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In article <1991Apr14.220122.8800@news.stolaf.edu> smithc@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Christopher Smith) writes:

   How does Nisus compare to MS Word?  More specifically:

	   *  how compatible is it with other word processing formats;

It imports/exports MacWrite and Word 3/4, but not fast-saved files.

	   *  does it have the section support MS Word does, ie. can I
	      have different headers/footers/etc for certain pages;

Don't know about sections, but you can change headers/footers whenever
you like.

	   *  does it support a table format like MS Word does;

No, there's no table support as such.  It has a decent drawing module
built-in, though, which might do for simple tables.

	   *  does it have footnoting features;

Yes, and it does a good job handling footnotes.

	   *  is Nisus relatively fast, specifically with the spell-
	      checking, searching, and search/replace?

Yes to both.  Definitely the best search/replace out there, since you
can search on styles, fonts, etc.  It also has built-in grep and a
friendly way to use it.

Other nice features:  Great built-in macro language.  You can do just
about anything you want to with it.  There are macros to do general
typographic cleanup (change multiple spaces to single spaces, "--" to
em-dashes, etc.), macros to delete ".bak" files... all sorts of
things.  I wrote one to strip fonts from the PostScript0 files I
create and upload to my Unix box at work for printing.

Also, my favorite features: unlimited undos and multiple selections.
It's great to be able to undo and redo more than just your last
action, and you can't imagine how you ever got along without multiple
selections until you use Nisus.  I like being able to highlight all
the words I want to put into italics at once, and then selecting
"Italic" from the Style menu one time to change all of them.  A real
time-saver, and something I always thought should be in the Human
Interface Guidelines.

I think there's a demo available from Paragon if you want to give it a
try.  They can be reached at:

Paragon Concepts, Inc.
990 Highland Drive, Suite 312
Solana Beach, CA  92075
(619) 481-1477

Hope this helps.

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