Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 267)

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Determine what “leader” separates the index entry from its reference
If you use a tab to separate the index entry from its reference you can display any one of a variety of
items in the space that appears.
1. Choose the menu command Tools > Index > Configure Index Styles….
2. Choose the index style you want to modify in the Style Name pop-up menu in the Configure
Indexes dialog.
3. From the Leader portion at the bottom of the dialog click any one of the following
• None
• Dotted (…)
• Dashed(---)
• Custom Character(s) (and enter the character(s) you want to use)
• Underline (and choose the style of line you want from the pop-up menu)
4. Click OK.
Determine the characters that separate page numbers in the index
If a subject is discussed in your document on more than one page and you refer to those pages in
the index Nisus Writer Pro offers a number of ways of setting these off from each other. You can
customize each one of them by entering the character you want in the text edit box associated with
each option.
• Page number separator
Use when a subject appears on more than one page and they are not contiguous.
• Page number range mark
Use when a subject appears on more than one page and they are contiguous.
• Cross-reference separator
Use when one subject has a related subject in the index to which you wish to refer.
Have all sub-levels of the index appear on the same line (space permitting)
You can have all sub-levels of the index appear on the same line (space permitting), or, you can
have each sub-level indented on a separate line.
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Click (check) Run together all topic sub-entries on the same line.
If you decide to have your sub-levels run together, you can determine the characters that set
them apart. The default characters are a colon between the primary indexed term and the sub-
level and a semicolon between each sub-entry.
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If you want to use a character other than the defaults already present, enter those
character(s) in the text edit boxes:
• Run together topic suffix
• Run together sub-entry separator
Set the paragraph style associated with each level of the index
When you first generate an index by choosing Insert Index…, Nisus Writer Pro generates new Styles
(one for each level of indexing you have assigned) that were latent in your document. By default
each of theses styles is associated with the corresponding level of your index. You can modify the
attributes of these styles called Index 1 through Index 9. in the Style Sheet view of Nisus Writer
Pro.
1. Choose the menu command Tools > Index > Configure Index Styles….
2. Choose the Index style you want to modify in the Style Name pop-up menu in the Configure
Index Styles dialog.
3. Choose the level and the corresponding Paragraph style from the Formatting for and Use
paragraph style pop-up menus.
You can create a new style while in this dialog by clicking the “+” (plus) button beside the Use
paragraph style pop-up menu.
4. Click OK.
If you use a tab to separate the index entry from its reference you can display any one of a variety of
items in the space that appears.
Modify the appearance of the text in the index
1. Choose the menu command View > Style Sheet
2. Select the Index Style you want to modify.
3. Modify the Style as explained in “Modify a style” on page 100.