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Welcome to Nisus Writer Express
Nisus [(nice us): L., noun of action f. niti, to strive, endeavor.] Effort, endeavor.
Writer: One who writes, especially as an occupation.
Express: A rapid, efficient system for the delivery.
Nisus Writer Express is designed for you, the serious writer, in mind, whether you are a student
who writes term papers, a professional academic who writes complex articles and books, a novelist
whose creation will win the Pulitzer prize… or, enjoys writing and appreciates a tool that enables
you to pursue your craft without distractions.
Before You Begin
Welcome to Nisus Writer Express… the word processor that makes writing, editing, and managing
documents easy!
About the Nisus Writer Express Documentation
The Nisus Writer Express documentation consists of this manual and help available online:
The Nisus Writer Express manual introduces you to the package and its many features. It reviews
basic Macintosh operations and Nisus Writer Express conventions, shows you how to install the
package. In addition to a:
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Table of Contents where each task you might want to accomplish with Nisus Writer Express is
listed;
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Index of subjects discussed;
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Index of menu commands and screen messages
if you encounter a command or a message you want to learn more about, this is a good place to
start to learn more about it;
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Index of Figures and Tables (where every aspect of the application and its dialogs is identified);
The document is organized as follows:
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a short “Quick Start” section for those who do not read manuals;
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a description of the Nisus Writer Express working environment (windows, buttons, dialogs,
toolbar, tooldrawer, etc.);
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a description of each of the menu commands referred to from left to right and top to bottom
(including submenus)
this is a good place to start if you have a question about what a command accomplishes;
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step-by-step procedures that show you how to complete tasks professional writers frequently
perform
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Appendices with more detailed and background information for those who wish to have a
deeper understanding of how Nisus Writer Express works.
Because certain tasks require the interaction of a variety of aspects of the application, cross-
references to additional information appear throughout the document.
Using the Documentation
Be aware of these conventions as you follow the instructions in the manual:
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Text in this style: Command identifies a menu command or dialog option to choose including
buttons that appear in dialogs.
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When you are to press certain keys on the keyboard, they appear in a special
Keys
font.
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Text in Courier font identifies text to type or select in the various instructions.
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Bullets :• indicate lists of related items that generally do not require a sequence.
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Wedges:
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indicate instructions (or, in the section that describes what each menu command
does, a command’s presence in a submenu). If you need to follow a series of steps, they are
numbered.
You’ll notice that some steps instruct you to choose a menu command while at other times, to
complete the same operation you press keys or choose options from various palettes. You can