Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 23)

Getting Started Quick Start 3
Save your file
Nisus Writer Express offers you a number of ways to save your work. The application can do this
automatically or you can do it manually.
Save your file the first time and give it a name
1. Choose Save As… from the File menu.
2. Type the name you want to use for the file in the Save As text edit box at the top of the
document.
3. Navigate through your folders to find the location where you want to save the file.
4. (Optionally) choose the file format in which you want to save the file from the pop-up menu at
the bottom of the dialog. (The standard and preferred format is Rich Text Format (“RTF”). You
can learn more about the various formats in which Nisus Writer Express can save your files in
the section “Choose the Way in Which Files Save” on page 221.
Save your file after you have made some changes to it
▶ Choose Save from the File menu.
Save your file with a new name and/or in a new location
▶ Follow the instructions in “Save your file the first time and give it a name”.
Save your file automatically
You should not have to worry about saving your work. Nisus Writer Express can take care of that
for you.
▶ Set your General preferences in Nisus Writer Express to “autosave” after however many
minutes you want.
For more information about automatic saving of files in Nisus Writer Express see the section
“Save files automatically and never see the Save As dialog, unless you choose it from the menu”
on page 223.
If you save your file in this manner, the first time it is saved, Nisus Writer Express assigns a name
for the file based on the content at the beginning of the document and saves it in the Nisus
Documents folder inside your Users’ Documents folder:
~Documents/Nisus Documents/“automatically named file”
Print your file
When you are satisfied with the appearance of your document and ready to store it on paper or
share it with someone in a Portable Digital Format (PDF), Nisus Writer Express is at your service.
Print an open document
▶ Choose Print… from the File menu and enter your choices in the dialog that appears.
Create a PDF file of your Nisus Writer Express document
You may want to save your document as a PDF.
1. Choose Save as PDF… from the File menu.
2. Name the file and navigate to the location in which you want to save it.
3. Click Save in the Save As dialog.
You can learn more about printing on page 214.
Quit Nisus Writer Express
You can leave Nisus Writer Express open in the background all the time. You can keep a journal
page open all the time, dragging in snippets of text, graphics from other applications and URLs
directly off the Web bookmarking them, then easily jumping to or finding what you have stored
there.
However, if you insist…
▶ Choose Quit Nisus Writer Express from the bottom of the Nisus Writer Express menu.