I wonder which word processing software people still use. Many years ago I used to use software such as vi (remember that ...??) and even nroff, later LaTeX to get text formatted. I can still use LaTeX, but I haven't bothered for a year or two. I used to write letters using LaTeX!!
I did have some template files.
For slightly simpler word processing I used Word Perfect, Claris/Apple Works, and Word. At one time many moons ago Word really was quite good, but then Microsoft tried to take over the world, and killed off much of the opposition, some of it still very good at the time.
I also sometimes used publishing packages, such as Page Plus, which can give better results if used carefully than some word processors.
Nowadays I nearly always use Open Office - (not Libre Office, which I find to have bugs on my machines). Open Office isn't perfect, and has a few quirks, but mostly I know what they are and can live with them. If I want to (?? - perhaps need/have to) have a Word version I most often write a document in Open Office first, then convert to Word at the end. I often deliberately produce PDFs, which make it harder for some people to grab the text and alter it. If I'm sent a document in Word I may still convert it to Open Office, then back to Word at the end, as I find the process more reliable, and often quicker - though it does depend on the document.
I use TextWrangler - a Mac editing tool - quite frequently for removing all the formatting in clips, which I then reuse in other documents with my own formatting.
There are some features of Word which are good, and which can be helpful, such as change tracking, though not everyone finds those helpful or easy to use. Some of the "features" of Word appear to be bugs, and have been like that for centuries, plus I find it slower and less responsive than some other packages.
What do others use? I suppose it depends on the application need. I don't do much in the way of web pages these days, so I no longer bother with HTML editors, though I used to use a variety of those. Mostly I have shortish documents - about 4-10 pages long, but often longer than a letter. I don't write many programs now either, so plain text editors are less useful - though I still use TextWrangler as mentioned earlier. On Windows I'd sometimes use Notepad++ for text. If I still used Windows I'd probably revert back to Page Plus for formatted text, but it's years since I bothered with that.
I did have some template files.
For slightly simpler word processing I used Word Perfect, Claris/Apple Works, and Word. At one time many moons ago Word really was quite good, but then Microsoft tried to take over the world, and killed off much of the opposition, some of it still very good at the time.
I also sometimes used publishing packages, such as Page Plus, which can give better results if used carefully than some word processors.
Nowadays I nearly always use Open Office - (not Libre Office, which I find to have bugs on my machines). Open Office isn't perfect, and has a few quirks, but mostly I know what they are and can live with them. If I want to (?? - perhaps need/have to) have a Word version I most often write a document in Open Office first, then convert to Word at the end. I often deliberately produce PDFs, which make it harder for some people to grab the text and alter it. If I'm sent a document in Word I may still convert it to Open Office, then back to Word at the end, as I find the process more reliable, and often quicker - though it does depend on the document.
I use TextWrangler - a Mac editing tool - quite frequently for removing all the formatting in clips, which I then reuse in other documents with my own formatting.
There are some features of Word which are good, and which can be helpful, such as change tracking, though not everyone finds those helpful or easy to use. Some of the "features" of Word appear to be bugs, and have been like that for centuries, plus I find it slower and less responsive than some other packages.
What do others use? I suppose it depends on the application need. I don't do much in the way of web pages these days, so I no longer bother with HTML editors, though I used to use a variety of those. Mostly I have shortish documents - about 4-10 pages long, but often longer than a letter. I don't write many programs now either, so plain text editors are less useful - though I still use TextWrangler as mentioned earlier. On Windows I'd sometimes use Notepad++ for text. If I still used Windows I'd probably revert back to Page Plus for formatted text, but it's years since I bothered with that.
I still have the partition there, with Windows 7, but I found it too fiddley to bother with.
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