Hi Gigi, Nisus Writer Pro is a word processing app. You can think of it as an alternative to Pages, and some people prefer it and/or find it a bit more intuitive to use than Pages. You can read the MacWorld Review. (Both web reviews I give below can be read in Safari Reader using the cmd-shift-r shortcut): http://www.macworld.com/article/2157004/tools-of-the-trade-why-i-prefer-nisus-writer.html
There was an even longer one when version 2 of Nisus Writer Pro was first released that appeared in TidBITS back in 2011: http://tidbits.com/article/12220 The upshot was that author of these articles prefered Nisus Writer Pro to either Pages or Word, and the staff of the Take Control eBooks have converted over to using this Mac app as their default word processor. I believe that Jonathan Mosen used this app to write his recent books. I find creating or converting to ePub more intuitive (for me), than with Pages, but new Mac users might prefer to stick with Pages. People who like "Smart" folders, mailboxes, playlists, etc. and linux/unix users who use general regular expressions for pattern searching will also like the way Nisus Writer supports features for searching for and working with these kinds of patterns in text, but that's just a bonus. (It's the sort of searches that make people like the Nebulous Notes app on the iPhone.) In your case, you're not going to need this in lieu of PDFPenPro for PDF reading. But then, PDFPenPro is also much more expensive than Nisus Writer Pro, and does other things related to OCR and PDF editing. HTH Esther On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 12:09:53 PM UTC-10, Gigi wrote: > > Hi guys > What does Nisus Writer Pro do? I’m asking for a blind friend who is > considering getting a Mac. > > Gigi > > On Feb 13, 2015, at 1:46 PM, David Griffith wrote: > > I am not entirely sure. I got Nisus Writer Pro when it was on special > offer so it made sense to get the pro version. > Although I got mine from the app store it is also worth keeping an eye on > MacUpdae as sometimes they bundle Nisus Writer Pro with other software for > a significant reduction, a fraction of the normal price requested. I > think they also put the product on special offer from time to time on their > website and the app store so perhaps it is worth waiting for this. > > David Griffith > > On 13/02/2015 19:10, Faisal ali wrote: > > Hi David, > What’s the difference between Nisus writer express and pro? I ask this as > the pro is significantly more expensive. > Thanks > > On Feb 12, 2015, at 5:05 PM, David Griffith wrote: > > I have had to start using Nisus Writer Pro to read PDFs as I no longer > find Preview usable. > Interestingly I can no longer find the scroll area you describe. > I have experimented with single page and continuous scroll view but might > appear > to work. I find is something called PDF content group, if I interact > with that all I find is something call static text. If I interact with that > I simply get an error sound if I try and reading or navigation commands. > > David Griffith > > On 12 Feb 2015, at 17:24, Phil Halton wrote: > > typically I find that i have to interact twice in the scroll area to get > at the text. Once there I can use the VO reading commands like VO + arrow > keys, or VO + function + command down / up for sentence and VO + function > + shift + up/down arrow for paragraph. > This pertains to files I open from the finder, and not from within the > mail program, but I don’t think that should matter much. > > > On Feb 12, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Angus MacKinnon wrote: > > I clicked on a PDF in OS 10.9. 5’s Mail. I keep getting to double quote. > and can not get to the text. How does a person read text in preview? > > Angus MacKinnon > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
