Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 147)

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Set the margins of the sections of your document
You can set the margins of your each separate section of your Nisus Writer Pro document in a
variety of ways visually, numerically or by “stepping” through pre-set increments.
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All controls of your margins are set on a per-section basis. If you have many sections in your
document and want to change the margins of the entire document (or a number of sections), either
select the entire document and make the changes or select some text in those sections you want to
alter before making the changes.
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The minimum allowed document margin is 2 points (about 0.03 inches). However, your printer may
not be able to print the document as illustrated in Figure 395 on page 359.
Set the margins visually
Changing the margins of your document is as easy as dragging the line that appears around the
printed area to the location you want.
1. Choose the menu command View > Page View (if your document is not already displayed as a
page).
Paper size, margins and line wrap areas are meaningless in Draft View and Full Screen view.
2. Choose the menu command View > Page Guides > Show Page Guides (if you do not already
have the page guides displayed).
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To prevent accidentally changing the margins by dragging the page guides choose the menu
command View > Page Guides > Lock Page Guides.
You can change the margins with the Page Guides turned off, but having them on is much
easier.
You can print these guides as explained in “Print page guides and “invisibles”” on page 360.
3. Place your pointer over the Page Guide representing the margin you wish to move.
Your pointer changes to a “margin mover” as illustrated in “Nisus Writer Pro pointer variations”
on page 9.
4. Click and drag your pointer (and the Page Guide with it) so that the margin is where you want
it.
A “tooltip” appears to let you know where your margin is in relation to the edge of the paper.
Figure 143
Setting the margins visually
Set the margins numerically
You can change the location of the margins by typing the precise locations you want in the Margins
palette of Nisus Writer Pro. Because you make these changes numerically and not visually, you do
not need to have your document displayed in Page View to proceed so you can see the result.
1. Open the Tooldrawer and select the Sections palette group from the icons at the top, or, choose
the menu command Window > Palettes > Margins.