Nisus Writer Express - Manual (Page 14)

Table of Contents
Working with Macro Files 246
Before Creating a Macro 247
Typing Menu Commands 247
Create a new macro file 247
Save the current macro file under a different name 247
Case sensitivity in Menu Command Dialect macros 247
A simple “to do” list 247
Writing an invalid command in a macro 247
Working with Menu Commands 248
Looping and Accessing Other Macros 248
Call one macro from another 248
Macros, the Deeper Workings 249
The Nisus Writer Express Macro Language 249
Writing Perl Scripts 250
The recommended way, to structure Perl Macros. 250
Learn more about Perl 250
Components of a Perl script header 250
#Nisus Macro Block 250
#source { front | next | none | clipboard } 251
#destination { front | next | none | clipboard | new } [replace] 251
#{Send Text as RTF | Send rtf | rtf | text as rtf} 251
#Before Execution 251
#After Execution 251
#End Nisus Macro Block 251
Writing AppleScripts 252
Integrate AppleScript with Nisus Writer Express 252
Write AppleScripts for use in Nisus Writer Express 252
Have AppleScripts open a new file 252
Have AppleScript open a file and perform some tasks 252
See a list of all the AppleScripts commands that Nisus Writer Express recognizes 252
Get/Set Text 252
Examples 253
Do Menu Macro 253
Examples 253
Other Examples 253
Putting It All Together 255
Nisus Writer Express and the Community of Connected Applications 255
The Services menu 255
Using LinkBack 255
What applications support LinkBack 255
Goals and non-goals 255
How you might use LinkBack 256
Use LinkBack with a drawing application 256
Nisus Writer Express and the World Wide Web 256
Insert a link to a location on the World Wide Web 256
Edit an inserted link 256
Remove an inserted link 256
Save a Nisus Writer Express document as an HTML document 256
Edit an HTML document in Nisus Writer Express 256
Handling Communications 257
Standardizing Your Correspondence Stationery 257
Format and print envelopes 257
Afterword 259
Send feedback to Nisus Software Inc. 259
See what information you send with Send Feedback… 259
May all your writing “nisus” be a pleasure with Nisus Writer Express 260
Appendices 261
Appendix I 261
Glossary of Useful Terms 261
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