Bean

As you may have read in some previous post, the native version of Open Office for mac is not quite ready. However, if you're looking for an open source word processor then you might want to give Bean a go.

Bean has some really nice features which make it worth using over TextEdit. The main one which most users of TextEdit are annoyed by is word count. What is even nicer is that the word count is live at the bottom of the document, meaning you don't have to go routing through menus like in Word. Another nice feature set is the complete word and define word items. Define word will open up dictionary.app and complete word will try and guess the word you are typing, which can be very helpful if you're not sure how a word is spelled.

Another bonus over TextEdit is that it can open .doc files. This makes it useful even in an office environment where others may be using Word. Also, unlike Open Office at this point, it is in the native cocoa styling with all the features you might expect from a cocoa app.

Find out more and download it from the Bean site here.