File Format Support |
Nisus Writer Express |
Nisus Writer Pro |
RTF, native read and write |
✓ |
✓ |
Microsoft Word ".doc" (97-2004), import and export |
✓ |
✓ |
Microsoft Word DOCX, import and export |
limited |
✓ |
PDF, export only |
✓ |
✓ |
PDF export includes intra-document links (TOC, etc) |
|
✓ |
Apple Pages '09 and older, import only |
|
✓ |
Open Document (ODT), import and export |
limited |
✓ |
HTML, import and export |
✓ |
✓ |
WordPerfect, import only |
|
✓ |
plain text (Unicode and legacy encodings), read and write |
✓ |
✓ |
EPUB, export only |
|
✓ |
Interface |
Nisus Writer Express |
Nisus Writer Pro |
Draft View and Page View |
✓ |
✓ |
Full Screen Mode |
✓ |
✓ |
Document Manager |
✓ |
✓ |
Highly Customizable Interface (Flexible Palettes, Toolbar, etc) |
✓ |
✓ |
Touch Bar, as found on some new MacBook models |
✓ |
✓ |
Add Toolbar Item for Any Menu Command |
|
✓ |
Special Characters Palette/Menus (fully customizable) |
✓ |
✓ |
Keyboard Shortcuts are Fully Customizable (and Multi-key) |
✓ |
✓ |
Font Menu Previews (WYSIWYG) |
✓ |
✓ |
Horizontal and Vertical Rulers |
✓ |
✓ |
Document Navigator Pane (TOC and Bookmarks) |
|
✓ |
Core Features |
Nisus Writer Express |
Nisus Writer Pro |
Multilingual/Unicode Text |
✓ |
✓ |
Right to Left Text Support |
✓ |
✓ |
Language Sensitive Responses (spellchecking, keyboard, font, etc) |
✓ |
✓ |
Style Sheets and Library |
✓ |
✓ |
Bullets and Numbering (List Styles) |
✓ |
✓ |
Tables |
✓ |
✓ |
Footnotes and Endnotes (Document or Section) |
✓ |
✓ |
Advanced Footnote/Endnote Options |
|
✓ |
Live Word Count display (and Character/Paragraph Counts) |
✓ |
✓ |
Multipart and Rectangular Selections |
✓ |
✓ |
Sections and Columns |
✓ |
✓ |
Spellchecking (Inline and Guided) |
✓ |
✓ |
"QuickFix" Corrections (language-sensitive) for typos, smart quotes, etc |
✓ |
✓ |
Glossaries |
✓ |
✓ |
Leader Tabs |
✓ |
✓ |
Wrap Text Around Images |
✓ |
✓ |
Small Caps |
✓ |
✓ |
Find and Replace |
Nisus Writer Express |
Nisus Writer Pro |
Normal Find and Replace |
✓ |
✓ |
Advanced Find and Replace (PowerFind / regular expressions "regex") |
✓ |
✓ |
Find and Replace Formatting ("attribute sensitive") |
|
✓ |
Advanced Tools |
Nisus Writer Express |
Nisus Writer Pro |
LinkBack Support |
✓ |
✓ |
Widow and Orphan Control |
✓ |
✓ |
Track Changes |
|
✓ |
Comments |
|
✓ |
Drawing Tools (shapes, text boxes, etc) |
|
✓ |
Watermarks |
|
✓ |
Table of Contents |
|
✓ |
Indexing |
|
✓ |
Bookmarks |
|
✓ |
Cross References |
|
✓ |
Mail Merge |
|
✓ |
Bookends Integration |
|
✓ |
Line Numbering |
|
✓ |
Nisus Macro Language |
|
✓ |
Flesch and Kincaid reading ease scores |
|
✓ |
Insert Automatic Content (date/time stamps, document properties, etc) |
|
✓ |