Hello--new forum member here, seriously considering dumping my PC and buying an iMac.
Wonder if someone familiar with word-processors for Mac can help me.
I'm a writer and I need one critical feature in a word-processing program--"one-click" hidden text. In MSWord, you do this by adding a custom toolbar button. Click it, selected text gets hidden. It's exactly like selecting text and clicking Italic, Bold, Underline, etc.
Unfortunately, you can't do this in OpenOffice Writer. You have to follow the menu path, which takes 5-6 clicks to open a format font dbox, then click the hidden-text checkbox. Can't add a custom toolbar button.
I checked out a few other freeware/open source WPs [for PC--Linux], and none offer this seemingly trivial feature.
So before I switch, I need to know: Do any WP pgms for Mac [other than MSWord] offer this feature? I'm a fairly undemanding user so I don't need all the bloat of MSWord, but I do need this one feature. If no other wp pgm has it, I'd have to get MSWord for Mac--and I don't need all the other stuff in the MSOffice suite.
Does anyone know?
[ Btw, is there a subforum here where traumatized long-time PC users can go for psychological counseling? ;D ]
Thx for help!
tom09
Wonder if someone familiar with word-processors for Mac can help me.
I'm a writer and I need one critical feature in a word-processing program--"one-click" hidden text. In MSWord, you do this by adding a custom toolbar button. Click it, selected text gets hidden. It's exactly like selecting text and clicking Italic, Bold, Underline, etc.
Unfortunately, you can't do this in OpenOffice Writer. You have to follow the menu path, which takes 5-6 clicks to open a format font dbox, then click the hidden-text checkbox. Can't add a custom toolbar button.
I checked out a few other freeware/open source WPs [for PC--Linux], and none offer this seemingly trivial feature.
So before I switch, I need to know: Do any WP pgms for Mac [other than MSWord] offer this feature? I'm a fairly undemanding user so I don't need all the bloat of MSWord, but I do need this one feature. If no other wp pgm has it, I'd have to get MSWord for Mac--and I don't need all the other stuff in the MSOffice suite.
Does anyone know?
[ Btw, is there a subforum here where traumatized long-time PC users can go for psychological counseling? ;D ]
Thx for help!
tom09