Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 21)

Getting Started
For those who don’t believe in reading manuals “Quick Start” offers the bare minimum of what you
need to know to start the application, create and/or open a file, write and edit some text, then save
and print it.
Nisus Writer Express a “Grand Tour” is where you learn about Nisus Writer Express menus,
dialogs, and tools. Review this section to learn more about the Nisus Writer Express working
environment and its features. This portion of the manual lists each menu command with a short
description of what it does.
If you have questions about your Macintosh or other computer equipment, refer to the
manufacturer’s manuals.
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Nisus Writer Express — a “Grand Tour” 5
Quick Start
Here’s how to open or start Nisus Writer Express:
Open or start Nisus Writer Express
▶ Click the Nisus Writer Express icon in the Dock.
A Nisus Writer Express document window labeled “Untitled” displays, ready for typing.
Open a new or existing file
Nisus Writer Express can create new files, open text documents, “.RTF”, “.RTFD”, and “.DOC”
documents, many WordPerfect documents. It can even enable you to read (and edit) the
PostScript™ “text” of “.PDF” documents.
Open a new file
▶ Choose New from the File menu to open a new file.
▶ If you have the Document Manager open you can click the New button to create a new file.
The file that appears is based on a file called the Nisus New File. You can modify most aspects of
this file to suit your needs and desires.
Customize your new document “template”
You can learn more about the Nisus New File and how to arrange your “start-up” preferences in the
section “Set “defaults” for new files” beginning on page 95. You can use the “defaults” for new files
to create all kinds of stationery that you use regularly.
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Different applications use different terms for the same phenomena. You might find them
called “templates,” “stationery,” or “default” documents.
Open an existing file
There are a variety of ways you can open an existing file.
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There are often as many as three ways to do almost anything in Nisus Writer Express.
You can locate and open any text document on your hard drive(s).
▶ Double-click any Nisus Writer Express document icon.
Figure 4
The Nisus Writer Express document icon
▶ Use the Open… command.
1. Choose Open… from the File menu.
2. From the Open dialog that appears navigate to the location of your file.
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