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In article <5088@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>In article <10454@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes:
>>...
>>I'm going to put the new features through their paces and see what comes
>>up. If anyone wants more info just drop me a line. Looks like Nisus just
>>jumped up there with the big boys.
>>
>
>My major problems with Nisus were:
>1) no style sheets (just char. styles; neat, but not enough)
	Sorry, they still only have the character styles in that regard, but
you can use a combination of macros and/or glossaries to do psuedo-style sheets.
What I mean by that is that you can format a section using a complete set of
the formatting tools (margins, tabs, etc.) but when you change the setup the
paragraphs formattted in that 'style' don't change.  It's not perfect, but it's
better than nothing (plus how often do you change styles??). This can also be
gotten around since you can search/replace styles, and with the combination of
GREP (which does work on style and graphic info, not just text) you can do some
nifty workarounds.

>2) marginal control over paragraphs, e.g., no 'space before' setting
	No luck on this one, and I have no workaround either...

>3) virtually useless conversion from MS Word (largely a result of the
>   above); to win users away from Word (e.g., me), they'll have to
>   provide a good migration route
	I never used Word, and have no intention of starting.  Also I am not
sure that their intention was to lure people away from Word just to get them
away.  I use Nisus becuase it offers the features I need when I need them in a
relatively Mac-like application (it's MUCH better than Word, but it's no
Fullwrite!)

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