Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 127)

Creating Documents Setting Up a Document’s Page 107
Figure 96
Setting the margins visually
Set the margins numerically
You can change the location of the margins by typing the precise locations you want in the Margins
palette of Nisus Writer Express. Because you make these changes numerically and not visually, you
do not need to have your document displayed in Page View to proceed so you can see the result.
1. Open the Tooldrawer and select the Sections palette group from the icons at the top, or, choose
Margins from the Palettes submenu of the Window menu.
Figure 97
The Margins palette
• The terms Inner and Outer refer to the edge of the paper closest to the binding and to the outer
edge (if there would be a binding).
• The terms Top and Bottom refer to the margins of the body of the document, independent of
the header or footer (if they should appear).
• The terms Header and Footer refer to the outermost edge at the top and bottom of your page
that your printer will support.
• Gutter refers to the inside margins or blank space between two facing pages of a magazine or
book. This space is allowed due to the area lost in binding.
2. Double-click your insertion point inside whichever field you want to change and enter the value
required.
3. Press @ to continue to the next field or 1 @ to reach the preceding field.
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This sets the margins of all selected sections to the actual figures entered in the various fields.
Set the margins by “stepping” through pre-set increments
You can change the location of the margins by clicking the “steppers” in the Margins palette of
Nisus Writer Express. Because you make these changes numerically, but by increments, you might
want to have your document displayed in Page View before you proceed so you can see the result.
1. Open the Tooldrawer and select the Sections palette group from the icons at the top, or, choose
Margins from the Palettes submenu of the Window menu as explained in “Set the margins
numerically” on 107.
2. Click the stepper as illustrated in Figure 16 on page 17 until you arrive at your desired value.