Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!network.ucsd.edu!weber!jon From: jon@weber.ucsd.edu (Jon Matousek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Nisus Questions Keywords: nisus Message-ID: <3830@network.ucsd.edu> Date: 7 Oct 90 20:49:52 GMT References: <1990Sep30.154758.5562@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <2724@esquire.dpw.com> <67@screamer.csee.usf.edu> Sender: news@network.ucsd.edu Reply-To: jon@weber.ucsd.edu (jOn mAtOUsEk) Organization: Paragon Concepts, Inc. Lines: 69 Nntp-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu In article <67@screamer.csee.usf.edu> pollock@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Wayne Pollock) writes: >After playing with the demo of Nisus, I feel certain that by designing styles >in layers (just as you do in Word; style X is Normal+, style Y is >X+stuff, etc.), then apply the styles in sequence. You don't have to do this >manualy either - make a macro to apply the styles in order and call it >something like "personal letter style". Then to globally change something, >such as font A into font B, do a simple find&replace operation. To globably >change one entire style with another is also possible, I'm certain, with >marcos (but may not be trivial). Yes, you can apply the styles as you describe. > >I have two basic questions after playing with the demo. Inserted graphics can >be made to be fixed on the page (under the text, or over the text, but not >XOR), to float with the paragraph (the graphic is a fixed distance from the >upper left corner of the paragraph), but apparently not to float (or flow) >with the text. So any change to the style or text or margins of the paragraph >cause the graphic to be misplaced. How does one get graphics to float with >the text? To float graphics with the text, select the graphics on the graphics layer, cut it, click back into the text layer and do a paste. The graphic is now a character graphic, flowing with the text. A character grahpic can be double clicked and edited, just as if it were in the grahpics layer. By the way, XOR does exist. It is the invert mode. You should realize though that XOR only appears on the screen and image writer printers. XOR will not print to the laser printer because Postscript does not support XOR. > >The second question is about secioning the document. Is it possible to have >two columns for part of the document and one column for the rest? I'm >thinking of business letters' hearders, with my name and address in the upper >right of the page, and the recipient's name and address in the upper left. Currently Nisus does not allow multiple sections, Nisus does have some good work arounds that may suffice for a lot of situations. In your case with the business letter, place your information in a header. A header will span multiple columns. After the first page, insert an empty header for the remainder of the document. >While I suppose I could make my return address a graphic, fixed to the page, I >often change this around (never mind why!) so I would prefer text. There >would be other uses for sectioning a document too. Another way to mix the format within a Nisus document is to use the Placed Page. The place page can allow you to place a page of a multi-column document into a single-column document. The placed page can be edited with a double click, placed anywhere that you can put a graphic, and once placed, treated like a graphic--allowing for rotations, scaling, etc. > >Wayne Pollock (The MAD Scientist) >Internet: pollock@screamer.csee.usf.edu -jOn -------------------------------------------------------------------------- %% SoftwareEngineer: jOn mAtOUsEk; Internet: jon@weber.ucsd.edu %% AppleLink: D0405 Paragon Concepts, Inc. FAX: (619)481-6154 990 Highland Drive, #312 Solana Beach, Ca. 92075 (619)481-1477 ==========================================================================