Special “styles, Plain text, Remove style attributes from text – Nisus Writer Express User Manual
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Displaying & Printing Documents
Alphabetizing (sorting) Paragraphs
It only takes Nisus Writer Express a few seconds to sort lists consisting of individual paragraphs.
(Each paragraph can be as short as one word.)
Paragraphs can be a blank line, a few words, a block of text, or even a graphic, followed by a Return
character.
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Blank lines are placed first.
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Paragraphs beginning with numbers are placed ahead of those beginning with letters.
Any sequence of numbers beginning a paragraph is interpreted as a numeral. Paragraphs are sorted
in order of these numerals. Those beginning with the same numerals are sorted by the remaining
characters.
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Paragraphs beginning with alphabetic characters appear last.
Any selection containing part of a paragraph is extended to include the entire paragraph when
sorted.
Sort paragraphs
1.
Select the range of paragraphs you want to sort.
2.
Choose Ascending (A-Z) or Descending (Z-A) from the Sort Paragraphs submenu of the Edit
menu.
Jumble paragraphs
1.
Select the range of paragraphs you want to jumble.
2.
Choose Randomly (shuffle) from the Sort Paragraphs submenu of the Edit menu.
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You can sort specific cells in a column within a table.
Special “Styles”
In addition to the basic styles of Bold, Italic, Underline, Superscript and Subscript (both in the
Baseline submenu of the Format menu), Nisus Writer Express offers Strikethrough (both single
and double).
Plain Text
Remove Attributes and Styles, as its name suggests, is not a style, but a command: “Remove
existing style attributes and make this text plain (the attributes set in the New File preferences…
your Nisus New File)!”
Remove style attributes from text
1.
Select the text you wish to change.
2.
Choose Remove Attributes and Styles from the Format menu.
This removes all style attributes, including color. What remains are the attributes you set in
your Nisus New File in the New File preferences.
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This removes all formatting (both character and paragraph, but not “List” styles) and applies the
“Normal” style to selected text.
Change the height of text in relation to the baseline
1.
Select the text you wish to change.
2.
Choose Superscript or Subscript from the Baseline submenu of the Format menu.
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You can alter the height of this text in one-point increments by choosing Raise or Lower from the
Baseline submenu of the Format menu.
Return raised or lowered text to the baseline
1.
Select the text you wish to change.
2.
Choose Use Default Baseline from the Baseline submenu of the Format menu.
Cause letter pairs to use ligatures
Ligatures (characters in certain fonts (such as fl) consist of two or more letters or characters joined
together). Various fonts support more or fewer ligatures.