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In Nisus Writer, we have <B>5</B> types of hyphens. <OL><LI>The <I>first</I> type is obtained by simply typing a <B>Dash (minus sign)</B>. The dash inserts a hyphen at that point in the word and allows the word to break there; it is always visible. Double clicking on the word with this dash selects ...

According to Working Software Inc., its developers, the "Word Services Suite is a public, standard protocol, endorsed by Apple Computers. The Word Services Suite defines the standard language that Macintosh applications will use to communicate with one another for functions involving text. This...

Taken from The Nisus Way, page 285, "Formatted Page Breaks": <br> "You may want to restart page numbering at some point in your document. For example, you might have 'front matter' (title page, table of contents, etc.) numbered with lowercase Roman numerals like i-vii, after which you...

Here's how it works. <BR><BR> To see a magnified view of the text surrounding your insertion point: <BR><BR> Choose the magnification you want from the Zoom submenu of the Tools menu. <BR><BR> You can resize this "windoid" and move it to any location no your monitor. Your text entry happen...

Nisus Writer Express is an all new-from-the-ground-up word processor, developed using Apple's Cocoa frameworks. It was designed as an easy to use, yet powerful word processor that allows you to write the way you want to write. It is lean and quick, not bloated with features you won't, or can't use. ...

Yes! We have added the capability to read and write Microsoft® Word (.doc) documents. Nisus Writer Express can read and write rtf documents and it (version 2.x) can read and write ".dot" (Microsoft® Word "template") files. If you want to know what "rtf" is and why we us...

The native file format for Nisus Writer Express is RTF, or Rich Text Format. This format was chosen because most word processors support it. This way, you can exchange documents with just about anyone with a word processor, on both Windows and the Mac. If you want to know more about what RTF is, che...

The Document Manager is provided as an easy way to maintain your documents. In conjunction with Autosave, the Document Manager can automatically name and store your documents without your intervention. To learn more about this, please read about Saving Files. Once files are contained in your Documen...

To install the macros: Start Nisus Writer Express. Choose "Open Macro Folder" from the "Macro" menu. This should display the macros folder. Drag the contents of the Macros folder you downloaded to the Macros folder that was opened in the previous step. Close both folders and enjoy.

If Apple supports your favorite language, Nisus Writer Express will support it. Since it is written in Cocoa, we automatically gain Unicode support, which makes language support much easier on everyone.

Yes you can. As of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Apple has added support for bidirectional text entry. This means that, like Classic Nisus Writer, Nisus Writer Express is compatible with Arabic, Hebrew, and other right to left languages.

You can import EPSF and PICT graphics directly into Nisus Writer Express using the Open dialog, or you can copy and paste them into Nisus Writer Express via the Clipboard.

Yes! For example, you are able to use the CocoaAspell dictionaries in place of the supplied Apple Dictionary service.

Nisus Writer Express has three ways of creating macros: AppleScript, Perl and menu-based macros.

Those of you who have used Nisus Writer 6.5 (Classic) for many years and have become accustomed to its feel, feature set, and behavior should not expect this new version to be a replica of the old version in any way. Nisus Writer Express is an all new product, with a focus on ease of use, usable fea...