Bean
A lightweight, fast, and free word processor for Mac designed for efficient writing
About Bean
Bean is a minimalist word processor optimized for speed, simplicity, and readability. It offers features like live word count, template creation, and dark mode, while maintaining a clean, distraction-free interface. Bean is free to use and supports multiple languages, but lacks advanced formatting options like footnotes and stylesheets.
FAQ
In the menu bar, select Bean > Preferences / Settings, click the New tab, then click the Document Settings… button. From here you can Change Font or change the margins, etc.
The default paper size for new documents can be changed in two different ways. A system-wide setting is found at System Preferences / Settings > Printers & Scanners > Default Paper Size. Alternatively, select Bean > Preferences / Settings > New > New Document Template: Custom. Then select the Choose Template button to select a template document which has the desired paper size.
Try these things: Click the Spotlight icon (the magnifying glass in the menu bar) and enter pertinent words from the document’s title or text. Spotlight will search the file system for a match. With Bean running, look under File > Open Recent for the file name. Or, check the list of Recent Items in the Apple menu in the menu bar. Click the File > Save As… menu item to see what the last folder saved to was (Bean offers to save to that folder again). Then examine that folder’s contents using the Finder.
Use the Finder for file management. To delete files, select the files you wish to delete in a Finder window, then select File > Move to Trash, or else drag the files onto the Trash icon in the Dock. To move files, drag selected files to other folders or other drives shown in the Finder. Option-drag will copy files instead of moving them.
In the menu bar, select File > Page Setup…, then select Orientation: Portrait or Landscape.
To create a reusable document template from the currently open document, select File > Make Template and supply a file name. The file will be saved to the Templates folder (/Users/ /Library/Application Support/Bean/Templates).
In the Finder, select a file of the type that you are interested in. Next, in the Finder's menu bar, File > Get Info, then select Open with: Bean. Click the Change All... button and OK the change.
To activate autosave for all documents, select Bean > Preferences / Settings > Save > Autosave documents every ... minutes. Bean will then safeguard any changes to documents open in Bean at the interval you specify. Should Bean quit unexpectedly, Bean will open the last safeguarded version of the document so you do not lose your changes.
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