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Mac Text Editing Software Suggestions
Jake!
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Hi guys, I'm looking software to fit the following criteria, if anyone has any ideas...
1. A very simple text editor, it can't have too many features and doesn't need to have any page layout capabilities (about as simple as text edit). It does need spell checking, and simple text formatting (font, size, bold etc.)
2. Autosave, ideally without wiping the ability to rollback any changes ever made to the document (like google docs).
3. Offline though
That's actually it. Basically, its for my dad to use when he writes and he's not particularly computer literate.
1. A very simple text editor, it can't have too many features and doesn't need to have any page layout capabilities (about as simple as text edit). It does need spell checking, and simple text formatting (font, size, bold etc.)
2. Autosave, ideally without wiping the ability to rollback any changes ever made to the document (like google docs).
3. Offline though
That's actually it. Basically, its for my dad to use when he writes and he's not particularly computer literate.
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If he was doing coding, I'd suggest TextWranger or BBEdit, but it sounds like he just wants to write. So TextEdit is free, and if he wants something a little more fancy, NeoOffice J (which is OpenOffice) would be fancier.
OpenOffice 3 is mac-native now, and doesn't require X11 like prior versions did. NeoOffice J works just as well, though.
You can actually have text edit use Wrap to Page by default. It's in its preferences.