Yosemite Compatibility

10/17/2014Posted inInfoClick, Nisus Thesaurus, Nisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer Pro1 Comment

Now that OS X 10.10, or Yosemite, has been released it’s time we talk about compatibility with the new OS and our products.

We ran many tests with the release version of  Yosemite and our current release versions of Nisus Writer Express, Pro, Thesaurus, and InfoClick. We have not found any issues: they all seem to be working as they should.

So if you are one of the brave early adopters of a new OS, feel free to use the latest versions of our apps with confidence. They should work as expected. However, if you do run into an unexpected problem, please let us know by sending feedback from within our apps or write to our support team. Your fellow early adopters will thank you.

Take Control of Automating Your Mac

7/22/2014Posted inNisus Writer Pro2 Comments

We know our users are a sophisticated bunch. A great many of you know keyboard shortcuts and other time saving methods to make quick work of tedious tasks. But did you know that there are dozens of shortcuts that will make your computing life easier? Well, that’s why the ridiculously busy Joe Kissell of TidBITS fame has written a book that reveals OS X’s many shortcuts, and examines the utilities and applications that go further, offering concrete examples and extensive lists of possibilities.

Take Control of Automating Your Mac is written for ordinary people like me, but everyone can take advantage of the tips, tricks, and tools that will help you with automating tedious, and not so tedious tasks. Plus, there is a nice section on Nisus Writer Pro.

There is a nice section on Nisus Writer Pro, but there are many other tips and tricks

You can purchase Take Control of Automating Your Mac for only $15 from the Take Control store.

So if you would like to save time and money (there are coupons for the utilities mentioned in the book) and learn to boss your Mac around, buy Take Control of Automating Your Mac and make your Mac work for you!

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.7 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.6 Released

12/6/2013Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

Mavericks. The gift that keeps on giving. So much so that we are still finding issues. While we were at it we fixed a few other bugs and we decided to put out new versions of both Express and Pro.

Therefore, we are happy to announce the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.7 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.6. These new versions are available now for purchase at our store and the Mac App Store.

These new versions contain the following fixes and additions:

  • Fixed: when running on OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard), could crash in certain circumstances.
  • Fixed: lang: improved automatic hyphenation for non-English languages.
  • Fixed: soft hyphens now transfer from Nisus Writer to Word properly.
  • Fixed: lang: when running on OSX 10.9 (Mavericks), could be very slow to show the list of languages.
  • Fixed: images: editing an equation externally (eg: in MathType) now refreshes image correctly.
  • Other bug fixes, stability improvements, and macro language enhancements.

This release, barring unforeseen circumstances, will be the last release to support Snow Leopard (10.6). The next release will support 10.7.5 and above.

TThe complete release notes for Nisus Writer Pro can be found on the Pro release notes page. Release notes for Nisus Writer Express are available on the Express release notes page.

If you purchased directly from our store, Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro can be updated from within the app. Select “Check for Updates” from the “Nisus Writer Express/Pro” menu and follow the instructions. You can also download the update from the Express and Pro update pages.

If you purchased from the Mac App Store open the App Store on your Mac, then click the “Updates” view at the top of the App Store window (in Mountain Lion you should receive a notification that the app has been updated and is ready to download).

So if you have purchased Pro 2 or Express 3.x from our store or the Mac App Store, please update now. You”ll be very happy you did.

Mavericks Compatibility Update

10/22/2013Posted inInfoClick, Nisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

Apple is on the verge of releasing the next version of OS X, 10.9 Mavericks. We have tested all of our currently shipping apps in 10.9 and happily we have found all of our currently shipping applications should work with no problems. That means Express 3.4.5, Pro 2.0.6, InfoClick 1.1, and Nisus Thesaurus 1.1 are all Mavericks compatible.

Hopefully that will remain once the OS is actually available to the general public. If you do run into problems please let us know.

Nisus Writer Express 3.4.5 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.6 Available on the Mac App Store

10/10/2013Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

We are very happy to announce that Nisus Writer Express 3.4.5 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.6 are now available at the Mac App Store. I have to admit we were surprised since it has taken much longer than this in the past to get approved. In this case it wasn’t even a week. Maybe things are changing at the App Store. Whatever the case, we are glad it is now available.

To update these apps open App Store on your Mac, then click the “Updates” view at the top of the App Store window (in Mountain Lion you should receive a notification that the app has been updated and is ready to download).

The cost of Pro at the App Store is $79 while Express is $45. There is no upgrade pricing available on the App Store, unfortunately.

So if you purchased Express or Pro from the App Store, the latest versions of both apps are now available.

Express 3.4.5 and Pro 2.0.6

10/3/2013Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer Pro1 Comment

After the release of Express 3.4.4 and Pro 2.0.5 there were a few unpleasant bugs discovered. We decided to quickly fix those issues and release a new version. Therefore, we are happy to announce the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.6 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.5.

These new versions contain the following fixes and additions:

• Improved stability by addressing several bugs that could cause crashes in certain situations.
• Fixed: lists: should be able to set list starting number for a single paragraph in the document text, ie: override starting list number enforced by styles.
• Fixed: deleting some text should persist the formatting of that text in the typing attributes, eg: text typed just afterwards should have the same attributes.
• Fixed: import: documents with certain configurations of floating content could fail to import.
• Added: palettes: holding down the Command key when clicking a palette stepper’s up/down arrows will restore the old behavior, where the first shown value is applied uniformly to the entire selection, instead of adjusting all selected values independently.
• Fixed: palettes: using a palette stepper’s down arrow should affect all selected values, even if the first selected value is at zero.
• Other fixes and optimizations.

There are a few Pro specific fixes that you can read about on the Pro release notes page. The complete release notes for Express can be found on the Express release notes page.

Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro can be updated from within the app. Select “Check for Updates” from the “Nisus Writer Express/Pro” menu and follow the instructions. You can also download the update from the Express and Pro update pages.

Both Express 3.4.5 and Pro 2.0.6 are available now at our store and the Mac App Store. Nisus Writer Express is only $45 and the upgrade is $30. Nisus Writer Pro is $79 and the upgrade is $49. Academic versions and Family Packs (three licenses) are also available.

For those of you who have purchased through the Mac App Store, Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.6 and Express 3.4.5 have been submitted but we have no idea when it will be approved. Hopefully the wait won’t be long be we’ll see. Check back here for updates.

So if you have purchased Pro 2.x or Express 3.x from our store, please update now. For you Mac App Store customers, hang in there. Your wait should (in theory) not be too long.

Nisus Writer Express 3.4.4 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.5 Released

9/11/2013Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

We are very happy to announce the release of both Nisus Writer Express 3.4.4 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.5.

Both Express and Pro have had a few bugs fixed, some enhancements, preliminary support for Mavericks (OS X 10.9) and other niceties that are too numerous to list here. You can read the complete release notes for Express and Pro online or under the Help menu in both apps. I hope your chair is comfy and you have some snacks ready because those notes make for a long read.

You can update from within the apps or from the Express or Pro pages. These apps can be purchased from our store. Nisus Writer Express is $45 and Nisus Writer Pro is $79. There is upgrade and academic pricing, and three license family packs are available.

Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro require at least OS X 10.6.6.

These updates are recommended, especially if you plan on using OS X 10.9. So please update and enjoy!

SummerFest 2013

5/30/2013Posted inNisus Writer ProNo Comments

Summer is (almost) here! I know this because it is getting warmer and the humidity is rising. For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere we are just going to pretend it’s still summer.

To celebrate the warmth we have partnered with some great software developers for a collection of exceptional software for writers called SummerFest 2013.

SummerFest 2013 offers great writing software at huge 20-50% discounts! The following software is currently being offered during the SummerFest 2013 sale:

  • Nisus Writer Pro – 20% Discount
  • Scrivener – 20% Discount
  • Bookends – 50% Discount
  • Tinderbox – 40% Discount
  • Movie Draft – 20% Discount
  • Aeon Timeline – 20% Discount

For more information on SummerFest 2013 please visit our special SummerFest page. Remember, SummerFest savings end on June 14, 2013 so act quickly!

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.2 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.1 Released

11/17/2011Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday we have released Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.2. This release addresses a few Lion issues, stability issues, a fix for Word Perfect import, and a few select bug fixes. The complete list of changes and fixes can be read on the Pro release notes page.

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.2 is available now for download through our web site or through the app itself. The Mac App Store version should be available soon, once it gets through the Apple approval process. We will announce its release here as soon as we know.

We are also announcing the release of Nisus Writer Express 3.4.1. This release addresses most of the same issues as Pro 2.0.2. The Express 3.4.1 release notes can be found on this page. Express 3.4.1 is available now for download on both our site and the Mac App Store.

Nisus Writer Pro and Nisus Writer Express are available for purchase through our store. Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.2 is $79, or $49 for the upgrade from Pro 1.x. Express 3.4.1 is $45, or $30 for the upgrade from Express 1 or 2. There are also family packs available (three licenses) and for Pro, CDs are available for an extra $10 plus shipping.

Both of these updates are free for users of Pro 2.x and Express 3.x. They both require at least Mac OS X 10.4.11. Additionally Pro 2 requires an Intel Mac.

Lion Compatible Nisus Writer Express and Pro Now Available

8/31/2011Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

We are very happy to announce that Lion compatible versions of Nisus Writer Pro and Nisus Writer Express are now available for download.

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 has received a handful of fixes for issues that appeared after its release. These fixes include a page number display bug, a Bookends scanning issue, and various fixes for .doc/docx importing. Pro 2.0.1 has received fixes for Lion compatibility and adds the new Lion full screen feature. Those of you who are using other supported versions of OS X will have full screen as before.

Nisus Writer Express 3.4 adds Lion compatibility, Lion full screen, and receives a (large) number of bug fixes. This update also includes a different file importer that is compatible with both Intel and PowerPC Macs. Unfortunately making this change eliminates WordPerfect read only capability.

We are also releasing Nisus Writer Pro 1.4.2 for those of you still using Pro 1.x. This release contains basic Lion compatibility, fixes for .doc/.docx importing and other smaller fixes.

These new versions are available now and are free updates to all users of Nisus Writer Pro 1.x and 2.0 and Nisus Writer Express 3. You can update either through the applications themselves or by downloading at the Express and Pro download pages. Nisus Writer Pro 1.4.2 gets its own download page.

Nisus Writer Pro 1.4.2, 2.0.1 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4 require Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher.

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4 Beta Releases

7/19/2011Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer Pro4 Comments

According to various news reports, OS X Lion will be released on the 20th of July. To address the few issues we have found with Lion we have released beta versions of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 and Nisus Writer Express 3.4.

Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 addresses Lion compatibility issues and receives a handful of fixes for issues that appeared after its release (including fixes for the page number display bug and the Bookends issue). The beta release of Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.1 is available now (this is a direct download link).

Nisus Writer Express 3.4 also fixes Lion incompatibilities and receives a number of bug fixes. Nisus Writer Express 3.4 is available now (direct link) for your downloading pleasure.

Disclaimer: Please remember that this is beta software, and is still in development. Please take appropriate caution. Use copies of important documents, for example. Please read the release notes located under the Help menu in both Express and Pro.

Lion, Express, and Pro

7/12/2011Posted inNisus Writer ProNo Comments

If the rumors are correct, Mac OS X 10.7 (otherwise known as Lion) will be released very soon.

Currently, Express 3.3.2 and Nisus Writer Pro 2.0 are compatible with Lion, apart from a few issues that we have identified so far. These issues will be fixed in Express and Pro 2 in upcoming releases. These updates should be released within a week. Pro 2 will receive a handful of fixes for issues that appeared after its release (including fixes for the page number display bug and the Bookends issue).

The other big issue that will come up, if the reports are true, is that Rosetta will no longer be included in OS X.

(A quick primer: Rosetta is software that enables PowerPC applications to run on the newer Intel Macs.)

Rosetta was introduced with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and was also included with Leopard (10.5). It then became an optional installation with Snow Leopard (10.6). That is apparently where it will end.

How does this relate to Express and Pro? While both of these applications are universal binaries (which can run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs) the file importers were PowerPC until recently. Since that means using Rosetta, this presents a problem.

In the case of Pro, we have already switched the file importer to Intel, so there is no problem for owners of Intel Macs. We still offer a version with a PowerPC importer, but moving forward we will phase out PowerPC support.

Express uses a different file importer that is only PowerPC. With Rosetta (allegedly) being phased out we will switch Express to use the file importer built into OS X, which is compatible with both Intel and PowerPC Macs.

So that is the update. More information will follow once we get close to release.

Nisus Writer Pro 2 Released

5/19/2011Posted inNisus Writer Pro3 Comments

After a lengthy development and private beta testing period, we are very happy to announce the release of Nisus Writer Pro 2. As I stated in the previous blog post, this is a huge release for us. And believe me when I tell you we are very happy to have this out. We can all sleep now! Well, maybe tomorrow.

This new version has taken us pretty close to two years to realize, and we have added many features that have been requested by our users (that means you guys). We also added things that we like, just to be fair.

Anyway, this new version of Nisus Writer Pro adds the following features:

  • track changes
  • drawing tools (shapes, lines, floating text boxes)
  • watermarks
  • paragraph-level borders and shading
  • EPUB export
  • a customizable “special characters” menu and palette
  • saved PDF files create clickable links for cross references, page numbers in generated TOCs/Indexes, and hyperlinks
  • spelling panel has “Correct All” button
  • preference to control color of page in Page View; color of text in Draft View
  • zoom style to “Show Text Width”, which excludes the margins in Page view
  • help reducing clutter in files with many comments (they are automatically repositioned and faded out based on current edit/scroll location)
  • preference to control navigator pane font
  • added a whole slew of PowerFind bubbles
  • user can control exact size of an image (numerically), and its padding
  • menu to lock page guides so mouse drags can’t accidentally alter margins
  • menus to select the next instance of an applied style
  • saving a PDF can include comments (as PDF annotation icons)
  • text analysis window now also shows results for just the selected text
  • vertical ruler

In addition, there are literally hundreds (around 500!) of fixes, additions, optimizations, and other changes in Pro 2. A full list of changes is available at the Pro release notes page. As I stated earlier, this is a huge release for us.

Nisus Writer Pro 2 is available now at our store for only $79. You can upgrade from previous versions of Pro for $49. A three license Family Pack is also available for $99. You can order a CD version for an additional $10 plus shipping. Those of you who have purchased Nisus Writer Pro 1.x in the last 90 days will be upgraded to Pro 2 for free. An email containing a license number and a link to download should be arriving shortly.

Nisus Writer Pro 2 requires at least Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11. As a side note, the main download is now an Intel only version. A version that also works on Power PC machines will also be available. All versions can be downloaded from the Pro download page.

For more information and to download the 15 day fully working demo please visit our Nisus Writer Pro page.

Thank you for your continued support.

Update

5/11/2011Posted inNisus Writer Pro2 Comments

We have been pretty quiet over the last few months or so. Our last update to Pro was a little over a year ago. However, that doesn’t mean we haven’t been working. On the contrary, we have been working very hard. We just don’t like to talk about features we are working on before they are ready. We know this upsets some people but we would rather not say anything until we can back up what we promise.

So having said all of that, I can say a few things about what we have been working on. We have worked hard to add a couple of huge features to Nisus Writer Pro: track changes and a suite of drawing tools (shapes, lines, floating text boxes). Those features alone took a great deal of time. There are other features, but those two are the ones I can talk about for the moment. We will announce the other features when we release, which should be in the next few weeks. Hopefully sooner.

The other issue I would like to mention is that the next release of Nisus Writer Pro will be a paid upgrade. The price will be $49 to download the upgrade, and a CD version will be available for an extra $10 plus shipping. The full version is $79. There will also be a family pack and academic pricing.

So that’s the update for now. More after we finalize everything and are ready to release.

News Roundup

9/14/2010Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer Pro1 Comment

In an astonishing turn of events, it seems that Mac news sites and blogs are realizing that the Mac still exists.

I kid, but it really does seem like the Mac gets short changed these days. And word processors are even less talked about than the Mac. But, there is hope. Over the last few weeks, we have spotted three articles that mention our products. Hooray for us!

Besides the Macgasm article previously mentioned on this blog, MacTalk has a great round up of word processors called “You Don’t Need Word: A Word Processing Round-Up”. The article recommends both Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro.

In an article on Mac360.com titled “A Tale Of 2 Writing Tools: Strange vs. Normal”, Bambi Brannan writes “If you’re looking for a complete writing tool, an aircraft carrier of features, Nisus Writer Pro carries the flag.”

If you haven’t tried out either Express or Pro, please download the demo versions from the above links and give them a try. As the above articles show, they come highly recommended.

Back To School With Nisus Writer Pro

9/8/2010Posted inNisus Writer ProNo Comments

Since school has started for most, if not all of you, I thought it would be a good time to mention this article from Macgasm.

In her “Macgasm Presents: A Back-to-School Macstravaganza!” article, Susan Piggot mentions Nisus Writer Pro among many cool and essential apps for those of you heading back to school.

There are many reasons to purchase Pro, but one of the best in this case is cost. The academic version of Nisus Writer Pro is only $39. This is the same version of Nisus Writer Pro that us non-academics purchase for $79. The only difference is price.

So, if you are an academic, and you want a word processor for your Mac that won’t break the bank, Nisus Writer Pro is a great choice.

Fourth of July Sale

7/3/2010Posted inNisus Writer Express, Nisus Writer ProNo Comments

While most everyone in the USA is celebrating our independence by consuming copious amounts of food and drink, we are celebrating by throwing a Fourth of July sale.

From now until the 7th of July, we are offering most versions of Nisus Writer Pro and Nisus Writer Express at 20 percent off.

To take advantage of this sale, go to our store and enter the coupon code “fourthofjuly” in the coupon text box. You will then see the discount reflected in the shopping cart.

We are also offering the Nisus Writer Pro printed manual for $22.50, or 10 percent off. You do not need a coupon for this purchase.

Remember, this sale absolutely ends on the 7th of July, so act quickly.