Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 30)

10 The Nisus Writer Pro Toolbar Getting Started
Keyboard shortcuts in Nisus Writer Pro
You can use the keyboard for more than entering text and numbers. You can use it to give
instructions to the computer to perform certain tasks.
Macintosh keyboards include a variety of modifier keys and function keys. The four modifier keys
are
A (Command), 1 (Shift), 4 (Option), and 6 (Control).
You can assign almost any key to any command in the menus of Nisus Writer Pro. Each time you
look at the menus you can see the menu key shortcut along the right column opposite the
command. As you become familiar with the commands you can also learn the shortcuts. To learn
more about this see “Assign Menu Keys to Menu Commands” on page 383.
Nisus Writer Pro dialogs
Dialogs are used to get information from you. Dialogs in Nisus Writer Pro appear from the Title Bar
of the window to which they refer.
Dialogs can have a variety of controls, including checkboxes, buttons, pop-up menus & text boxes.
• A checkbox ( ) is referred to as checked when there is a “✓” a check mark in it ( ). You
click a checkbox to check or uncheck it. It is possible to check multiple checkboxes in a dialog.
• A radio button ( ) is referred to as selected when there is a “•” in it ( ). You can only select
one radio button in a dialog. Click a button to select it; click an alternate button to deselect the
first one and select the other.
• Pop-up menus, indicated by a menu name and an arrow, list options in the form of a menu.
or
Figure 15
Pop-up menu indicators
Click and hold to display the menu, then choose an option.
• Text boxes, indicated by a rectangular box, allow you to enter text in a dialog.
To type in a text box, click in the box and begin typing. To move between text boxes, press @ .
Nisus Writer Pro allows you to copy, cut and paste in all the dialog text boxes.
The Nisus Writer Pro Toolbar
Figure 16
The Nisus Writer Pro Toolbar
Turn on/off the display of the Toolbar
▶
Choose the menu command View > Toolbar > Show Toolbar or click the Show Toolbar button
in the upper right corner of the Title Bar of the active window.
Using the capabilities of Macintosh OS X, Nisus Writer Pro keeps all the tools you need to control
your text close at hand. Nisus Writer Pro opens with the Toolbar visible at the top of each window
(immediately below the Title Bar) and the Tooldrawer (see page 15 below) opens on the right side of
the window. From the Toolbar you can
• Switch from Page View to Draft View or Style Sheet view
For more information on Page and Draft View see pages 75, 138, and 276. For more information
on Style Sheet view see page 95.
• Move your insertion point to its earlier or following location.
For more information on moving the insertion point see “Select using the keyboard” on page 37.
• Change the language of your text.
For more information on writing in multiple languages see the section beginning on page 27.
• Highlight selected text with a click, and/or change the clickable highlight color with a click and
a drag.
For more information on highlighting text in your documents see page 285.