PolyEdit is both a word processor and a plain text editor that is designed to satisfy the most demanding requirements. All the expected functions are featured, including the usual text formatting tools, customizable toolbars, print preview, tables, columns, templates, spell checking, syntax highlighting (for HTML and other languages), and the ability to embed images, equations, graphs and other objects.
PolyEdit supports multiple document formats and encodings: RTF, MS Word 95-2007, MS Excel 97-2003, MS Write, WordPerfect, MS-DOS, Unicode (UTF-8 and UTF-16), Mac, Unix, etc. It also has the ability to compress and encrypt documents for total security. Another key feature of
PolyEdit is its unique tabbed interface with free and intuitive docking of documents and tools. Various plug-ins for adding extra functionality are available as well.
PolyEdit offers an enormous variety of other tools and features that the list above shows only a small part of what this multipurpose word processor can do for you.
Update history of PolyEditv5.3 (July, 23. 2009)
Option to automatically detect the encoding of a text file, improved spell checking, better Windows 7 compatibility, plenty of minor enhancements
v5.2 (April, 14. 2009)
Export to PDF, slightly faster startup, more options and keyboard shortcuts, UI enhancements
v5.1 (March, 19. 2009)
The Format Painter tool, the ability to edit hyperlinks, WYSIWYG editing, various UI improvements, and minor fixes
v5.0 (June, 14. 2008)
Improved support for the UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings, new character effects (shadow, hidden, etc.), more options, the ability to insert equations, various minor enhancements, and bug fixes
v5.0.0.17 (January, 14. 2008)
Better Windows Vista compatibility, new visual themes (Paper, Snow, etc.), the ability to import MS Word 2007 documents (*.docx), countless minor improvements and bug fixes
v5.0.0.16 (December, 11. 2007)
Improved the PolyDocking engine, better Windows Vista compatibility, new visual themes (Paper, Snow, etc.), countless minor improvements and bug fixes
v5.0 PR (October, 11. 2007)
Option to show page borders, ability to resize tables, support for ISpell dictionaries, much improved support for regular expressions, countless minor improvements and bug fixes
v5.0 RC Esc (May, 24. 2007)
Smart quotes, improved clipboard capture, plenty of new keyboard shortcuts, vastly improved Catalog, more options, faster startup of the application, countless minor improvements and bug fixes
