is pdf pen pro on Applevis? I’m interested in it but I need to keep the costs down as much as possible. I do a lot of my writing on a braille note taker so I’m more interested in something that can recognize pdf’s that are pictures because I get those fairly often. Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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. 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