[4:30 PM] New Mac World Processor Designed For Authors & Researchers
by Staff
Stone Table Software has released a new word processor for the Mac that is aimed at authors and researchers. The new product, Z-Write, offers a host of resources and tools for writers to organize their information. According to Stone Table Software:
Stone Table Software is pleased to announce the release of Z-Write 1.0 for Macintosh, a revolutionary word processor for creative writers and researchers.
Z-Write is the world's first nonlinear word processor. Instead of the nightmare of managing hundreds of separate word processing files of notes, ideas, chapters, revisions, character bios, bibliography information, quotations, Web site locations, etc., Z-Write allows the writer to store unlimited documents in a single file!
With support for unlimited Sections of information, Z-Write makes finding and organizing the disparate snippets of text associated with large writing projects a snap. Users are free to organize information any way they want. Move, combine, and print out just the Sections needed. Manage multiple versions of chapters, export a completed book as linked HTML files or Rich Text Format, even view multiple Sections at the same time.
Unlike a personal information manager (PIM), Z-Write is real word processor, designed for handling huge novels and complicated research projects. Unlike "idea managers," Z-Write knows that ultimately your Sections need to be combined to create a uniform piece of writing.
Z-Write eschews the bloat of many of today's word processors, offering simplicity and elegance. Streamlined for writing, it stays out of your way so you can actually get work done.
* Key Features *
Unique nonlinear writing system
Simple -- learn to use it in seconds
Convenient -- Z-Write remembers cursor location, text selection, window position and size, and last document edited
Customizable -- extensive preference settings
Electronic Bookmarks -- memorize locations in a document for instant access
Glossary -- quickly insert memorized snippets of text
View Windows -- browse multiple Sections simultaneously
Export to text, HTML, and RTF
Print Preview
Flexible print headers and footers
Hot Help -- point at buttons to learn what they do
Fully Mac OS "buzzward" compliant (supporting drag-and-drop, etc.)
36-page User's Guide in PDF format
Affordable -- low price makes Z-Write the ideal addition to any writer's toolkit
* System Requirements *
Z-Write 1.0.1 requires a Power Macintosh running System 7.5 or better, 10MB of free memory, and QuickTime (any version).
You can find more information on Z-Write at the Z-Write Web site. The product is priced at US$20 with a demo version available.
The Mac Observer Spin: Marc Zeedar, the author of this program from Stone Table Software, is also the author of a great column at MacOPINION. In an age when competition in the word processor market has largely ended, more so on the PC side, it is refreshing to see a brand new product enter the market, especially one designed specifically for writers.
