Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 22)

2 Quick Start
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Use the Open… command.
1. Choose the menu command File > Open….
2. From the Open dialog that appears navigate to the location of your file.
3. When you see it in the list, double click the name of the file you want to open (or click once to
select the file and then click the Open button).
You can open any file you have saved in your Nisus Documents folder.
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Use the Document Manager.
1. Choose the menu command Window > Document Manager.
2. Scroll through the list of files that appears there.
3. When you see it in the list, double click the name of the file you want to open (or click once to
select the file and then click the Open button).
You can use the Document Manager to manage all your Nisus Writer Pro documents. Detailed
instructions on how to use the Document Manager begin on page 370.
You can open any recently opened file from the menu File > Open Recent.
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Choose the file you want from the list that appears in the menu File > Open Recent.
You can determine how many files appear in the Open Recent menu in the General Preferences of
Nisus Writer Pro.
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Add a hyperlink to any file on your hard drive(s). Choose Add Link to File…, locate and select a
file on any of your connected hard drives and click Insert Hyperlink. When you click the link in
your document, the linked file opens in the original application.
For example:
• If it is a “.jpg” or other common graphic format, it will likely open in Preview .app.
• If it is a “.mp3” it will open in iTunes.app.
• If it is an equation, it will likely open in MathMagic or MathType.
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You can also drag a file from the Finder while pressing 6 to add a hyperlink to that file in
your document.
When you add a hyperlink to your text, Nisus Writer Pro adds a Hyperlink character style to
your document, that is by default blue and underlined, and applies that style to the linked text.
You can modify the appearance of the style, or remove it altogether in the Style Sheet view. This
information is preserved when you “save” or print your file as a PDF and the link is “clickable”
in the PDF document.
The contextual menu that appears when you press
6 or “right click” your mouse or
“secondary click” your trackpad enables you to Show Linked File in Finder as well as Open
Link, Copy Link, Remove Link and Edit Link….
Enter Text in Your New or Existing File
Your new or existing file opens ready to receive your text. The insertion point in an existing file
appears where it was when you saved the file. You can either…
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Type your text, or…
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Choose the menu command Edit > Paste to enter whatever you have stored on any of Nisus
Writer Pro’s Clipboards, or…
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Drag a selection from another Nisus Writer Pro document or other application into your Nisus
Writer Pro document window, or…
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Drag a file into your Nisus Writer Pro document window from the Desktop, or…
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Drag the icon of another Nisus Writer Pro document from its Title Bar into your Nisus Writer
Pro document window.
Write in a language other than American English
In order to type text in a language other than English (Nisus Writer Pro is already set up and ready
to go to write in American English) see the section “Writing in Multiple Languages” on page 27.
Enter right to left text
In order to type text in a language other than English (for which Nisus Writer Pro is already set up
and ready to go) see the section “Writing in Multiple Languages” on page 27.
Modify the Appearance of Your File
Using the many tools of Nisus Writer Pro you can modify the appearance of the text in your file in a
variety of ways. You can change the font (“family”), size, style (“typeface”) and color of text, you can
change the margins of the page and the shape of paragraphs with various indents, line wrap areas,
tab settings, line spacing and alignment options.