Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 129)

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Set the number of columns
Nisus Writer Express can display your text in columns. All of Nisus Writer Express’ columns are
what are known as “snaking columns.” This means that the column text continues from the bottom
of one column to the top of the next (i.e. not “independent”).
Columns are set on a per-section basis. The Nisus New File is a one-column document. Each
section of a document can have only one column format. Therefore, if you want a document that
begins with one column then has two columns and at the end has one column once again, your
document must have three sections.
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Columns only display in Page View, not Draft View, Full Screen, or Style Sheet view.
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The Columns palette
1. Open the Columns palette.
2. Type the number of columns you want your document, or section, to have in the Columns field
at the top and press
T, or, press the minus button or plus button to decrease or increase the
number of columns.
Set column line
Nisus Writer Express can draw a line between your columns.
1. Open the Columns palette.
2. Click Line Between Columns.
Set column and gutter width
Nisus Writer Express allows you to set a different column width as well as gutter width between
each column.
1. Click the forward or backward button to decide which column you want to modify.
The number of the column appears at the top of the bottom half of the Columns palette. This is
not the column in which your insertion point appears.
2. Click the up-pointing or down-pointing triangle in the stepper to the right of Width or Gutter to
increase or decrease those settings accordingly.