Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 21)

Getting Started
For those who don’t believe in reading manuals, this “Quick Start” offers the bare minimum of what
you need to know to start the application, create and/or open a file, write and edit some text, then
save and print it.
Nisus Writer Pro a “Grand Tour” is where you learn about Nisus Writer Pro menus, dialogs, and
tools. Review this section to learn more about the Nisus Writer Pro working environment and its
features. This portion of the manual lists each menu command with a short description of what it
does.
If you have questions about your Macintosh or other computer equipment, refer to the
manufacturer’s manuals.
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Quick Start
Here’s how to open or start Nisus Writer Pro:
Open or Start Nisus Writer Pro
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Click the Nisus Writer Pro icon in the Dock.
A Nisus Writer Pro document window labeled “Untitled” displays, ready for typing.
Open a New or Existing File
Nisus Writer Pro can create new files, open text documents, “.RTF”, “.RTFD”, and “.DOC”
documents, many WordPerfect documents. It can even enable you to read (and edit) the
PostScript™ “text” of “.PDF” documents.
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If you try to open a file, the format of which is not known to Nisus Writer Pro, the application
displays an alert asking if you want to open the file as plain text.
Open a new file
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Choose the menu command File > New to open a new file.
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If you have the Document Manager open you can click the New button to create a new file.
The file that appears is based on a file called the Nisus New File. You can modify most aspects of
this file to suit your needs and desires.
Customize your new document “template”
You can learn more about the Nisus New File and how to arrange your “start-up” preferences in the
section “Set “defaults” for the application and new files” beginning on page 116. You can use the
“defaults” for new files to create all kinds of stationery that you use regularly.
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Different applications use different terms for the same phenomena. You might find them
called “templates,” “stationery,” or “default” documents.
Open an existing file
There is a variety of ways you can open an existing file.
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There are often as many as three ways to do almost anything in Nisus Writer Pro.
You can locate and open any text document on your hard drive(s).
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Double-click any Nisus Writer Pro document icon.
Figure 9
The Nisus Writer Pro document icon
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