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Welcome to Nisus Writer Pro
Nisus [(nice us): L., noun of action f. niti, to strive, endeavor.] Effort, endeavor.
The Nisus Writer Pro icon,illustrated in Figure 1 on page iii, shows a picture of Hermes a Greek god
who served as the herald and messenger of other gods, identified by the Romans with Mercury and
generally pictured with winged hat, carrying a caduceus (a winged staff with two serpents); he was
also the god of science, eloquence, and cunning. In the original Nisus Writer Startup screen
illustrated in Figure 439 on page 473, he held a pen instead of the caduceus and had a floppy disk
at his right elbow with pin feed paper flowing out behind him. The current version alters the style of
the pen and removes the disk and paper.
Writer: One who writes, especially as an occupation.
Pro: [short for “professional”] following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain.
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Nisus Writer Pro is designed for you, the serious writer, in mind, whether you are a student who
writes term papers, a professional academic who writes complex articles and books, a novelist
whose creation will win the Pulitzer prize… or, enjoys writing and appreciates a tool that enables
you to pursue your craft without distractions.
We hope that this Nisus Writer Pro will help you eloquently convey your messages.
Before You Begin
Welcome to Nisus Writer Pro… the word processor that makes writing, editing, and managing
documents easy!
Using the Mouse and/or the Trackpad
Nisus Writer Pro enables you to use both the mouse and/or the trackpad. If you have a Macintosh
with a multi-touch capable trackpad, you can use pinch gestures to zoom the document in/out as
well as a three-finger swipe gesture should scroll up/down by a whole page in Page View.
Nisus Writer Pro also supports a large number of contextual menus. These are visible when you
press
6
or “right click” your mouse or “secondary click” your trackpad. If a particular portion of
the application has a contextual menu, the documentation will indicate its availability.
About the Nisus Writer Pro Documentation
The Nisus Writer Pro documentation consists of this manual and help available online:
The Nisus Writer Pro manual introduces you to the package and its many features. It reviews basic
Macintosh operations and Nisus Writer Pro conventions, shows you how to install the package. In
addition to a:
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Table of Contents where each task you might want to accomplish with Nisus Writer Pro is
listed, pages a-j;
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Index of subjects discussed, beginning on page 475;
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Index of menu commands and screen messages beginning on page 487
if you encounter a command or a message you want to learn more about, this is a good place to
start to learn more about it;
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Index of Figures and Tables (where every aspect of the application and its dialogs is identified)
beginning on page 499;
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The document is organized as follows:
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a short “Quick Start” section for those who do not read manuals beginning on page 1;
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a description of the Nisus Writer Pro working environment (windows, buttons, dialogs, toolbar,
tooldrawer, etc.) beginning on page 5;
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step-by-step procedures that show you how to complete tasks professional writers frequently
perform beginning on page 23.
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Appendices. These include:
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a description of each of the menu commands referred to from left to right and top to bottom
(including submenus)
this is a good place to start if you have a question about what a command accomplishes
beginning on page 429