Nisus Newsletter - September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019

Greetings From Nisus Land

"The Consultants Have Arrived"

I've been writing this newsletter for quite a while. Apparently, I've not been doing it well. I've been receiving notes from "consultants" on how to better reach our audience. Apparently everyone is now an expert, if not an influencer. If I listen to them there will be more calls to action (buy now!) and quite a bit of jargon. Be prepared for the terms "take it to the next level" or "giving 110 percent", and the ever popular "it is what it is." Sounds fun, right?!?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

While I fight the consultants and ignore most of their suggestions you can read about the latest release of Nisus Writer Pro, and there is a tip at the end to brighten your day.

So let's get started, and I'll see if we can reach out and connect while thinking outside the box. So buy now! It is what it is.

Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.4

Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.4 contains a few important fixes that were discovered after the release of the last update:

Editing in Page View with footnotes or endnotes no longer crashes in certain situations.

Replace all properly redraws text on the screen.

The Language palette no longer often fails to update automatically.

The complete list of fixes can be found on our Nisus Writer Pro release notes page.

Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.4 is available now and is a free update to all users of Nisus Writer Pro 3. You can update from within the app (Nisus Writer Pro > Check for Updates), or download from our Nisus Writer Pro download page. Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the Mac App Store app.

For those who have not purchased the upgrade to Nisus Writer Pro 3, you can do so from our store for only $45. Users of Nisus Writer Pro versions 1 and 2 are eligible for upgrade pricing. An academic version is available for $55, and the full version is $65.

At this point upgrade pricing is not supported on the Mac App Store. If you would like to upgrade a previous Mac App Store purchase you can do so using these instructions.

Nisus Writer Pro 3.0.4 requires macOS 10.11 and is Catalina compatible, pending the final release of Apple's latest operating system.

Tips and Tricks

"How To Change the Default Window Size and Position"

Since the consultants have taken over, I've been instructed to write up a tip that you can use. Normally I would fight this but the question comes up quite a bit in support so writing it up is a good idea.

Now that we have that out of the way, just how do you change the default window size?

First, a bit of an explanation. Whenever you create a new document in Nisus Writer a template file is loaded. The settings in the template file are used for the new document. This template is called the "Nisus New File". To control the default window dimensions and placement you'll want to edit the Nisus New File template so the window appears how you'd like.

Open your Nisus Writer preferences.

Switch to the "New File" pane.

Click the "Advanced" tab.

Under "Template File" where you see "Nisus New File", click the button "Open For Editing":

The new file template will open as a normal Nisus Writer document.

Make any desired changes, eg: resize and reposition the window on screen.

Save the changes to disk, eg: using the menu File > Save.

Close the template document.

Once you've edited the template all new files will load your updated settings from that template. This includes not only the window size and placement, but all other settings like styles, default view, etc.

We hope this tip is helpful. If you have a tip of your own to share, or any suggestions or comments, please let us know. We'd love to hear from you! So would the consultants.

Odds and Ends

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