A simple Mac word processor that is user-friendly and stylish.
With Pagehand, users can do all the basic tasks expected of a word processor such as setting columns and margins, incorporating tables, managing different sections, assigning page numbers in various formats, updating time stamps, spell-checking, using different kinds of templates (with options to customize them), creating headers and footers, and setting custom document properties. In addition, Pagehand has some unique features that provide a better user experience.
The software allows for automatic updating of new versions, autosaving documents, and setting up text replacements. It has different smart functions such as find and replace, smart quotes, and smart insert and delete.
There are some excellent advanced features, including speech support, adjustable hyphenation, layout guides, and magnification scaling. Users can view one or two pages at once, with options to scale to full-page or page width, and even split-screen view, both horizontally and vertically. Pagehand also supports US or metric measurements, adjustable baseline and kerning, adjust paragraph space before and after, as well as leading and line height.
Preventing stragglers, keeping together or next, and tab leaders are some great features that make Pagehand stand out from other word processors. Additionally, the software can adjust bullets and numbering.
Pagehand offers a few exclusive features that are usually absent in other word processing software. For instance, it supports a document format (PDF) that everyone can read, provides automatic grouping of fonts into categories, and has print guide availability. Users can give in-app feedback, and developers welcome it for the betterment of the software. There is also a choice of tabbed or untabbed windows with ruler shading to demonstrate how indents affect paragraph shapes.
The app comes with an editor for the Apple spelling dictionary and document-level spelling dictionary. There are direct menu support and a viewer for over 60 special characters, an ornament character viewer, as well as an editor for typographically correct fractions. Pagehand provides an intuitive interface that doesn't over-rely on icons.
Its style editor is straightforward to use, and users can adjust character weight, width, and obliqueness to fit their desired aesthetic. Pagehand's help pages even offer tips on making the most of Leopard fonts.
Overall, Pagehand is an elegant and user-friendly word processor for Mac users, with a good range of advanced features that other applications lack. It is worth considering purchasing it for personal and professional documentation purposes.
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