Keep in mind that I am not saying that Microsoft Word is the best tool available it does not really outshine its competitors in many areas, but it does well enough in most areas to provide you with very versatile tools.įirst, there's no option to do nothing on startup, so you have to close a window you don't want in the first place.
Furthermore, you can instruct it to automatically add captions to files you add to the document, which can come in very handy, depending on your usage. To be perfectly honest, Microsoft Word is the best all-round talent it has all the advanced features you could wish for, and it does not do too bad a job with graphics (both creating and editing them) for instance, you can use Automator actions to save all the pictures in a Word document as separate files in a different folder (only works with the Standard or Special Media edition, as the Home & Student edition does not ship with Automator actions). It should also be noted that the default file format used by Nisus Writer Pro, RTF, results in enormous file sizes for documents containing lots of graphics. You can add floating graphics, but I would strongly discourage anyone from doing so when writing a longer academic document use in-line graphics instead. While Nisus Writer Pro is incredibly flexible in that regard and allows you to add captions as part of a style, it does not handle graphics too well. Pages handles graphics very well, but it does not allow you to add captions, for instance, and this is usually a required feature for longer academic documents. Personally, I would not use Pages for this type of work. I use Pages for non-academic work, such as the creation of handouts for my students, or any type of work that is more graphical. I use Nisus Writer Pro for my academic writing, as it allows me to focus on the text I am writing and to edit it very comfortably with an advanced set of word processing features. For me, it is Nisus AND Pages, as both applications have their uses. That being said, I do not think that it has to be Nisus VS Pages. This is an area where Nisus Writer has severe shortcomings, given that it focuses on word processing alone. On the other hand, Pages really shines when it comes to page layout: you can easily create text boxes, rotate and edit graphics and make use of the many fancy templates that come with this application. It can be used as a word processor, and it does an admirable job, but some more advanced features are simply missing. Among these features, I would list above all cross-references, PowerFind, level-based outline numbering, the navigator pane and style sheets. Basically, the major difference for me is that Nisus Writer (Express and Pro) is a word processor, which means that its strength lies in the abundance of features that can be used to process text. Both applications have an impressive feature set, so I shall try to keep my answer as short as possible.
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