The MarinerPak - Macintosh Office Software (Mariner Write & Mariner Calc)

Mariner Calc starts faster, uses less disk space and memory than any other competitor on the Macintosh platform. With more than 150 built-in functions, charts, named ranges, split and freeze window panes, print preview, find, sorting, auto-sum, protected worksheets, and cell borders, Mariner Calc enables you to turn data into information with powerful tools to analyze, communicate, and share results.


Maturity is everything
Introduced in the mid 90's, Mariner Calc is considered one of the most mature macintosh spreadsheet applications. Over the years, Calc has evolved from nothing more than a HyperCard stack to chart the stock market, to now one of the only spreadsheet applications in the world to rival Microsoft Excel. Whether you use Calc at work, in your small business or at home, feel confident in knowing you are benefiting from more than a decade's worth of code maturity and evolvement.

Subtly powerful 150 built-in functions
That means charts, named ranges, split and freeze window pane views, multiple finds, sorting, auto-sum, protected worksheets, and cell borders, all within 32,000 rows x 32,000 columns spreadsheets to analyze large data sets. Try using all of them, we bet you can't!

We can handle Excel files too
Save your documents in SYLK (for MS Excel), CSV (Comma-Separated- Values) and various ASCII text formats. Opens your Excel, SYLK or TEXT file formats too.

Layering...and we don't mean dressing for a Minnesota winter
Mariner's layered sheets, sort of like Excel's multiple worksheets, are great. Layered sheets allow you to share information between sheets via a tabbed palette. What more, they're easily created via a pop-up menu at the bottom of the document window. Layers can be exported to other spreadsheet applications as documents via a single menu option.



The devil is in the details
Most people can tell when they are working with an intuitive piece of software. While no software is perfect for every user, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know when a product has been developed with the common user in mind. We think Calc steps into this ring. Some examples: Calc can align text and numbers within spreadsheet cells vertically as well as horizontally, Calc can align headings across a range of cells. For those "oh shoot" moments, Calc has nine levels of undo! Calc's range of formulas is impressive, too; useful formulas for calculating depreciation will appeal to business users.



Miscellaneous Features
· WorldScript savvy, also supports Kanji and numerous other international scripts.
· Graphics and drawing tools enhance the appearance of your documents.
· Drag and Drop gives you a powerful alternative to cut, copy, and paste.
· 80,000+ word spelling dictionary.


Download the Mariner Calc manual here.
Download the Mariner Calc Power Tips PDF!

Mariner Write is a powerful yet streamlined macintosh word processor solution for the masses. Boasting an elegant interface, as well as hundreds of intuitive features such as the ability to read Microsoft Word documents and customizable headers, footers, endnotes, and footnotes, you will require little need for the documentation.

Whether creating a simple letter or composing the next great novel, Mariner Write has the functionality to be your writing tool. Many published writers call Mariner Write their word processor of choice!^™.

No kitchen sink syndrome here
Are you working on that next great novel, creating business documents or authoring a must-read technical document? There is a good chance your word processor of choice, the tool that is supposed to be helping you, is hindering your efficiency by being either too feature anemic or overwhelmingly bloated.

Try the perfect middle... Mariner Write.

Need more convincing?
Mariner Write has been:

• named MacHome Magazine's Application of the Month.
• nominated for Best Productivity Application at the 2003 MacUser-UK Awards.
• touted as one of the "best alternatives to Microsoft Word" in MacWorld Magazine.
• named "the world's fastest Mac word processor" by industry testing group, Bare Feats.
• or, better yet, continues to be, the adored word processor for thousands of writers around the world.

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"Mariner Write has everything I need in a word processor -- it's small, fast, and beautiful."

Robin Williams
The Robin Williams Mac OS X Book

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Do you have style?
Styles can help you keep your document's formatting looking professional and consistent. Unfortunately most word processors make this feature so difficult to manage that many people never bother with them.

Mariner Write is different.

Styles are easy to set up and adjust and are significantly less awkward and complex than in MS Word. Write even includes such essential features as the ability to define which style follows the current one, tabs, bullets, and virtually everything else. You can also give styles a shortcut key, which makes the whole process quicker.



Flexibility is the name of the game
Mariner Write offers all the flexibility that most advanced users would need. The "Menu" tab in the preferences panel provides many options for keyboard shortcuts, essential for those who work with repeated tasks, sparing the wrist from repeated mouse movements. Customizing the tool bar gives you the ability to work in the environment YOU want to see.



Man cannot live on Word alone
In this Microsoft-dominated world the biggest misconception many people have is that without Word (and Excel) you may as well be the equivalent to a leper on a deserted island!

That is simply not the case.

Mariner Write opens and edits Microsoft Word documents. Text documents open flawlessly, allowing the ability to edit and save in one of several formats including Rich Text, which can be opened in Microsoft Word or PDF, which can be opened by Adobe Reader.

Test drive our Macintosh word processor, Mariner Write, and our spreadsheet software, Mariner Calc, and see how well the two siblings work and play together! It's perfect small business mac software.

The dreaded MS Word email attachment
Ever get an email from someone who attached a Word document and even though you don't have MS Word, just assumed you would be able to read it?

With Mariner Write, you will be able to read most of those MS Word attachments, even those sent from a Windows computer.

So tell your brother-in-law to keep those jokes coming!


Download the Mariner Write manual here.
Download the Mariner Write Power Tips PDF!