Bean 0.9.11 for Mac is a small, easy-to-use word processor (or more precisely, a rich text editor), designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. Bean is Open Source, Cocoa, and is available free of charge! Bean 0.9.11 is not a replacement for MS Word. It does not do footnotes or hierarchical styles. Further, it is only partially compatible with MS Word's .doc format.What's New in version 0.9.11?
+ Now Compatible with OS X 10.5 Leopard
Bean version 0.9.11 improves speed and responsiveness under Leopard.
+ Version 0.9.11 improves Bean's performance under Leopard and includes some bug fixes.
+ Version 0.9.11 of Bean Multilingual Edition adds support for Danish, German, and Turkish.
Bean 0.9.11 Features. Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor that includes:
* a live word count
* a Get Info panel for in-depth statistics
* a zoom-slider to easily change the view scale
* an Inspector panel with lots of sliders
* date-stamped backups
* autosaving
* a page layout mode
* an alternate colors option (e.g., white text on blue)
* an option to show invisible characters (tabs, returns, spaces)
* selection of text by text style, paragraph style, color, etc.
* a floating windows option (like Stickies has)
* easy to use menus
* remembers cursor postion (excluding .txt, .html, .webarchive formats)
* all of Cocoa's good stuff (dictionary, word completion, etc.)
Bean 0.9.11 File Formats. Bean natively reads and writes these file formats:
* .rtf format (rich text)
* .rtfd format (rich text with graphics)
* .bean format (identical to .rtfd)
* .txt format (Unicode and legacy)
* .html format (as source code)
* .webarchive format (Apple's web archive format)
Bean 0.9.11 transparently imports and exports these formats:
* .doc format (MS Word '97, minus images, margins, and page size)...more info here
* .xml format (MS Word 2003 XML, minus images)
Bean 0.9.11 can export all of the above formats to these formats:
* .html (web page format, minus images)
* .doc compatible (with images intact)
* .rtf (with images intact)
Bean 0.9.11 Requirements:
+ A Mac with a PPC or Intel processor running OS X 10.4.0 Tiger or later
+ As of version 0.9.10, Bean is compatible with OS X 10.5 Leopard