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This is, without a doubt, the most frequently-asked question we hear. If you refer to your Nisus Writer manual or your nearest unabridged dictionary, you can confirm that nisus is an ordinary English word deriving from the Latin <i>Niti</i> meaning "a striving, effort, or endeavor." It is ...

Are you old enough to remember the Lone Ranger? So, who is this Nisus Man? The Nisus Writer icon shows a picture of Hermes a Greek god who served as the herald and messenger of other gods, identified by the Romans with Mercury and generally pictured with winged hat, carrying a caduceus (a winged sta...

Make sure your system meets these minimum requirements: <ul> <li>Macintosh with a hard drive running Mac OS 8.5 or later. </li> <li>2MB of RAM on PPC's with virtual memory turned on.</li> <li>35 Megabytes of space on your hard drive.</li> </ul>

<b>Using Existing Files</b> If you're upgrading from a previous version of Nisus Writer, be aware that the installer will not remove or replace any of the existing files in your Nisus Writer Folder; it creates a completely new Nisus Writer 6.0 Folder. <br><table cellspacing="2" cellpadding...

You can download the pdf manual for Nisus Writer 6.5 from <A HRef="http://www.nisus.com/files/GetFileRedirect.php?file=NisusWriter65GuidePDF">here</A>.<BR><BR> Also, the entire manual is on your hard drive in html format. Choose Nisus Writer Help from the Help menu. <BR><BR> If you do not ...

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Certain graphics programs (including some music notation applications) do not properly specify the "bounding box" that is used to relate the size of the graphic to the PICT preview that is displayed on-screen. Luckily, there is a shareware program called <i>EPS Fixer</i> that will correct ...

Kodak PhotoCD images are stored in Kodak YCC format. There are also lo-res PICT versions on the PCD. Importing the PICT version should be no problem. They come in 5 different sizes, contained in 5 different folders on the disk. If you want to use the YCC image files for improved color, you'll have t...

There is a footnote bug in version 5.1.3 of Nisus Writer. In the footnote window, the user is allowed to delete across footnotes. This had never been allowed before, and can make the automatic numbering system go nuts when this happens, because it thinks the two footnotes have merged, while there ar...

It's simple: put your <b>entire</b> bibliography into your <b>last</b> endnote. In other words: create your bibliography as usual, at the end of your document. Select the entire bibliography, and choose Cut from the Edit Menu. Now go to the end of your document and choose Footnote/Endnote from the I...

Basically, there is a 'default' header and footer for every document that starts on page one. To make it distinct, just start new headers and footers as of the next page. The new ones will override for the rest of the document until the next type of header and footer is inserted.<BR><BR> <center><im...

That information is in the header of the Nisus New File. You can <A HRef="http://www.nisus.com/NisusWriter/Support/Tips/whosedefault.php">change the Nisus New File</A>. <BR><BR> If you feel you are not techincally adept enough for that you might want to use one of our <A HRef="files/N...

You have three options for conversion:</p> <ul> <li>Use a commercial translator. AppleCentres in Israel used to sell one called Esperanto, and there is now a new, better translator called <a HREF="http://www.inter.net.il/~panergy/" target="_blank">Ksharim</a>. I'd imagine that in...

<p>(Thanks to Joe Kissell)</p> <p>Q: Can I use Nisus Writer to create multilingual documents for the World Wide Web?</p> <p>A: Well, sort of, but mostly not. This answer requires some background. As you know, HTML documents are plain text. They do not include font, size, style, or script specificati...