BEAN WORD PROCESSOR FOR THE MAC AND OTHER iOS

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 Popular word processors such as Microsoft Word and Open Office have a lot going on for them and require a certain level of expertise to master all their functions. Here comes a simple word processor that is very straightforward and focuses on word processing – Bean. Bean can also be referred to as a rich text editor. It is very easy to use.

Bean is a great alternative for TextEdit, the basic text editor that comes built-in with the Mac. It provides features and services that TextEdit doesn’t even come close to, such as dynamic work and character counts, and its auto-save function none can beat.

BEAN WORD PROCESSOR 

Pros

• Lightweight and fast; uses very few system resources
• Clean, simple, intuitive interface
• Customizable toolbar
• Automatic document backups
• It’s free

Cons

• No footnotes
• Limited support for styles
• Limited graphics support
• Limited compatibility with Word files

Features

• Live word and character count
• Inspection panel for text control
• Autosave
• Draft and page layout modes
• Supports multiple files formats
• Adjustable view scale

Bean, a free word processor from James Hoover is an elegant, lightweight word processor. It’s suitable for completing simple tasks without the full bells and whistles that other Word Processors come with.

 Bean launches quickly and is immediately ready for you to start working. You have no need for guides, assistants, wizards, and other allegedly helpful tools that seem to be a requirement of full-fledged word processors.

Bean opens quickly with a simple blank canvas, and an elegant toolbar that you can customize to fit your needs.

You can view a document in draft mode or the default page layout mode. Page layout tools are fairly basic; you can create columns, but not insert tables. You can add images, although only as inline graphics.

There are no hierarchical styles, although Bean does support basic styles. Text adjustments allow you to control the spacing of characters, lines, inter-lines, and paragraphs (before and after).

You can make font selections from the Inspector, a handy panel that shows all the characteristics of selected text, or information about the style you’re currently applying.

Bean does provide some useful tools for writers, such as dynamic character and word counts, paragraph and page count, and the number of lines and carriage returns in a document. Bean is an unqualified hit for note-taking and writing tasks.

Important Update: Bean is no longer being updated by the author. The last version was Bean 3.2.5 released on March 8, 2013. The latest version of Bean requires OS X Leopard (10.5) minimum  and remains functional under OS X El Capitan (10.11). The developer's website includes both the most current version of Bean and older versions for OS X Tiger users, and even those still using older PowerPC Macs.