Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 93)

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 124,
• the margins… set in Page View by dragging the margin line or using the Sections palette
explained in “Set the margins of the sections of your document” on page 127,
• 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 75,
• 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 195.
The majority of users are satisfied with the paper size and margin dimensions of the file opened
when you choose the menu command File > New, this documentation begins with an explanation
of how to modify the shapes of your paragraphs.
Structuring Paragraphs 75
Set the indent or outdent (“hanging indent”) position of the first line of a paragraph
75
Quickly indent or outdent a selected range of paragraphs 76
Set the text wrap area 77
Set the text wrap area numerically 79
Set the text wrap area using the keyboard 79
Justify “align” text 80
Set spacing between lines 82
Set spacing between paragraphs 83
Set tabs 85
Use leader tabs 86
Set the type of leader before placing a tab 87
Move a tab indicator using the mouse or trackpad 88
Move a tab indicator using the keyboard 88
Edit a tab’s location numerically 88
Selecting paragraphs with different formatting 89
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Add a font to your System 90
Change the font of characters 91
Change the size of characters 92
Change the attributes of characters 93
Change the attributes of characters using the “Dropper” 93
Formatting Documents Using Style Sheets 95
An introduction to Style Sheets 95
See the Style Sheet associated with a document 97
Understanding the difference between the various kinds of styles 99
Apply a style to your text
99
Modify a style 100
Assign a keyboard shortcut to your style as you edit it 101
Create a new style 103
Select a range of text with a particular style 104
Select all the text in your document with a particular style 104
Remove a style’s attributes from selected text 105
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