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by gke
2005-04-26 08:34:59
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Non-English Spell Checker not working
Replies: 1
Views: 3361

Which Russian spell-checker are you using?
by gke
2005-02-04 01:46:30
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: NWE v Apple Pages
Replies: 44
Views: 53046

Anne, I share your feelings. The OS is great, but I can only enjoy its benefits in Mail and Safari; all other applications I used under OS9 so far are inferior to their predecessors, or are even non-existent under X. Now, obviously, it takes time to build up new applications from the ground, unless ...
by gke
2005-02-02 00:51:04
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: NWE v Apple Pages
Replies: 44
Views: 53046

NWE, Mellel, Pages, Word

NWE is potentially a great application, but its main problem is that it does not function properly. At first I was enchanted with the application, but when I tried to compile an 85 pages research paper with lots of graphics and tables, it turned out to be so slow as to practically stop responding. T...
by gke
2005-01-16 14:33:03
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Look what Apple did!
Replies: 22
Views: 31093

Let there be no mistakes; the last thing I would want the Nisus team to do is hurriedly put out untested software. I guess what I wanted to say is that I think software is often priced ridiculously low in comparison to hardware. In terms of their significance for my work, the value of a good word pr...
by gke
2005-01-16 12:57:03
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Look what Apple did!
Replies: 22
Views: 31093

Joao, These are pretty good comments you make there. I have just gone through elaborate testing to find a replacement for the bibliographic database software I was using under 9.2.2 in combination with Word 98, and it is the same sad story all over; apparently 15 years of constant digital revolution...
by gke
2005-01-16 05:49:19
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Look what Apple did!
Replies: 22
Views: 31093

For me as well this is the single thing missing under MacOS X, a full-featured, snappy word processor like Word 98 was under OS 9.2.2. Word 2004 has the features, but it is debilitatingly sluggish, at least on my iBook G3. For a long time I had my hopes pinned on NWX, even was on the verge of buying...
by gke
2004-11-16 13:42:49
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Small Caps
Replies: 2
Views: 4082

Thanks! I'll be waiting for that one then.
by gke
2004-11-14 05:57:54
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Small Caps
Replies: 2
Views: 4082

Small Caps

Nisus 2.1: Looking in vain for a way to put text in Small Caps; is this impossible to do?