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Pagehand... Everybody knows what a word processor should do: things like styles, sections, columns, tables, tab leaders, document properties, autosave, document templates, keep together, keep with next, widow/orphan control, automatic formatting and replacement of text, numbered paragraphs, bullets, adjustable hyphenation, layout guides, split views, and small caps. That sort of thing.
But what if a word processor offered more than the usual list of features? A good word processor ought to:
But what if a word processor offered more than the usual list of features? A good word processor ought to:
- Use PDF as its file format, so anyone can read your documents perfectly, fonts
What's New
Version 1.0.8.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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| Downloads:3,479 |
| Version Downloads:1,367 |
| Type:Business : Word Processing |
| License:Demo |
| Date:15 Feb 2010 |
| Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $39.95 |
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Pagehand... Everybody knows what a word processor should do: things like styles, sections, columns, tables, tab leaders, document properties, autosave, document templates, keep together, keep with next, widow/orphan control, automatic formatting and replacement of text, numbered paragraphs, bullets, adjustable hyphenation, layout guides, split views, and small caps. That sort of thing.
But what if a word processor offered more than the usual list of features? A good word processor ought to:
Pagehand is also for people who are tired of fighting the interface of their word processor and just want to get on with their work.
But what if a word processor offered more than the usual list of features? A good word processor ought to:
- Use PDF as its file format, so anyone can read your documents perfectly, fonts and all.
- Help you with typography, whether you are making fractions, using a special character, or looking for a nice ornament.
- Avoid dialog boxes or inspectors that cover up your work.
- Categorize your fonts for you, so you don't have to scroll through a long list every time you select a font.
- Never force you to choose from a bewildering array of small icons.
- Let you open documents as separate windows, or as tabs in the same window.
- And above all, care about what you create and guide you toward making beautiful, typographically correct documents.
Pagehand is also for people who are tired of fighting the interface of their word processor and just want to get on with their work.
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Yavari reviewed on 14 Jan 2012
I am disappointed, however, that the developer axed the program and won't be updating it further. Well, c'est la vie. It was still worth every penny and it's staying on my computer.
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Pagehand is now Pagesmith:
http://fortunatebear.com/products/pagesmith/
Good luck!
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Hamdi reviewed on 19 Jan 2010
I have and am currently using almost all the writing applications in the Mac app market: Scrivener, Ulysses, Word 97, Pages 09, Writeroom, Bean, nowadays OmmWriter, along with a few journalling and notetaking software. But Pagehand is superior to them in its wonderful manipulation of formal elements. This is something that may not be seen at first glance (I too missed its forte at first try; I too was misled by some negative reviews here like PDF thing etc. -but then I saw that I was allowed to save/export a document as docx.) Its niceties come off in time, especially for those of us who have come to forget to savour the first lazy moments before a blank page.
Another strong point is its use of tabs a la Ulysses. You can open and edit multiple documents within the same window. So it also acts like a temporary database with integrated side by side and under view options. I find this aspect especially useful. The only thing I miss is full screen editing.
Pagehand, in short, is about pleasurable writing. I heartily recommend it.
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Jfm reviewed on 27 Jul 2009
The use of PDF as a format for saving is unexpected, but allows to share documents with other people easily, due to PDF universality. Of course, there is a related limitation: one needs to own Pagehand for working on a document created with Pagehand. However, for documents that are not too complex, it is easy to export into some other formats, preferably RTF.
Since it is still at the initial stage, a number of improvements are needed, but they are all in the work, it is just a matter of patience for users. For instance, footnotes need to be added. I am confident it will improve: the developer is responsive, and the forum, while small at this point, is already starting to be active.
A promising tool - I used it already for writing a few small texts, and I was very pleased: writing was pleasant, fluid. And insofar I can witness from my own experience, it was completely stable.