Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 33)

Getting Started The Nisus Writer Pro rulers and Statusbar 13
Figure 19
The Nisus Writer Pro Statusbar
• The far left of the Statusbar indicates the current (displayed) page number of the total pages of
the document. When in Draft View this is blank as there are no “pages”.
When running a macro the words “Running macro” and the macro’s name appear in this area.
When the document is automatically saved a progress bar appears in this area.
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Jump to a particular page by clicking the display and typing the page number you want in the
text box that appears. If you have multiple sections in your document or you have begun your
page number counting at something other than 1, you can choose to Show Physical Page
Numbers or Show Logical Page Numbers from the pop-up menu that appears there.
• The right side of the Statusbar displays a number of tags that tell you about your selection and
your file.
• To the left of the vertical dotted line the tag (visible when your insertion point or selection is in
an area of text that contains these attributes (from right to left).
• The first two tags represent the presence of Character ( ) and Paragraph ( ) styles in your
selection. They have two states (if a style is absent, the tag is dimmed ( or ); if present,
it is bright as illustrated in Figure 19). See the section “Apply a style to your text” on page
99 for more information on how to use the tags.
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If you are in the footnotes or endnotes text portion of your document window you will see a
Notes tag with similar capabilities
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For more information about styles in your documents see the section beginning on page 95.
• The remaining tags represent other attributes of your selection. These also have two states.
(If an attribute is present the tag appears; if absent, it not appear.) By using the tags (and
their respective pop-up menus) you can remove the attribute from selected text, extend the
range of the selection to select all contiguous text that shares the attribute, extend the
range of the selection to select all text in the document that shares the attribute.
• The List Tag
Click to select (the current range or all text with the current list attribute(s)) modify or
remove the current list attributes. The tag appears whenever the paragraph has any
attributes that override the style of the list assigned such as the list style, list level, and
starting number (including “Continue Numbering from Previous”).
• The Ruler Tag
Click to select (the current range or all paragraphs governed by this ruler) copy, paste
or remove the current ruler’s attributes.
For more information about using the ruler and shaping the paragraphs in your documents see
the section beginning on page 75.
• The Font/Character Attributes Tag
Click to select (the current range or all text with the current attribute(s)) copy, paste or
remove the current font/character attributes.
For more information about font and character attributes in your documents see page 283.
• The Color Tag
Indicates the current text color at the insertion point. Click to select (the current range
or all text with the current color attribute) copy or remove the current color attribute.
For more information applying color to the text of your documents see page 285.
• The Highlight Tag
Indicates the current highlight color at the insertion point. Click to select (the current
range or all text with the current highlight color attribute) or remove the current
highlight color attribute.
For more information on highlighting text in your documents see page 285.
• The Background Color Tag
Indicates the current background color at the insertion point. Click to select (the
current range or all text with the current color attribute) copy or remove the current
color attribute.
For more information on background color in your documents see page 286.