PolyEdit Word Processor Features
General Features
- Amazingly fast and compact word processor
- Unique tabbed multiple-document interface (PolyDocking™ 2.0)
- Extendable with plug-ins
- Enhanced cryptography features (Blowfish 448-bit and SHA-1 algorithms)
- Full OLE object support (pictures, media clips, graphs, equations, etc.)
- Advanced text formatting tools
- WYSIWYG editing
- Unlimited file size
- Support for tables and columns
- Insert pictures in various formats (gif, jpeg, png, etc.)
- Unicode support (UTF-8, UTF-16 little/big endian)
- Microsoft Word compatible
- Export to HTML and PDF
- Ultra-compact native ETF file format
- Opens numerous document formats (RTF, MS Word 95-2007, MS Excel 97-2003, Corel WordPerfect, Unicode, etc.)
- Support for various character sets (ANSI, OEM, etc.)
- Newline support: Windows (CR+LF), Unix (LF), Mac (CR)
- Support for document templates
- Multilingual spell checker (English, Spanish, French, German, etc.)
- Backup (several options available)
- Auto-recovery of modified files after system/application crash
- Configurable syntax highlighting (Pascal, HTML, C++, etc.)
- Very fast startup
- Easy installation/uninstallation
Editing
- Cut, copy and paste
- Paste special
- Paste unformatted
- Copy and paste formatting
- Format Painter tool
- Multi-level undo and redo
- Purge undo buffer
- Complex script support (Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, etc.)
- Various text converters (ANSI/OEM, ROT-13, encrypt/decrypt, etc.)
- Insert date and time
- Insert file into an existing document at cursor position
- Drag-and-drop editing for copying and moving text between documents and applications
- Insert/overwrite mode with status bar indication
- Built-in character map with support for Unicode symbols and HTML equivalents
- Sorting of text
- Block (column) editing
- Smart quotes
Search and Replace Features
- Sophisticated search and replace (plenty of options available)
- Support for Perl-style regular expressions
- Find in all open files
- Go to line or page
Font Formatting
- All of the character formatting capabilities you expect from a word processor: font name and size, bold, italic, underline (several types), strikeout, subscript, superscript, and text color
- Advanced character effects: background color, font weight, space between letters, kerning, offset, protected (read-only), hidden, shadow, all caps, and small caps
- Choose your default font
Paragraph Formatting
- Left, centered, right, and justified paragraph alignment
- First-line, left and right indents
- Numbered and bulleted lists
- Line spacing (single, one-and-a-half, double, etc.)
- Spacing before and after paragraphs
- Tab stops
Printing
- Advanced print preview
- Customizable headers and footers
- User definable page margins and orientation (portrait or landscape)
- Support for page breaks
- Odd or even pages only option (useful for double-sided printing)
- Reverse page order option
- Print several (4, 9, 16, 25, 36, or 49) pages on one sheet of paper
Document Viewing
- Adjustable document zoom
- Hand tool
- Displaying nonprinting symbols and page borders
- Viewing with line numbers on left side of window
- Full-screen mode hides all menus and toolbars
- Changing word wrap mode (no wrap, wrap to window, or wrap to page)
- Color selection for document background
User Interface
- Familiar and easy-to-use word processing UI
- Support for drag-and-drop and drag-and-dock operations
- Several configurable toolbars
- Status bar with line/column/page number display
- Tabs to provide easy access to open documents and tools
- Horizontal ruler (like in MS Word)
- Font appearance preview
- Mouse wheel scrolling
- Minimization to the system tray
- Multilingual user interface
- Support for native themes (Office XP/2003, Ruthenium, etc.)
- Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) compatible
- ClearType and Windows XP/Vista visual styles are supported
Multiple Document Interface (PolyDocking)
- Free and intuitive docking of documents and tools for better productivity
- Tabbed interface
- Cascade windows
- Tile windows horizontally/vertically
- Previous/next window
- Enable or disable docking for certain windows
Advanced Tools
- Integration with WordWeb (English thesaurus and dictionary)
- Support for IntelliComplete Server (smart autocompletion)
- Catalog and Snippets tools
- Integrated web browser to show active HTML file
- Execute current file according to Windows file associations
- Advanced word count tool
- Built-in e-mail client with an address book
- Clipboard manager and clipboard capture
- Edit in Microsoft Word
Additional Features
- Support for hyperlinks
- Instant access to documents designated as bookmarks and recently opened documents
- Choose your default document folder
- Option to reload last open documents at startup
- Option to convert URLs into hyperlinks automatically
- Drag-and-drop support from the file manager
- Delete active file
- Reload active file
- Associate file extensions with PolyEdit
- Check for PolyEdit updates from the program
- And much more...