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From: gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis)
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Subject: Re: Nisus questions.
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Date: 23 Sep 90 05:05:49 GMT
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> In article <13922@hydra.gatech.EDU> ae219fl@prism.gatech.EDU (Fu-Lin 
> Tsung) writes:
>>     1. can Nisus select  text one column at a time?
Hold down the option key while dragging the cursor.

>>     2. for simple formulas like dy/dx = y , is it possible to have dy 
>>        underlined, over dx, and have '= y' be center between the dx and 
> dy row?...
I don't think this would be possible in the text layer.

>>        ...better yet, does Nisus have any simple formula entries?
No. It's pretty easy to draw formulas in the graphics layer and copy
and paste them into the text layer if desired. You probably wouldn't
want to do lots of formulas that way, though I suppose you could keep
a file with lots of standard formulas that you could easily modify
for use.

Incidently, Nisus does seem to insert formula PICTs (from Theorist, at
least) in the proper position in a line of text, unlike Word which
doesn't recognize the baseline information. Even if Nisus didn't, you
can adjust the vertical position of a character graphic just by dragging
it with the mouse.

>>     3. can Nisus change the sup and sub script postitions? i.e. if I
Nisus has two sub and super script positions. As far as I know you can't
adjust them continuously as in Word.

Gary Davis