Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 36)

16 The Nisus Writer Express Tooldrawer Getting Started
font you want, displaying the closest match (in alphabetical order). When you see the font you
want, press
T to confirm your choice.
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To learn more about using fonts (where they belong in your System, etc.) see pages 27 and
(for non-Roman text) 36.
If you want to change the typeface and/or size, you can press @ to confirm and select the next
field in the palette.
Change the typeface or color
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click the arrow to the right of the Typeface display and choose the typeface you want from the
menu that appears.
Not all fonts have all typefaces (for example
Geneva does not support “italic”). In that case,
Nisus Writer Express can achieve this effect if you click one or more of the Options buttons
available.
If you know the name of the typeface you want, you can click and select the typeface name in
the display and then type the first few characters. Nisus Writer Express uses “auto-fill” to sense
which typeface you want, displaying the closest match (in alphabetical order). When you see the
typeface you want, press
T to confirm your choice.
The options available include
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Subscript
• Superscript
• Strikethrough (Single)
• Strikethrough (Double)
• Shadow
• Small Caps
Color is an aspect of Options. Click the Color Picker to open the System’s Colors panel.
If you want to move on to change the size of your characters, you can press @ to confirm and
select the next field in the palette.
Change the size
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click and drag the Size slider to the size you want.
The Size box updates to display the actual size of the characters,
If you know the size you want, you can click and select (or double-click) the size display and
type the size you want. Nisus Writer Express uses only whole number sizes. When you are
satisfied, press
T or @ to confirm your choice.
While the slider goes up to 128 pt., you can enter any size you like in the size display text box.
The Paragraph Palette
The Paragraph palette enables you to modify the alignment, text direction, the space between lines
and paragraphs, as well as offering controls for widows and orphans and whether paragraphs are
permitted to break across pages or separate from each other.
Change the alignment
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click the alignment button that illustrates the effect you want in your document.
Possible alignments are (from left to right) left justified, center justified, right justified and full
justified.
Change the direction text flows (for right to left languages)
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click the direction button that illustrates the effect you want in your document.
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Text direction is a function of the language selected. Each language has a “natural” or “normal”
direction of its own. You can override this direction of a paragraph within a section of text designated
as being in a particular language (and flowing in a particular direction) by using this control.
Possible directions are (from left to right)
• left to right