Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 53)

Creating Documents 33
Figure 34
The change direction of document dialog
2. Choose the option you want. In either case, Nisus Writer Pro will switch the display of the ruler
as well as the indent and outdent buttons on the Toolbar.
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The Indent and Outdent buttons are available if you customize your Toolbar, as explained in
the section “Customize Your Toolbar” on page 391.
Figure 35
The right to left ruler and Indent/Outdent buttons
3. Type your text.
Mix right to left and left to right text… some common errors and fixes
If your insertion point is inside a left to right paragraph (of a left to right document) and you want to
write something in a right to left language, all you need do is choose the language you want to write
in from the Language palette (or the Language button on the Toolbar at the top of the window, or
the menu Format > Language, or from the Language tag at the bottom of the document window).
Nisus Writer Pro keeps the direction of the paragraph but switches the keyboard and the font based
on your preferences.
If you have text that includes “part numbers” or addresses or similar mixtures of right to left and
left to right characters, you can assure the correct flow of the text by choosing the menu command
Insert > Directionality Marker > Reverse Direction Marker. Insert the character as soon as you
need to switch the directionality, or the direction will not switch. These characters do not display,
nor do they have any other semantic effect.
Be sure to turn on Show Invisibles (near the bottom of the View menu).
Have an exclamation point appear correctly in a left to right string of right to left text
• The problem… the exclamation point appears at the beginning of the English phrase, not at its
end:
מ ִ שׁ ְפְ ח וֹ ת ) Be Careful ! (
• Solution
1. Type the Hebrew text.
2. Choose the menu command Insert > Directionality Marker > Left to Right Marker.
3. Type the English text.
4. Once again, choose the menu command Insert > Directionality Marker > Left to Right
Marker.
מ ִ שׁ ְפְ ח וֹ ת (Be Careful!)