Choose a language in which to write – Nisus Writer Pro User Manual
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Switch to last used keyboard
If the different languages you use have multiple input methods and you switch among
those various methods you can have Nisus Writer Pro use the most recently used method.
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Switch to chosen keyboard
If the different languages you use have multiple input methods and you prefer to use a
specific method you can have Nisus Writer Pro use the particular one you designate.
Switch to chosen keyboard enables another pop-up menu from which you can choose any of
the keyboards you have enabled through the International System Preferences as explained in
“Turn on display of the Input (keyboard “flag”) menu” on page 466. Choose the keyboard you
want to use from this menu.
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Once you have set up your Languages preference, you can have your New file open in that language.
For more information on this task, see “Set “defaults” for the application and new files” on page 116.
Choose a language in which to write
If you have set up your languages, you can change the language in which you enter text in your
document by choosing the appropriate language from the:
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Language button on the Toolbar at the top of your document window
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The Language button on the Toolbar
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Language tag on Statusbar at the bottom of the document window
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The Language tag on Statusbar
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The flag implies no political allegiance or association. The flag is of the entire people (and it represents
the language of that people), not a particular party. This is an Apple convention. (The Language & Text
System Preference lists many more flags (and other symbols) that attempt to iconographically
represent a linguistic group.)
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Language pop-up menu in the Language palette of the Tooldrawer
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The Language pop-up menu in the Language palette (shows the Thesaurus when a word is spelled correctly)
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the menu Format > Language.
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For quick access to any of your languages you can assign a keyboard shortcut as explained in
“Assign Menu Keys to Menu Commands” on page 383.