See the nisus new file in the finder, Edit your nisus new file – Nisus Writer Express User Manual
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Setting Up a Document’s Page
Edit your Nisus New File
If you want to modify your Nisus New File, for example change the margins or add information
(such as the page number variables) you need to make these alterations in the actual file.
1.
Click Edit File… in the Advanced portion of the New File preferences pane.
2.
Make the changes as desired.
3.
Save and close the file.
Figure 87
The Advanced portion of the New File preferences pane