![]() ![]() Today’s computer world is closely allied with the web, and web page creation is now being performed by everyone from ten year old children to eighty year old retirees. You cannot save your work in Mariner Write is HTML format. Mariner Write simply needs much more work on their spell checking module to be make it truly useful. The ability to create your own personal dictionary is there, but life is way too short. You are also able to select different dictionaries, though I could not find even one dictionary from another word program that it could read or use. Yes, I can type in the correction myself, but I shouldn’t have to. ![]() While both Word 98 and ClarisWorks 5.0 figured out that the replacement should have been “sentence. In the above picture, you can see I forgot to place a period after the word “sentence”, and I left out a space before the word “Sure”. Spell checking is an area in which I feel all word processors should really excel, or at least the ones I plan on using on a daily basis. Spell checkers are very important, but I found the dictionary included with Mariner Write somewhat limited, and its interface lacking in some inportant ways. The spell checker in Mariner Write is also adequate, though I did find the program less robust here than in higher-priced word processors. However, if you want to give your cell a different color than the rest of your document, you’re out of luck. Merge cells, split tables, resize cells, and more are all good, needed options. This is an important feature in any word processor, and Mariner Write does an adequate job of creating tables. Yes, you can use tables in Mariner Write. Sure, there are only four graphics types Mariner Write can read, but for most home users, these are the graphic formats you will use 95% percent of the time. You can either wrap your text around imported or pasted graphics, or leave the graphic in-line with the sentence. While the program can only open GIF, ESP, JPEG and PICT formatted graphics, the program does a marvelous job of handling them within your document. Mariner Write is a very nice program for creating documents with graphics. Style sheets will save you a lot of time down the road when you find yourself creating document after document using the same style and format. While Mariner Software does not include any style sheets of their own, you can import them via a simple menu. Like any good word processor, you can use style sheets in Mariner Write 2.0.4. Mariner Write, however, uses most of the standard key commands set found in most programs, but this is a nice added feature, and worthy of note. Reading the steps to do this in the manual and Apple Guide actually takes longer than simply doing it the first time unaided. You simply use a pop-up menu under preferences, and follow the directions. This is handy if you are use to using another word processing program that used different key commands than the default settings in Mariner Write. I only wish more companies would provide such service to its customers!Ī really nice feature I found particularly useful of Mariner Write is the ability to choose your own custom key configurations. You can also download the manual from Mariner Software’s website. Rather than simply provide a few helpful hints on how to use the program, the manual actually explains how to really use all the features of Mariner Write. Many programs do not take advantage of this feature of the Mac OS, and it’s nice to see a company so embrace core Mac technologies.Īlso included with the $69.95 mailed version is a very handy printed manual. Mariner Write takes advantage of a well put together Apple Guide that will guide even the novice computer user on the right track of creating professional looking documents. In fact, the tool bar at the top of the screen is very much Word 5.1″ish” All the standard commands are found in either the menu bar, or at the top of each document window. The layout of Mariner Write is very similar to other word processors. Nice features in today’s market of bloat-ware programs that offer everything under the sun, plus the kitchen sink! The program takes less than 3MB of memory, and less than 4MB of hard drive space. If you are simply looking for a program to type letters in, without all the advanced features of a Microsoft Word 98, Mariner Write is for you. Mariner Write 2.0.4a is a very nice word processing program. In a Mac world dominated, it seems, with programs such as Microsoft’s Word 98 and ClarisWorks, can this program hope to compete? Depending on your needs, the answer is both yes and no. has updated the program to version 2.0.4a, adding more options and updates to the program. Almost two years later, Mariner Software Inc. When I first reviewed Mariner Write Version 1.3.1 back in the November, 1996 issue, I had many good things to report on the software. (Shrink wrapped box, includes diskettes and ![]()
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