Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 79)

Formatting Documents
This portion of the manual describes how to define the way your document looks. There are four,
concentric, levels of control over the various limits that control the format of what appears on a
page (from outer to inner):
• the paper size… set in the Page Setup dialog explained in “Setting paper size and margins” on
page 103,
• the margins… set in Page View by dragging the margin line or using the Sections palette
explained in “Set the margins of your document” on page 106,
• the line wrap area (indents)… set by moving the indent markers on the ruler explained in “Set
the indent or outdent (“hanging indent”) position of the first line of a paragraph” on page 61,
• the contents of a table… set by using the tools of the Table menu and its related palettes which
is explained in “Tables” on page 139.
Because the vast majority of users are satisfied with the paper size and margin dimensions of the
file opened when you choose New from the File menu, this documentation begins with an
explanation of how to modify the shapes of your paragraphs.
Structuring paragraphs 61
Set the indent or outdent (“hanging indent”) position of the first line of a paragraph
61
Quickly indent or outdent a selected range of paragraphs 62
Set the text wrap area 63
Set the text wrap area numerically 65
Set the text wrap area using the keyboard 65
Justify “align” text 65
Set spacing between lines 69
Set spacing between paragraphs 70
Set tabs 72
Use leader tabs 73
Set the type of leader before placing a tab 73
Move a tab indicator using the mouse 75
Move a tab indicator using the keyboard 75
Edit a tab’s location numerically 75
Selecting paragraphs with different formatting 76
Format Characters 77
Add a font to your System 77
Change the font of characters 78
Change the size of characters 79
Change the attributes of characters 79
Change the attributes of characters using the “Dropper” 79
Formatting Documents using Style Sheets 81
An introduction to Style Sheets 81
See the Style Sheet associated with a document 83
Understanding the difference between the various kinds of styles 85
Apply a style to your text
85
Modify a style 86
Assign a keyboard shortcut to your style as you edit it 87
Create a new style 89
Select a range of text with a particular style 90
Select all the text in your document with a particular style 90
Remove a style’s attributes from selected text 91
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