Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 195)

Creating Documents 175
• a banner appears across the bottom of your document instructing you to “Press the
escape key (ESC) to cancel.”
You can also click the same button to exit the mode.
• Bring selected floating shapes to the front.
This is the same as choosing the menu command Tools > Shapes > Bring to Front.
If you have two or more shapes in your document (or in a Canvas), it brings the selected
object(s) in front of all the others, regardless of their previous sequence, though it maintains
the sequence of the objects selected.
For example, if you have 7 objects and select three which happen to be (in sequence) #3, 4, & 6.
When you bring them to the front, they will now be objects 1, 2, 3 followed by objects 1, 2, 5 &
7.
• Send selected floating shapes to the back.
This is the same as choosing the menu command Tools > Shapes > Send to Back.
If you have two or more shapes in your document (or in a Canvas), it sends the selected
object(s) behind all the others, regardless of their previous sequence, though it maintains the
sequence of the objects selected.
For example, if you have 7 objects and select three which happen to be (in sequence) #3, 4, & 6.
When you send them to the back, they will now be objects 5, 6 and 7 after objects 1, 2, 5 & 7.
• Group together selected floating shapes.
This is the same as choosing the menu command Tools > Shapes > Group Shapes.
If you select two or more shapes in your document, it groups the selected objects so that they
move as one unit.
• Ungroup selected floating shapes.
This is the same as choosing the menu command Tools > Shapes > Ungroup Shapes.
If you have grouped two or more shapes in your document, it causes those grouped shapes to
revert to their ungrouped state so they can be manipulated individually.
Select floating shapes without selecting text
The sequence of which shape is selected can seem complex. Keep these rules in mind.
When you create your shapes, each new object you create is placed “in front of” the preceding ones.
Their sequence, however, for the purpose of selection by the commands Select Next Shape or Select
Previous Shape is determined not by the order in which they were created or last manipulated, nor
is the sequence determined by which appears to be laying on top of another. The sequence is based
on which shapes are anchored closest to the top of the document, followed by which are its position
in that paragraph.