Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 37)

Getting Started The Nisus Writer Express Tooldrawer 17
• normal
• right to left.
For more information on right to left text editing see “Enter right to left text in your document” on
page 40.
Change the space between lines of text (“leading”)
1. Select the text (lines or paragraphs) you wish to change.
2. Click the “stepper” to the space you want.
Figure 16
The “stepper” in the Spacing portion of the Paragraph palette
The Size box updates to display the actual size of the space.
If you know the size you want, you can click and select (or double-click) the size display and type
the size you want. When you are satisfied, press
T or @ to confirm your choice.
Multiple/Fixed
The Multiple/Fixed pop-up menu refers to the vertical distance between the top of one line and the
top of the following line. To prevent the lines of paragraphs from spreading, regardless of the height
of the characters, choose Fixed from the menu. To permit the lines of paragraphs to spread choose
Multiple from the menu.
Change the amount of space that appears above (before) a paragraph
1. Select the text (lines or paragraphs) you wish to change.
2. Click the “stepper” to the space you want.
The Size box updates to display the actual size of the space.
If you know the size you want, you can click and select (or double-click) the size display and type
the size you want. When you are satisfied, press
T or @ to confirm your choice.
Change the amount of space that appears below (after) a paragraph
1. Select the text (lines or paragraphs) you wish to change.
2. Click the “stepper” to the space you want.
The Size box updates to display the actual size of the space.
If you know the size you want, click and select (or double-click) the size display and type the size.
When you are satisfied, press
T or @ to confirm your choice.
Control for widows and orphans
1. Click your insertion point in the paragraph (or select a range of paragraphs).
2. Click Prevent widow/orphan.
Prevent a paragraph (or paragraphs) from splitting across page or column breaks
1. Click your insertion point in the paragraph (or select a range of paragraphs).
2. Click Keep ¶ together.
Keep one paragraph with the one that follows it
1. Click your insertion point in the paragraph.
2. Click Keep with next ¶.
The Statistics palette
The Stats palette keeps constant count of the number of characters, words and paragraphs (Return
characters) in the text portion (not the header/footer) of your document.
• If you select text, the Stats indicates the count within the selection.
• To get a count of the characters, words and paragraphs in your footnotes and/or endnotes, you
need to select that text.
The Page Palette
While not appearing in any of the default sets, the Page palette is very useful. As with the Statusbar
at the bottom of each Nisus Writer Express document window, it indicates (when in Page View) the
page number of the currently displayed page (not the location of the insertion point), and the total