Nisus Writer Pro User Manual

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Set tabs

85

Set a tab visually

85

Set a tab using the menus

86

Use leader tabs

86

Set the type of leader before placing a tab

87

Move a tab indicator using the mouse or trackpad

88

Move a tab indicator using the keyboard

88

Edit a tab’s location numerically

88

Remove a tab Indicator

89

Selecting paragraphs with different formatting 89

Set the same format for a group of differing

paragraphs

89

Format Characters

90

Font substitution

90

Add a font to your System

90

Change the font of characters

91

Scroll through a longer list of fonts

92

Change the size of characters

92

Change the size of characters to a size not listed on

the menu

92

Increase or decrease the size of characters by a

specific amount

93

Change the attributes of characters

93

Change the attributes of characters using the

“Dropper”

93

Manually overriding formatting

93

Example 1

93

Example 2

93

Example 3

94

Formatting Documents Using Style Sheets

95

An introduction to Style Sheets

95

See the Style Sheet associated with a document

97

Understanding the difference between the various

kinds of styles

99

Apply a style to your text

99

Modify a style

100

Select more than one style

100

Change the name of a style

100

Have one style inherit the attributes of another 100

Determine the style of the next paragraph of your

text automatically

101

Assign a keyboard shortcut to your style as you edit

it

101

Remove a keyboard shortcut to your style as you

edit it

102

Change the sample text that illustrates your style 102

Quickly remove attributes that define your style 102

Add or modify attributes associated with your style

103

Create a new style

103

Select a range of text with a particular style

104

Select all the text in your document with a

particular style

104

Select the next instance of text in your document

with the selected style

105

Remove a style’s attributes from selected text 105

Remove a character attribute from your text 105

Remove a style from your document

106

Resolve conflicts between styles

106

Maintain a Style Library

107

Create a style library

108

Import styles from an existing file

108

Save a file with styles you want to the Style Library

folder of the Document Manager

109

Add styles to an existing Style Library file

111

Save specific styles from an existing file to a Style

Collection

112

Use styles saved in a Style Library

114

Import a style the attributes of which you know

114

Import a style the attributes of which you do not know

114

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Open a Style Collection to copy text with style for

pasting in another document

114

Setting Up a Document’s Page

115

Understanding Template (Stationery)

Documents

115

Make any file a template file

116

Set “defaults” for the application and new files

116

Edit your Nisus New File

120

Create a template for plain text documents

121

See the Nisus New File or Plain Text Template in

the Finder

121

Use an existing file as a Nisus New File

122

Choose a different file for your Nisus New File

122

Create a Nisus New File

123

Restore the “factory settings” of your Nisus New

File

123

Setting Paper Size and Margins

124

Set the preferred paper size for all your

documents

124

Reduce or enlarge the printed area

125

Determine the orientation of the printed page 125

Set different orientations for different portions of

your document

125

Use a custom paper size

126

Set the margins of the sections of your document

127

Set the margins visually

127

Set the margins numerically

127

Set the margins by “stepping” through pre-set

increments

129

Mirror page placement

129

Set the Number of Columns

130

Set column line

130

Set column and gutter width

130

Balance column text

131

Use the Page Borders palette to put a line around the

edge of your page

131

Determine around which portion of the page’s

perimeter the border appears

132

Set the distance from the edge or margin the border

should appear

132

Headers and Footers

135

Creating Headers and Footers

135

Insert the same header and/or footer for all pages

136

Insert a header and/or a footer for even numbered

pages

137

Insert a header and/or footer for odd numbered

pages

138

Have your header and/or footer appear on the

second and succeeding pages of your document

and no number appear on the first (“First Page

Special”)

138

Add a title page to a document and have the

numbering appear and begin at 1 on the third

page

138

Insert a different header or footer for each section

in the document

138

Editing Headers and Footers

138

Display headers and footers as they appear in the

document

138

Edit headers or footers

138

Find the header or footer for a particular section of

your document

139

Include images in a header or footer

139

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