly simple interface – yet can handle all the stuff a writer needs.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:23:23 +0000

Aha! WordStar. The keyboard shortcut wonder. It’s all better than the damned IBM System 36 word processor I used at an ad agency.

Outside of the slow loading speed, I’m real happy with Open Office — and pleased that I won’t have to learn Word’s new Ribbon interface anytime soon.

Still, there are so many other word processors out there, and nostalgia even demands I look at the newest version of WordPerfect…

By: Roberta Rosenberg, The Copywriting Maven

Roberta Rosenberg, The Copywriting Maven — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:45:03 +0000

Okay, Tom, I’m a Word user and not entirely unhappy about it. (I loved WordStar in the bygone DOS days. Version 3.3 was killer.) But I’ve fast become a fan of Google Doc for quick drafts and edits as well as drafting my various blog posts.