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Bean is a word processor for Mac OS X. It is no longer being developed, however it is still available for download.〔http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html〕 Originally free and open source software Bean became closed source at version 3. However, the Bean executable is still distributed free of charge.〔http://www.bean-osx.com/Todo.html〕 According to its author, James Hoover, Bean is not meant to replace Microsoft Word, but to be a lean word processor that is beautiful and user friendly. Many of Bean's operations are carried out by the underlying Cocoa framework of Mac OS X. The name ''Bean'' is a play on Cocoa and Java, two popular programming frameworks. After the release of Bean 3.2.2 in November 2012, Hoover announced that "active development of Bean will cease. Bean will remain available for download at the bean-osx.com website. It may even be updated as necessary to keep the app running on future versions of OS X. Also, I'll try to continue technical support at the usual email address."〔(News & Plans, November 12, 2012 )〕 Since this announcement, Hoover has provided three further updates or fixes for Bean, reaching version number 3.2.5 by March 2013. == Features == The design of Bean was heavily influenced by Marten Van De Kraats' article "Lean Word Processor Specifics".〔http://lowendmac.com/myturn/010228.html〕 It is especially suitable for note taking or writing short articles because the program is highly responsive and starts almost instantly, while full-featured office suites take a much longer time to load. While Bean is not designed to compete with programs like LibreOffice Writer, OpenOffice.org Writer, or Microsoft Word, its feature set is complete enough to cover the needs of many users. Starting with version 3, Bean has a completely new user interface with an emphasis on simplicity.〔http://www.bean-osx.com/Todo.html#Where_did_the_colors_go〕 Bean has the following features: * A 'Live Word' count * A 'Get Info' panel for 'In-Depth' statistics * A zoom-slider to easily change the view scale * An Inspector panel with lots of sliders * Date-stamped backups * Autosaving * A page layout mode * An alternate colors option (e.g., white text on blue) * Selection of text by Text Style, Paragraph Style, Color, etc. * A floating windows option (like Stickies has) * Dictionary, word completion, etc. As of version 3: * Tabbed editing * Ability to resize the width of the draft edit view within its window It also includes full screen mode, which only displays the text. The following features are deliberately missing: footnotes, pre-defined text styles, floating graphics (but it does support in-line graphics). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bean (software)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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