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Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Aug 24, 2007 at 08:06 PM
If you just want a simple rich text editor, why not use Outlook Express. It’s free. The editor is simple but functional, and you can organize your documents in as many folders as you wish.
Just my 2 cents.
If you want something really powerful as outliner/grid/rich text editor, I recommend SQLNotes at http://www.SQLNotes.net
Posted by Chris Murtland
Aug 24, 2007 at 08:18 PM
sracer wrote:
>there isn’t a nimble, RTF-capable, (single pane) outliner. :-(
It might be worth looking at Ecco (now freely available) in combination with the “eccoext” add-on program (also free). I’ve always thought Ecco was a pretty nice one-pane outliner, and recent versions of the eccoext program allow copying an Ecco outline with formatting to RTF or HTML. Granted, Ecco’s formatting is basic, but this might be an option for some.
See http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecco_pro/ for info.
Posted by Gary N
Aug 24, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Steve,
Jarte certainly looks great, it it’s fast. I wonder how long before Jarte 3.0 passes the beta stage. It looks like it took two-and-a-half years between Jarte 2.5 and the beta for 3.0, which has been out since at least February. The CNET review of Jarte 2.5 noted some concerns: “due to its organizational scheme, it’s not as immediately intuitive as other programs in this class…. [Also,] it can’t save files in any version of Word later than 95. In some tests, the application had no trouble opening complex Word files, but in others it crashed.” But the CNET Download.com users liked it just fine.
I’m going to try it. I’m really hoping it proves to be fast-launching. I also hope they can iron out 3.0 soon, because I will likely buy the Plus version.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Gary
Posted by Tom S.
Aug 24, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Gary N wrote:
>I want a fast word processor that supports RTF and simple outlining formats.
Gary,
This may be too simple but have you looked into using Google Documents? I don’t know about you but I keep my browser open most of the time. Starting a new document can be pretty quick. Needless to say its extremely light. Its outlining capabilities aren’t stellar but it does do simple things.
Tom S.
Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Aug 26, 2007 at 05:30 AM
I think Word is faster in executing functions, but on today’s computers, I don’t know anyone can tell the difference. But on startup speed, I find WordPerfect much faster. I have WP 9 installed and Word 2003. On a warm startup, WP is at least twice as fast as Word. It takes 3 seconds (rounded to whole seconds), as opposed to 6 or 7 for Word. [I have observed startup time generally is mostly a function of program size, but perhaps others can reply on this more technically.] Word’s startup slowness annoys me; WP is fast enough not to annoy. I think startup speed may be the only WP feature I prefer over Word. (I think Word 2007 might be a little faster than Word 2003, but I don’t recall for sure.)
In any event, WordPerfect is your only real alternative, although others would seem to disagree.
Gary N wrote:
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>Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>>Corel WordPerfect is the only program I can think of
>that might meet your criteria.
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>Is WordPerfect so much faster than MS Word? I’ve
>never tried it, and I’m surprised to hear it.
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>For simple everyday text work, I’m
>unwilling to wait for Word to crank up. I often use a text editor (EditPad Lite), but it
>is frustrating that I can’t structure a list of ideas into a simple outline just by
>hitting tabs and returns. And bland text editor output is no fun to look at or read,
>that’s why I want RTF. With RTF, you can give text shape, making it possible to add
>meaning and emphasis, let alone making it easier on the eyes.
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>If WordPerfect is
>fast, I’ll try it. Right after I try working KeyNote into the mix.
>
>Gary