Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 50)

30 The Nisus Writer Express Menus (Format Menu) Getting Started
Kern Choose commands from the Kern menu to cause selected text to be squeezed
closer or spread further apart.
▸ Use None Removes any squeezing or spreading of selected text (unless some
other baseline attribute has been added i.e. based on a style defined
in Style Sheet view).
▸ Remove Kern Attribute
Removes any squeezing or spreading of text.
When in the Find/Replace window this command displays as Any
Kerning. In this instance it functions the same as having the
Attribute Sensitive checkbox unchecked (for that particular
attribute).
▸ Tighten Squeezes selected text closer together.
▸ Loosen Spreads selected text further apart.
Line Spacing Choose commands from the Line Spacing submenu to cause lines of selected text
to spread themselves vertically in various ways. Line height, known to typesetters
as leading (because of the pieces of lead placed between the lines of type) refers to
the vertical distance between the top of one line and the top of the following line.
You can achieve more precise spacing by using the Paragraph palette.
▸ Single Spaces the lines so that the minimal amount of leading is used.
▸ 1.5 Lines Spaces the lines so that the minimal amount of leading plus one
half line more is used.
▸ Double Spaces the lines so that double the amount of leading in Single is
used.
▸ Triple Spaces the lines so that triple the amount of leading in Single is
used.
Paragraph Alignment
Choose commands from the Paragraph Alignment submenu to cause selected
text to align itself in various ways.
▸ Align Left Aligns text along the left edge of the line wrap area.
▸ Align Right Aligns text along the right edge of the line wrap area.
▸ Center Centers text around an invisible line between the left and right line
wrap indicators.
▸ Justify Spreads text “evenly” between the left and right line wrap indicators
so that it touches both sides.
Paragraph Writing Direction
Choose commands from the Paragraph Writing Direction submenu to cause
selected text to flow either from left to right or right to left.
Text direction is a function of the language selected. Each language has a
“natural” direction of its own. You can override this direction of a paragraph within
a section of text designated as being in a particular language (and therefore
flowing in a particular direction) by using this control.
▸ Natural Causes text to flow in the “natural” direction for the language
associated with the text.
▸ Left to Right Causes the primary direction of the paragraph to flow from left to
right.
▸ Right to Left Causes the primary direction of the paragraph to flow from right to
left.
Paragraph Layout Options
Choose commands from the Paragraph Layout Options submenu to cause
selected text to keep together or flow to the next page. These commands only
display their effects in Page View.
▸ Disallow Widows & Orphans
Causes the text of the first and last lines of a paragraph to appear
with at least one other line of that paragraph if it would otherwise
appear on a page or column by itself.
▸ Keep Paragraph Together
This causes the selected paragraph to appear on one page, moving
the entire text of the paragraph to the following page, if as much as
one line of it must display on that page.
▸ Keep With Next Paragraph
Causes the selected paragraph to stay with the succeeding
paragraph (if that paragraph must move to the following page).