[DM-MUG] another WordProcessing or Office alternative

[Victoria L. Herring]

>I use Papyrus daily in my practice. It's very easy to learn and very
>stable. I switched to Mac in April '05. Word Processing was the
>hardest thing to find for me because I definitely didn't want to use
>Word. I was a Windows WordPerfect user.
>
>The biggest selling point for me was the database interaction with
>Papyrus Word. I have a lot of forms in my practice that I use
>repeatedly. In the Windows world I used HotDocs to automate those
>forms. I couldn't find anything comparable in the Mac world. Then I
>stumbled across Papyrus. It allows me set up basic forms and merge
>the database information into them. It doesn't completely allow the
>control HotDocs did but it's closer than anything else out there I've
>found.
>
>I don't exchange a lot of Word documents but the few I do have mixed
>reviews in opening them in Papyrus. I think the problem is the same
>with every Mac word processor ... the greater the complexity of the
>Word doc (tables, etc) the less likely it'll convert well. I did
>receive an email in my absence that Papyrus 12.5 is now available and
>apparently has improved the Word import/export feature.
>
>I do find styles a little harder to use in Papyrus Word than in Nisus
>Writer Express or Mellel. But, once you get the hang of 'em they're
>not too bad. For my daily practice needs it works very well. It has
>many of the more advanced features (TOC, Indexing, Cross-Referencing,
>etc) that seem to be lacking in most of the other popular Mac word
>processors (Nisus Writer Express, Mellel, etc.).
>
>On another note, I've found the developers to be very responsive. I
>bought in at version 11. There were a couple of issues for which I
>had suggestions and I email them about those. They replied within 24
>hours and included it on their list of changes for version 12. Those
>changes were indeed in version 12.
>
>All in all, I find Papyrus to be a worthwhile investment and a great
>Mac Law Office tool.
>
>Harvey L. Cox
>Attorney at Law
>P.O. Box 1437
>Mexia, Texas 76667
>254.562.9671
><mailto:harveycox%40sbcglobal.net>harveycox at sbcglobal.net
>
>On Dec 25, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Jan Butler wrote:
>
>>  Anyone using Papyrus Office? Word processor, database combo.
>  > 
><<http://www.rom-logicware.com/current.htm>http://www.rom-logicware.com/current.htm>
>  >

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