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Bean

Bean - 1.3.3

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Current Version: 1.3.3
Release Date: 2008-06-20
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,297
Downloads (all versions): 12,559

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Product Description:

Bean is lean, fast, and uncluttered. If you get depressed at the thought of firing up MS Word or OpenOffice, try Bean. If you use Text Edit but have to jump through hoops just to get a word count or change the margins, try Bean. If you desire a simple, beautiful writing environment, try Bean.

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.)

What's new in this version:

  • Fixed a severe bug that would crash Bean when editing text lists in Alternate Colors mode (the bug originated in the new Alternate Colors code added in 1.3.1); this same bug would crash Bean when various dead keys were used for adding accents in Alternate Colors mode
  • Added LSHandlerRank=alternate to Word 97 info.plist section (it had been omitted by mistake); this should distance Bean’s association to the .doc format a bit more (giving priority to MS Word)

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS Classic

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Bean Usage Tipthis feels like a stupid question - Version: 1.3.3, 8/9/2008 11:23PM PST

kcgottschalk
but i just dl'd this a couple days ago, and it seems great except somehow i can't attach files to email. i've tried different email accounts, and attached other docs just to make sure. doesn't seem to make sense to me, but i'm not the tech savviest. any ideas?

thanks
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Bean Commentaryok, this seems stupid but - Version: 1.3.3, 8/8/2008 01:11PM PST

kcgottschalk
i can't seem to get docs created in bean to attach to email. i've tried different accounts, i've tested sending docs from other programs, it seems to be consistently about bean. does this make sense? has anyone else encountered this?
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Bean ReviewGreen on black at last! - Version: 1.3.3, 7/8/2008 06:04PM PST

hlb9
I was looking for one thing and one thing only—a word processor that would provide a no-fuss full screen option with customizable colors. You wouldn't believe how few programs get this right, and how much they cost. Bean has <b>exactly</b> what I needed (a little respite from a distracting desktop with a glaring b&w page in the middle), and it's free. It does other things, too, oh yes. But as far as I'm concerned, that's just gravy. Good stuff.
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