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I don't know anything about the coding side, but I tested the demo and found that it handles links on pdf export to both Preview and Acrobat properly, viewed in Windows or Mac, which is the main concern driving my interest in a Word alternative.
Best (and thanks Chris!)
Phil
On 14 Apr 2011, at 13:31, Chris Despopoulos wrote:
> I don't know if they use the same code base at all, but I remember Nisus Writer
> from WAY BACK -- I think I was working on FullWrite at the time (anybody
> remember that one?). The verdict among everybody I respected was that it was
> formidable, clean, fast, and good. I played with it a bit, and found nothing to
> dislike. As I recall, back then it was based on codes in the document file...
> I could be wrong on that, though. It was a long time ago. Who knows what the
> code base is now, though. Their site claims to have built it up from their
> lighter product, which they say is a new code base. But if the same people are
> involved, it's probably pretty good. Looks like a respectable alternative for
> the Mac. And hey, the price is great! Given that it's compatible with Word
> 2003, you have very little to loose by trying it out. (Ah, the halcyon days
> when there were more than two pubs packages to argue about...)
>
> cud
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