Nisus Writer Pro User Manual
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Setting Paper Size and Margins
Figure 144
The Margins palette showing the margins for the shipped Nisus New File
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The terms Inner and Outer refer to the edge of the paper closest to the binding and to the outer
edge (if there would be a binding).
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The terms Top and Bottom refer to the margins of the body of the document, that is the
distance from the actual top or bottom of the page, independent of the header or footer (if they
should appear).
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The terms Header and Footer refer to the outermost edge at the top and bottom of your page
that your printer will support.
Choose Show Header Heights and think of the footer as starting at the bottom of the main
body text area, and the “height” expanding downward from there. For the header, and this is
somewhat counterintuitive, the header starts at the top of the main body area, and expands
upwards from there. Put another way, the bottom of the header is its start point as far as
measuring its extent (height) goes.
Choose Show Header Insets and the same thing happens: the bottom of the header is locked to
the top of the main body area, and the top of the footer is locked to the bottom of the main body
area. It's merely the opposing edge whose inset you are choosing (eg: you control the inset for
the top edge of the header).
As an example, illustrated in Figure 145 below, this document has a header height of 0.41
inches and a footer height of 0.28 inches. However, its header inset is 0.15 inches and footer
inset is 0.22 inches.
Figure 145
The Margins palette showing the header and footer heights and insets for the current section of this document
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Gutter refers to the inside margins or blank space between two facing pages of a magazine or
book. This space is allowed due to the area lost in binding.
1. Double-click your insertion point inside whichever field you want to change and enter the value
required.
2. Press
@
to continue to the next field or
1
@
to reach the preceding field.
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This sets the margins of all selected sections to the actual figures entered in the various fields.