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Re: New Mac word processor

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On Apr 13, 2026 at 12:58:14 AM MST, "Liz Tuddenham" wrote
<1rthxim.733gjsgt20qcN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid>:

> Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 12, 2026 at 5:35:06 AM MST, "Andy H" wrote
>> <10rg3hq$2hk5k$2@dont-email.me>:
>> 
>>> Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 11 Apr 2026 at 10:58:32 BST, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 'Verso' <https://www.versowriter.app> looks quite cool. £15 though...
>>>>> Reddit post
>>>>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1sidiau/i_came_to_mac_from_windows_needed_a_word/>
>>>> 
>>>> Reminds me of how much I enjoyed using Nisus Writer as my word
>>>> processor for years. Now I miss it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> <https://tidbits.com/2025/10/25/nisus-writer-schrodingers-word-processor/>
>>>> 
>>>> It was great that the files were natively rtf.
>>> 
>>> I did have that myself for a while. It was OK, a bit industrial in design,
>>> but I liked that - similarly with Eudora and MacSOUP, and going back a few
>>> more years, I still miss Arnor’s Protext on my old Atari ST. Come to that,
>>> I still miss the old Claris/AppleWorks.
>> 
>> I miss AppleWorks on the Apple IIe. Certainly not anything like modern tools
>> but I loved it at the time.
> 
> I'm still using Claris Works 4.0 every day.  Writing magazine articles,
> drawing circuit diagrams, giving slideshows, doing my accounts,
> addressing envelopes, even drawing Christmas cards - with Pub&Sub to
> link it all together.

Wow. Have not used those in a LONG time.
> 
> From the Print command I can create PDFs that can be read on any
> computer (unlike modern files with .pdf file extensions, which are so
> full of 'extras' that they are no longer cross-platform).

I use Print to PDF often and have not run into cross-platform issues.

> I can export
> in RTF and dozens of other formats.  I can import JPEGs, GIFs and PICTs.
> 
> There is nothing like it available for OSX.

Have not use PICTS in a long time, but Pages does the rest. If I have old
formats I cannot open with it I use LibreOffice.

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  Re: New Mac word processor Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-04-11 10:17 +0000
    Re: New Mac word processor Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 10:35 +0000
  Re: New Mac word processor Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 12:22 +0000
    Re: New Mac word processor TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2026-04-11 12:32 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-11 13:45 +0000
        Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-11 17:02 +0200
          Re: New Mac word processor Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-11 16:51 +0000
            Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-11 21:51 +0200
              Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-11 22:20 +0200
                Re: New Mac word processor Andrew Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-11 22:45 +0100
                Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-12 11:51 +0200
                Re: New Mac word processor Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-12 12:35 +0000
                Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-12 17:13 +0200
      Re: New Mac word processor Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 19:03 +0000
    Re: New Mac word processor Bruce <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2026-04-11 22:12 +0100
      Re: New Mac word processor "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-04-11 22:37 +0100
      Re: New Mac word processor Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-04-12 06:51 +0000
        Re: New Mac word processor Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 11:20 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 09:36 +0000
  Re: New Mac word processor Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-11 16:56 +0200
  Re: New Mac word processor Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 10:39 +0000
    Re: New Mac word processor Andy H <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2026-04-12 12:35 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Steve Hodgson <hamrun@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 20:33 +0000
        Re: New Mac word processor RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-04-13 04:08 +0000
          Re: New Mac word processor Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-04-13 06:23 +0000
            Re: New Mac word processor Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 13:41 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 21:48 +0000
        Re: New Mac word processor liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-04-13 08:58 +0100
          Re: New Mac word processor Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 15:55 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-04-13 08:24 +0000
      Re: New Mac word processor Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 13:44 +0000

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