COMPANY: Mariner Software | URL: www.marinersoftware.com | TYPE: Standalone | PLATFORM: Mac | PRICE: Varies
					Mariner Write is a powerful yet streamlined word processor solution for the masses. Boasting an elegant interface, as well as hundreds of intuitive features such as the ability to read Microsoft Word documents and customizeable headers, footers, endnotes, and footnotes, you will require little need for the documentation. Whether creating a simple letter or composing the next great novel, Mariner Write has the functionality to be your writing tool. The latest version (3.7) is a FREE upgrade for all registered 3.0 users! Pre-3.0 customers must upgrade to 3.7. The upgrade price is $24.95 for all pre-3.0 users of Mariner Write. Have you checked into our Lifetime Upgrade Plan? Save money and hassle, all in one shot! New in this version (3.7): • Added - Japanese language. • Added - Compiled for Tiger using gcc 4. • Added - Menu command to access user help forum. • Fixed - Printing background color character styles. (OSX bug) • Fixed - Swap files not deleted because of an OS busy error. • Fixed - Menu commands not properly disabled when nav services. • Fixed - Online help window not displaying. No kitchen sink syndrome here! Are you working on that next great novel or authoring a must-read technical document? There is a good chance your word processor of choice, the tool that is supposed to be helping you, is hindering your efficiency by being either too feature anemic or overwhelmingly bloated. Mariner Write has been: • named MacHome Magazine's Application of the Month. • nominated for Best Productivity Application at the 2003 MacUser-UK Awards. • touted as one of the "best alternatives to Microsoft Word" in MacWorld Magazine. • named "the world's fastest Mac word processor" by industry testing group, Bare Feats. • or, better yet, continues to be, the adored word processor for thousands of writers around the world. Do you have style? Styles can help you keep your document's formatting looking professional and consistent. Unfortunately most word processors make this feature so difficult to manage that many people never bother with them. Styles are easy to set up and adjust and are significantly less awkward and complex than in MS Word. Write even includes such essential features as the ability to define which style follows the current one, tabs, bullets, and virtually everything else. You can also give styles a shortcut key, which makes the whole process quicker.Flexibility is the name of the game Mariner Write offers all the flexibility that even most advanced users would need. The "Menu" tab in the preferences panel provides many options for keyboard shortcuts, essential for those who work with repeated tasks, sparing the wrist from repeated mouse movements. Customizing the tool bar gives you the ability to work in the environment YOU want to see. Man cannot live on Word alone In this Microsoft-dominated world the biggest misconception many people have is that without Word (and Excel) you may as well be the equivilant to a leper on a deserted island! That is simply not the case. Mariner Write opens and edits Microsoft Word documents. Text documents open flawlessly, allowing the ability to edit and save in one of several formats including Rich Text, which can be opened in Microsoft Word or PDF, which can be opened by Adobe Reader. The dreaded MS Word email attachment Ever get an email from someone who attached a Word document and even though you don't have MS Word, just assumed you would be able to read it? With Mariner Write, you will be able to read most of those MS Word attachments, even those sent from a Windows computer. Plays nice with others Mariner Write also works flawlessly with its sister product, Mariner Calc, our Mac OS X spreadsheet, bundled as the MarinerPak. Why fork over $400 for MS Office? Why spend $200 for the latest Office update? We have streamlined Write and Calc to include only the "necessary" features. The features that won't get in the way of getting your work done. Features you will actually use. And yes, we read Word and Excel files so your friends and colleagues can send you files. The MarinerPak is a fraction of the cost of Office yet offers around 70% of the Word and Excel feature set that you need. Features: • Intuitive Font Panel • Powerful Find Dialog • Spelling Dialog with relevance rating • Insert Symbol Dialog • Hierarchical Font Menu • "Show only Roman fonts" option --improves WYSIWYG font menu performance • Page Numbering • Text color & background color buttons • Live resizing in the main window and several others • Multiple language localization • Microsoft Word "read" capabilities • Enhance your reports with powerful headers and footers • Keep documents concise with footnotes and endnotes • OS X Services support • Mac OS X Font Smoothing technology • New cool blue background makes it clearer to see your work • Share your documents by saving as PDF in fewer steps in OS X • Mail Merge to automate your next mailing • Automatic spell checker highlights mistakes as you type. • Stable, more responsive, uses less disk space and memory than the competition. • WorldScript savvy -supports Kanji and numerous other international scripts. • Dynamic scrolling makes your pages move as you drag the scroll bar. • 80,000+ word spelling dictionary. • Drag and Drop gives you a powerful alternative to cut, copy, and paste. • AutoSave feature lets you work without worrying about losing your file. • WYSIWYG font menus let you see the typeface before using it. • Save your documents to PDF, RTF, and various ASCII text formats.