Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 135)

Setting Up a Document’s Page
This portion of the manual describes how to set up your document, using the options in the
Preferences and the Page Setup dialog.
Understanding Template (Stationery) Documents 115
Make any file a template file 116
Set “defaults” for the application and new files 116
Edit your Nisus New File 120
Create a template for plain text documents 121
See the Nisus New File or Plain Text Template in the Finder 121
Use an existing file as a Nisus New File 122
Choose a different file for your Nisus New File 122
Create a Nisus New File 123
Restore the “factory settings” of your Nisus New File 123
Setting Paper Size and Margins 124
Set the preferred paper size for all your documents 124
Reduce or enlarge the printed area 125
Determine the orientation of the printed page 125
Use a custom paper size 126
Set the margins of the sections of your document 127
Mirror page placement 129
Set the Number of Columns 130
Set column line 130
Set column and gutter width 130
Balance column text 131
Understanding Template (Stationery) Documents
Whenever you choose the menu command File > New, Nisus Writer Pro opens a document window
called “Untitled”.
Where did this come from?
We, the nice people at Nisus Software Inc. supply you with a versatile tool, the Nisus New File.
This file is variously called (in different applications) a “stationery”, “template” or “master”
document.
Apple uses the phrase “Stationery Pad” in the Finder. You can turn any file into a “Stationery
Pad” by clicking the appropriate check box in the window that appears when you choose the
menu command File > Get Info in the Finder. The stationery pad is like one of those little pads
your physician has for his or her prescriptions, or those pads of paper you get from your local
realtor with his or her photograph and contact information at the top of each page and room for
you to make your own “to do list” or “shopping list” or simply doodle to your heart's content.
So it is in Nisus Writer Pro. You can create any number of “stationery” documents. Each one
can have whatever name, text and/or formatting (even window shape and location) you want.
Every time you open that stationery document the information you've saved in it appears and
the file is called “Untitled”… ready for you to add new content and save as a unique document.
The Nisus New File is special “stationery” which opens whenever you choose the menu command
File > New.
In addition to the Nisus New File, Nisus Writer Pro also enables you to create a Plain Text Template,
the file that is used whenever you open a file that is plain text (as identified by the “.txt” at the end
of the files name).
Creating and using “template” files for specific tasks saves you time. For example, create different
stationery for letters, memos, reports, and forms. You can create as many template files as you
want. A template file always opens as an untitled file.
You can create and maintain a collection of different template files using the Document Manager.
This is explained in detail beginning on page 53.
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