Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 293)

Appendix III
From Nisus Writer Classic to Nisus Writer Express
With the release of Nisus Writer Express, all Macintosh computers sold by Apple no longer support
the Classic environment. Those people who have used Nisus Writer Classic will need to bring their
files into Nisus Writer Express.
Open multilingual Nisus Writer Classic files in Nisus Writer
Express
Every individual bit of text in a Nisus Writer Classic file has a font (with a particular character
encoding) associated with it. If that font is known to Nisus Writer Express, it will always use the
encoding associated with that font. However, if the font is unknown, then Nisus Writer Express
needs to make a choice. You can override whatever choice Nisus Writer Express might make by
choosing the encoding from the Pop-up menu in the Open dialog.
▶ Choose the appropriate encoding from the Encoding pop-up menu in the Open dialog.
For example, if you know that your document is primarily Japanese text, choose Japanese
encoding.
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It is extremely unlikely (perhaps impossible) that a non-Mac encoding was used; after all, you created
the old document using Nisus Writer Classic which is a Mac-encoded file.
Open a Nisus Writer Classic document with a table
You can open Nisus Writer Classic documents in Nisus Writer Express. Those files that have tables
in them will open with their “Nisus Table Tool” tables converted to Nisus Writer Express tables.
▶ Drag your Nisus Writer Classic file onto the Nisus Writer Express icon in the Dock.
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The vast majority of attributes of the Nisus Table Tool tables convert to Nisus Writer Express tables.
At the time of release of Nisus Writer Express, everything converts except for
• Borders
• Shading
• Footnote references
Footnote text will convert and appear at the end of the table
• Row header widths
• Column header heights.
More Classic
Other aspects of the Classic environment (both on a System level and in Nisus Writer Express) are
discussed on pages 27 (fonts), 186 (in Find/Replace), 264 (how Nisus Writer Express determines
how to display your Classic document’s text), 239 (Classic Glossary files) and 261, (ASCII vs.
Unicode).