NOTE: this software is for Classic Mac OS (eg: OS 9) and cannot be used on Mac OS X.
Nisus Writer Classic is no longer for sale. This page is only for archival purposes.
- Internet Config support
- Document stats: word count, grade level, reading ease, etc.
- Floating tool bars
- Remember last files used
- Remember favorite files
- PowerBook features
- Stationery & Avery label templates
- Keyboard
shortcuts (control-shift arrows) decrease selections.
- Command-close
box on background window now closes it (used to be command-option close
box); command-option close box on a background window does the intuitive
thing and closes all windows.
- Command or
Option plus Page Up will take you to the top of the current page (if in
the middle of one) or to the top of the previous page (if at the top of
one), and Command or Option plus Page Down will take you to the top of
the next page.
- Enabled Page
Up and Page Down in graphics layer and Page Layout windows.
- New keyboard shortcuts are here!
- Simple keystroke assignment of shortcuts.
- Shortcuts without the command key.
- Improved dialog box.
- The ease-of-use
and ultra-utility you've grown to love and expect in Nisus Writer.
- Made the layout
page draw more exactly what will be printed, fixing a bug in which the
text seemed to overflow the right margin sometimes.
- Shift button expands selections, while
shift and control together decrease selections. A summary of commands:
left/right arrow: |
move cursor one character left/right |
...+option: |
move cursor one word left/right |
...+command: |
move cursor to beginning/end of paragraph |
up/down arrow: |
move cursor one line up/down |
...+option: |
move cursor to beginning/end of document |
...+command: |
move cursor to top/bottom of screen |
any arrow |
|
...+shift: |
extends selection |
...+shift & control: |
shrinks selection |
Command+Option plus... |
|
...Up Arrow |
Move cursor to beginning of line |
...Down Arrow |
Move cursor to beginning of next line |
...Left Arrow |
Move cursor to beginning of sentence |
...Right Arrow |
Move cursor to beginning of next sentence |
...+shift |
Extend selection |
...+shift & control |
Shrink selection |