Here’s an interesting idea, a word processor in a word processor. Let me explain, Jarte, from Carolina Road Software, uses the Windows WordPad freebie that’s included in all versions of Windows since Windows 95 as the guts engine for a more advanced word processor.
With Jarte, WordPad becomes a lightweight easy-to-use freeware Windows word processor that can read and edit Microsoft Word documents rather than a long-in-the-tooth free app.
Jarte is designed on their website as being for “students, writers, small business people, and home users”.
Their feature list:
- Tabbed document windows for easy access to your open documents
- Larger buttons for the most commonly used functions
- Instant dictionary and thesaurus word lookup (integrates with free WordWeb)
- Spell check and text search tools that do not park themselves on top of the text you are trying to edit
- Single click bookmarking that make bookmarks both useful and usable
- Instant access to the documents and folders you designate as your favorites
- Instant access to the fonts you designate as your favorites
- Use of the mouse scroll wheel button to copy and paste text
This is a light word processor that I would consider for day-to-day writing tasks. It would also be great for a laptop.
Download Jarte [via lifehacker]
