word-processor

What's the best word processing component for .NET

I'm looking for a word processing component for .NET that would act like an embedded MS Word in my WinForm/WPF .NET app. The main goal being for users to be able to create rich formatted text. I don't really want to have to write a highly custom RichTextBox component. Any suggestions? ...

What word processor do you use for technical papers?

I've been looking for some time for a word processor to use for writing technical papers and I haven't really found one. What would really be nice to have is an editor that can handle mathematical expressions, code, and pseudo-code fairly well. I have yet to find one that works very well. Does anyone have any recommendations? ...

Code with syntax highlighting in a word processor

How can I get code with syntax highlighting into a word processor? It's for a manual that will have code examples which should be able to go from page to page so putting images is not an option. I'd rather do it with OpenOffice but I could also use iWorks or Office. The code is Ruby, Java, Python and maybe others. I could use TextMate ...

Unassigned chars in the ascii spectrum?

Are there any unassigned, invisible, characters in the ascii spectrum that I could safely use as newline markers? The idea is to build a Java wordprocessor to edit Markdown in a wysiwyg fashion (like SO) but in the frame displaying the parsed markdown (unlike SO). ...

Mac OS X: Merge from Database

Hello, I would like to have several custom fields from a (server) database merged into Word Processing documents, beyond the normal "mail merge" fields. I'm not finding anything like an API out of the box that allows you to do this for custom fields. This seems like it would be pretty common in business software, but I assume that's one...

how to export data from realbasic to open office word file or comptable software

Hi I use real basic for programming and I want to export some data to a word file that can be opened with "Open Office" or any other word processing software that can work on MAC OSX, any advise ? Many Thanks ...