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by martin
2023-05-16 11:11:02
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: gremlins
Replies: 2
Views: 854

Re: gremlins

This is not atypical of RTF files saved by Microsoft Word. I regularly see a few pieces of such metadata included by Word using RTF controls like "datastore" or "themedata". I don't know exactly what is stored by these data, but it's totally harmless. We can assume it's probably ...
by martin
2023-05-16 11:05:10
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Can't open files
Replies: 5
Views: 1208

Re: Can't open files

Well how about that. Thanks for the advice Martin, I went to preferences to save my settings and saw that the folder was set to "none", ie they presumably weren't being saved anywhere. So I set them to save to a folder on the desktop, quite and relaunched Nisus just to check, checked agai...
by martin
2023-05-09 11:44:27
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Can't open files
Replies: 5
Views: 1208

Re: Can't open files

This definitely sounds like a system issue if it's affecting Nisus Writer and Apple Preview, but maybe it has something to do with the information the system maintains for each specific app. One possible solution: reset Nisus Writer's sandbox . That basically resets everything macOS knows about the ...
by martin
2023-04-26 07:57:21
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Switch to secondary font
Replies: 7
Views: 1892

Re: Switch to secondary font

I am baffled about why I cannot set that secondary font preference like Cliff can. But I am quite happy to use the character style technique. Character styles are a good option. But I'd like to try to clarify your problem if possible. Maybe we can still help you solve it. When you say you "can...
by martin
2023-04-14 07:36:00
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved
Replies: 5
Views: 2336

Re: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved

Undo in macros should work to undo the last action inside the macro. For example consider this macro: Display as Small Caps Bold Undo Italic After running the macro, your selected text should appear in italic and small caps, but not bold. But generally I agree with Adrian's suggestion: if your macro...
by martin
2023-03-27 09:02:35
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Export to DOCX Error
Replies: 2
Views: 1129

Re: Export to DOCX Error

The LibreOffice-based converter inside Nisus Writer Pro is not Apple Silicon native and does require Rosetta on Mac with an M1/M2/etc chip. You should install Rosetta to import/export DOCX files with Nisus Writer, if you want higher fidelity for advanced content. If you aren't picky about fidelity/c...
by martin
2023-03-21 07:39:50
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Help needed with Show Find Results
Replies: 2
Views: 1595

Re: Help needed with Show Find Results

How should I use the Show Find Results? Philip gave a nice explanation on how to use Show Find Results, but for your specific example you don't actually need to bother with all that. Instead just use the "V" option for your find/replace command, which shows a find results list window auto...
by martin
2023-03-21 07:33:17
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Balance column text doesn't
Replies: 10
Views: 9572

Re: How to balance column text?

So how do I get the gap between the columns where I can put a line to be the same as the inner and outer margins on the page? You should use the Columns palette for this purpose: cols.png You can use the "gutter" property to set the spacing between columns, and checkmark "line betwee...
by martin
2023-02-15 09:09:04
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Find and replace using attributes works, but macro doesn't
Replies: 11
Views: 3104

Re: Find and replace using attributes works, but macro doesn't

I am up against another problem, more people-related than anything else. I like the power of regex and macros, where Nisus can generally trump software such as MS Word. However, colleagues are familiar with MS Word and are reluctant to change. This is always a tough nut to crack. Word definitely ha...
by martin
2023-02-13 09:40:05
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Find and replace using attributes works, but macro doesn't
Replies: 11
Views: 3104

Re: Find and replace using attributes works, but macro doesn't

This is unfortunately an awkward bit of formatting to manage, especially in the context of a macro. The heart of the problem is that an explicit attribute like "No Super/Sub" is technically not the same thing as a lack of any super/sub formatting. They may appear the same in the text and o...
by martin
2023-02-13 09:14:37
Forum: InfoClick
Topic: Full Disk Access for Info Click?
Replies: 1
Views: 1428

Re: Full Disk Access for Info Click?

InfoClick is sandboxed, which means it does not automatically have access to all files/data on your Mac. You will need to grant InfoClick access to your email files by choosing the appropriate email folder(s). The use of Apple's standard file interaction dialogs will implicitly cause macOS to grant ...
by martin
2023-01-26 08:48:50
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Auto-fix option for double-caps
Replies: 5
Views: 6049

Re: Auto-fix option for double-caps

I can't find a way to replace the second found with its lowercase equivalent. Do any of you coding gurus know the answer, or is it just not possible to do? Hi Mark! This is definitely possible. You want to use the "Transform" regex features in Nisus Writer with the following replacement e...
by martin
2023-01-17 13:55:37
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Footnotes from .docx file disappearing (LibreOffice activated)
Replies: 1
Views: 795

Re: Footnotes from .docx file disappearing (LibreOffice activated)

Footnotes should indeed be imported from DOCX files. Can you send us your document for testing? You could email it to us privately at:
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by martin
2023-01-17 13:53:55
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Can we add some Indexing features?
Replies: 3
Views: 1137

Re: Can we add some Indexing features?

Thanks for the feedback and feature requests Vance. I'll add your votes for the features you've described. However, this one is already possible: Moving on, can we add a way to manually order index entries, rather than alphabetically? Here I am thinking about my 2 level index of "cases" an...
by martin
2023-01-17 13:34:32
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Macro to Insert Screenplay Character
Replies: 2
Views: 1581

Re: Macro to Insert Screenplay Character

Thanks for sharing your macro Lou. I like the way it uses the existing document content as a sort of database to pull out character names. That's a nice trick! I'll have to keep it in mind since I'm sure it's adaptable to other situations.