Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 259)

Customizing & Automating Solutions 239
Activate a Nisus Writer Express Glossary file
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Click the check box to the left of the glossary’s file name.
If you leave the file checked when you quit Nisus Writer Express, it will be available to you the
next time you restart the application.
Enable automatic expansion of Nisus Writer Express Glossary file
abbreviations
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Check Expand glossary entries as you type at the bottom of the Glossary Files list.
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For East Asian and other languages that do not use spaces you can trigger a glossary abbreviation’s
expansion by assigning a keyboard shortcut to the command Expand Glossary on the Edit menu as
explained in “Assign Menu Keys to Menu Commands” on page 235.
Create a new glossary abbreviation, or edit an existing abbreviation
in an existing Glossary
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Click Edit Glossary.
4. Edit the file following steps 6 through 9 as explained in “Create a New Glossary” on page 237.
Import a Nisus Writer Classic Glossary file
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Click Import Glossary.
4. A variant of the standard Open dialog appears, find your old Glossary file and click Open.
5. Your imported glossary file appears in the list of Glossary Files, checked, enabled, ready to use.
Delete a Nisus Writer Express Glossary file
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Click Delete Glossary.
4. An alert appears asking you to confirm that you want to delete the file: “The file will be moved to
the trash immediately. This action cannot be undone.”
5. Click Delete.
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Nisus Writer Express moves the file to the Trash where it remains until you choose Empty Trash. You
can retrieve the file returning it to the Glossaries folder as illustrated in Figure 203 on page 238. If
you do this, the next time you restart Nisus Writer Express the glossary file will once more be
available to you.
Additional QuickFixes
Each of the following features is language specific. Whenever you apply a language style (as
explained in the section “Writing in Multiple Languages” which begins on page 36), Nisus Writer
Express uses the “abbreviations” appropriate for that language.
Enter Smart Quotes as you type
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Check Use Smart Punctuation (Includes “curly” quotes).
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You can change all quotes in the current selection to Smart Quotes or "Plain Quotes" by choosing
Plain Quotes to Smart Quotes or Smart Quotes to Plain Quotes from the Convert submenu of the
Edit menu.
Superscript ordinals as you type
1. Choose Preferences… from the Nisus Writer Express menu.
2. Click QuickFix at the top of the Preferences dialog.
3. Check Superscript ordinals (1st, 2nd, etc.).