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by adryan
2023-10-05 21:49:03
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Install beta for Sonoma crashes on App Store NWP?
Replies: 5
Views: 1679

Re: Install beta for Sonoma crashes on App Store NWP?

G'day, all I agree with David in this. In my opinion, apart from developers and those who absolutely have to replace their existing computer with a new one immediately (with the new operating system pre-installed), anyone who transfers their everyday work to a just-released operating system should r...
by adryan
2023-09-10 02:50:34
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Using images as cell background
Replies: 6
Views: 1814

Re: Using images as cell background

G'day, Eric et al To delete a background image, click on the relevant Cell, then Table > Shading Pattern > None. As far as I can determine, you can't alter the opacity of a background image inserted as a Shading Pattern in a Table Cell. You can insert an image in a Table Cell via Insert > Image > In...
by adryan
2023-08-10 16:46:53
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Underline not showing for leading tab
Replies: 8
Views: 1906

Re: Underline not showing for leading tab

G'day, lyndondrake et al If you want to underline a line which already has the paragraph return in place, you could use a Macro to select everything in the line excluding the return and then underline it, either directly or via a Character Style. Assigning a keyboard shortcut to the Macro would expe...
by adryan
2023-08-08 05:30:56
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Underline not showing for leading tab
Replies: 8
Views: 1906

Re: Underline not showing for leading tab

G'day, lyndondrake, Philip et al Yes, you can underline your option-space plus tab plus text string, and it all looks good — until you hit the return, at which point the entire line becomes underlined. This behavior appears to be font-dependent, though. For example, that's what happens in Palatino, ...
by adryan
2023-08-05 02:26:28
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Underline not showing for leading tab
Replies: 8
Views: 1906

Re: Underline not showing for leading tab

G'day, lyndondrake et al One way to do this is to use an Underline Leader Tab: double-click on the Tab icon in the Ruler to reveal the Edit Tab dialog box. The result is not ideal, though. You may need to lower the baseline of the leading underline a bit: Format > Baseline > Lower Baseline. Also, yo...
by adryan
2023-07-12 07:22:40
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: A Miscellany of Hints
Replies: 3
Views: 1422

Re: A Miscellany of Hints

G'day, Eric et al Thanks for the positive feedback, Eric. It's not just bullets and it's not just Nisus Writer. The idea here is that, in many situations where items in a list can be sorted by name, the sorting principle is the order of characters in the Unicode character table. For example, a leadi...
by adryan
2023-07-11 16:02:58
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: A Miscellany of Hints
Replies: 3
Views: 1422

A Miscellany of Hints

G'day, all With things so quiet on these Forums at present, I thought it might be an opportune time to share some practices I find convenient in my own work with Nisus Writer. Others may feel motivated to add their own suggestions. Nisus Writer is highly customizable, so you might as well exploit th...
by adryan
2023-06-22 13:14:26
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Entering UTF-8 code points in Find and Replace
Replies: 6
Views: 2198

Re: Entering UTF-8 code points in Find and Replace

G'day, Mark et al As an example, the Unicode code for lowercase "t" is U+0074. You can determine this either from the System's Character Viewer or (once an instance of the character is selected) from Nisus Writer's Formatting Examiner. The Find/Replace expression you want (in PowerFind Pro...
by adryan
2023-06-21 21:48:54
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Change the Normal Style via Macro
Replies: 5
Views: 2173

Re: Change the Normal Style via Macro

G'day, Lou et al Why not just change it in the Style Sheet? Alternatively, as long as the cursor is situated within a paragraph with Normal Style (because that's the one you want to change), you could invoke a simple Macro with the following two lines (with your choice of font):– Format:Paragraph St...
by adryan
2023-05-30 00:11:45
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Introducing Clipboarder (UPDATED)
Replies: 6
Views: 2283

Re: Introducing Clipboarder

G'day, Lou et al I'm afraid this is not working well for me at present. The Copy Macro fails to create a Saved Clipboards folder. If one is created manually, it remains empty on execution of the Macro. Also, the Copy Macro sometimes sets the contents of one of the Clipboards to "EMPTY CLIPBOARD...
by adryan
2023-05-27 19:27:18
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Introducing Clipboarder (UPDATED)
Replies: 6
Views: 2283

Re: Introducing Clipboarder

G'day, Lou et al I like the way this is heading, as it makes the contents of multiple Clipboards more readily explicit than the inbuilt Clipboards Palette. However, it failed to create a Save Clipboards folder for me. I couldn't find one, and the Restore Macro says there are no Clipboards to restore...
by adryan
2023-04-24 08:19:17
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Switch to secondary font
Replies: 7
Views: 1892

Re: Switch to secondary font

G'day, all I also use Cliff's method for switching languages. By the way, it can be used for more than two languages (as can Philip's method). You need to be aware that this will probably change the keyboard layout, which may have other consequences. For example, Y and Z keys are interchanged on cha...
by adryan
2023-04-13 19:30:04
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved
Replies: 5
Views: 2336

Re: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved

G'day, Lou et al As is often the case, my comments are often directed at the assembled throng, rather than to the original poster. Just amplifying my previous comment, again for the less experienced: It’s a good idea to incorporate some sort of debugging device in your code at strategic points, so y...
by adryan
2023-04-13 14:23:40
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro Macros
Topic: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved
Replies: 5
Views: 2336

Re: Macro Driven Undo Conundrum Solved

G'day, loulesko et al I'm not sure I would rely on an Undo command (in any application) to revert a file to its previous condition after a major operation. I think it's safer to work with a duplicate of the file. In relation to your use of the "Sleep" command, judicious use of the equivale...
by adryan
2023-02-25 14:13:57
Forum: Nisus Writer Pro
Topic: Sections — Feature Requests
Replies: 0
Views: 1886

Sections — Feature Requests

G'day, Martin et al We may already have touched on some of this before, but I thought it might be as well to address it again. I think the idea of having the Macro Language incorporate commands relating to Sections has already been advanced. Something else I would like to see is a pair of commands n...