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Reader's Choice Awards 2010: Let the Voting Begin for the Best Mac Applications

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Reader's Choice Awards 2010 - Best Mac Word Processor
Reader's Choice Awards 2010: Best Mac Word Processor

Reader's Choice 2010 Nominees

The Best Mac Word Processor category is open to any application that provides word processing capabilities.

We selected the top five nominees in this category and now it's up to you to make the final decision.

Which Mac Word Processor deserves to be this year's Reader's Choice Winner? Our Reader's Choice Poll will open for voting on February 1, and closes on February 25. Winners will be announced in March.

Poll:Which Mac Word Processor should be the Reader's Choice Winner?

Polling Has Closed

  • Pages '09
  • Word 2008
  • Mariner Write 3.9
  • Nisus Writer Pro 1.4
  • Bean 2.4

View Results

Click the appropriate link above to vote for your favorite Mac Word Processor.

Pages, part of Apple's iWork suite of applications, provides both an easy-to-use word processor and page layout tools.
Pages web site

Microsoft Word, part of Office 2008 for Mac, is one of the most popular word processors for both the Mac and Windows PCs.
Microsoft Word for Mac web site

Mariner Write is a streamlined word processor that provides all the tools any writer could want, including headers, footers, endnotes, footnotes, and more. It also has an elegant interface to help keep you productive as you write.
Mariner Write web site

Nisus Writer Pro is a word processor with a clean, smooth interface that lets you concentrate on writing. The interface is a cinch to customize, and creating and editing style sheets is just as easy.
Nisus Writer Pro web site

Bean is a basic word processor, but the developer gave it the time and concentration necessary to make the core features work with aplomb. Everything works just the way you think it should. This lightweight application doesn't require much in the way of system resources, and it has a clean interface that is easy to navigate.
Bean web site

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