Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 248)

228 Creating Tables of Contents, Outlines and Indexes Book Tools
You can modify the appearance of the Navigator pane.
• By default it appears on the left side of your document. To display Navigator pane on the right
side of your document:
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Choose (uncheck) the menu command View > Navigator > Attach on Left Side.
• The text of the Navigator pane displays on a white background in Lucida Grande 12 pt. You can
change the color of the background and the font to any other font and size you want in the
Appearance preferences of Nisus Writer Pro as explained in “Set the font used in the Navigator
pane” on page 377.
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You can select a range of table of contents entries in the Navigator and copy them for use in any
document. This does not maintain any existing hierarchy.
Jump to a heading in the table of contents
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Click the heading’s text in the Navigator. Nisus Writer Pro displays that portion of text in the
document.
This moves the focus of the document to the Navigator pane.
Once a heading is selected you can move up and down the list.
Jump to the next or previous heading in the table of contents
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Choose Select Next in TOC or Select Previous in TOC from the menu Tools > Table of
Contents, depending on which direction you wish to move in your document.
Nisus Writer Pro selects the next or previous heading.
Move about in the Navigator
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Type the first few characters of your heading to select it.
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Press the up and down arrow keys to move up or down in the list respectively.
As with “list” view in the Finder, you can collapse or expand the hierarchy.
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Click the reveal triangle to the left of a heading to collapse and (then again) to expand the
hierarchy.
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Press 4 as you click the triangle expands or collapses all child items as well.
Clicking the triangle will not move the display of the document.
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Press the right and left arrow keys to collapse and expand the hierarchy.
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Press T or < to shift the focus back to the text area of your document.
Highlight text marked for the table of contents
Nisus Writer Pro can highlight text marked for the table of contents so that you can see that text as
you scroll through the document.
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See “Choose Various Display Options for Your Documents” on page 372.
Remove an entry from the table of contents
1. Select the text you want to remove from the table of contents.
2. Choose the menu command Tools > Table of Contents > Remove from TOC or from the
contextual menu that appears when you press 6 or “right click” your mouse or “secondary
click” your trackpad.
3. Complete steps 1 and 2 for each entry you want removed from the table of contents.
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You can apply this to a range of text and remove all selected entries from the table of
contents.
Set the various headings of your document so that they automatically appear in the
table of contents
You can apply any level of a table of contents to any Paragraph Style in your document. This makes
marking text for the table of contents automatic.
1. Choose the menu command View > Style Sheet.
2. Select the level of heading you want to have automatically included in the table of contents.
3. Choose the appropriate level (Level 1 - Level 9) from the menu Tools > Table of Contents >
Include in TOC.
4. Complete steps 2 and 3 for each level of heading you want the table of contents to include.