Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 25)

Nisus Writer Pro — a “Grand Tour”
Have you ever entered a new building or travelled to a new land and stood bedazzled by what lay
before you? Where were all those buttons and knobs? Why were all the street signs and address
markers different from what you knew before? Even cars, which are all pretty standard in their
tools, put the light windshield wiper controls in different locations.
So it is, also, with software. To help you understand and use the many tools that are all within the
reach of your mouse or trackpad, read on.
Windows, Bars, Buttons, Pointers and Drawers 5
The Nisus Writer Pro Menus 429
Windows, Bars, Buttons, Pointers and Drawers
This portion of the manual describes the graphical elements you see on screen for controlling Nisus
Writer Pro. Features of Nisus Writer Pro windows, palettes and the buttons they contain, are fully
explained. Also included is a description of the various pointers you see when you perform different
tasks. Finally, you can learn about how Nisus Writer Pro allows you to manipulate dialog boxes.
The Nisus Writer Pro window 6
The Nisus Writer Pro icon in the Dock 7
The Menu Bar 7
The Title Bar 8
Nisus Writer Pro windows 9
Nisus Writer Pro pointer variations 9
Keyboard shortcuts in Nisus Writer Pro 10
Nisus Writer Pro dialogs 10
The Nisus Writer Pro Toolbar 10
The Nisus Writer Pro rulers 11
The Nisus Writer Pro Statusbar 12
The Nisus Writer Pro Tooldrawer 15
Modify the Nisus Writer Pro Tooldrawer 16
Using the Nisus Writer Pro Tooldrawer 16
Display a different group of palettes in the Tooldrawer 17
How clicking in the palettes of the Tooldrawer affects your document
17
The Character palette 18
The Paragraph palette 19
The Statistics palette 20
The Page palette 20
Magnify, or, zoom in and out of your document 20
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