Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 113)

Setting Up a Document’s Page
This portion of the manual describes how to set up your document, using the options in the
Preferences and the Page Setup dialog.
Understanding template (stationery) documents 93
Set “defaults” for new files 95
Edit your Nisus New File 100
See the Nisus New File in the Finder 101
Use an existing file as a Nisus New File 101
Choose a different file for your Nisus New File 101
Create a Nisus New File 102
Restore the “factory settings” of your Nisus New File 103
Setting paper size and margins 103
Set the preferred paper size for all your documents 103
Reduce or enlarge the printed area 105
Determine the orientation of the printed page 105
Use a custom paper size 105
Set the margins of your document 106
Mirror page placement 108
Set the number of columns 109
Set column line 109
Set column and gutter width 109
Balance column text 110
Understanding template (stationery) documents
Whenever you choose New from the File menu, Nisus Writer Express opens a document window
called “Untitled”.
Where did this come from?
We, the nice people at Nisus Software Inc. supply you with a versatile tool, the Nisus New File. This
file is variously called (in different applications) a “stationery”, “template” or “master” document.
Apple uses the phrase “Stationery Pad” in the Finder. You can turn any file into a “Stationery Pad”
by clicking the appropriate check box in the window that appears when you choose Get Info from
the File menu in the Finder. The stationery pad is like one of those little pads your physician has
for his or her prescriptions, or those pads of paper you get from your local realtor with his or her
photograph and contact information at the top of each page and room for you to make your own “to
do list” or “shopping list” or simply doodle to your heart's content.
So it is in Nisus Writer Express. You can create any number of “stationery” documents. Each one
can have whatever name, text and/or formatting (even window shape and location) you want. Every
time you open that stationery document the information you've saved in it appears and the file is
called “Untitled”… ready for you to add new content and save as a unique document.
The Nisus New File is special “stationery” which opens whenever you choose New from the File
menu.
Creating and using “template” files for specific tasks saves you time. For example, create different
stationery for letters, memos, reports, and forms. You can create as many template files as you
want. A template file always opens as an untitled file.
There are several tools for creating and modifying stationery (template) files. The first among these
is the Nisus New File.
You can make any file a template file.
1. Choose Save As… from the File menu.
2. Choose Document Template from the File Format pop-up menu in the Save As dialog.
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