Book Tools

Nisus Writer Pro supplies some special tools for creating larger, more complex documents. These include the ability to separate the document into various sections, and the use of certain variables, footnotes, and tables.

Create Sections 256

Number Sections 256

Footnotes and Endnotes 257

Insert a footnote or endnote 257

Return to the document from the note text 257

Return to a specific note from its marker in the document 257

Edit a footnote or endnote 257

Note references 257

Note text formatting 259

Delete a footnote or endnote 261

Change endnotes to footnotes, or vice versa 262

Find the next footnote in your document because it shares the selected style
263

Learn whether or not a document has notes 264

Tables 265

What is a table? 265

Insert/create a table 266

Determine the size (number of rows/columns) of a table 266

Enter text in a table 268

Create a table with pre-existing text 268

Enter images in a table 268

Navigate among the cells of a table 269

Select cells, or portions of… or the entire table 269

Determine the alignment (position) of a table on the page 270

Determine the alignment (position) of text in a table 270

Add cells to a table 272

Remove cells from a table 273

Sort rows of a table 273

Merge cells 274

Split cells 277

Resize a cell 278

Equalize column widths 281

Equalize row heights 282

Cause the table to resize to fit its contents (and settings) 283

Cause the table to resize to fit the full extent of the page 284

Create table headers 285

Adjust the padding around the contents of a cell 286

Make your tables stand out! 288

Modify the lines (edges, borders, etc.) of a table 288

Set the shading (color) of cells 292

Determine the pattern of cells 292

Set the color of the foreground and background of a cell pattern
295

Remove a table 296

Copy, cut and paste a table 296

Copy the contents, but not the “tableness” of a table 296

Find and/or replace a table and/or text in a table 296

Bookmarks and Cross-references 299

The Bookmarks and Cross-references interface 299

Add a Bookmark 300

Navigate bookmarks 304

Use the Bookmarks palette 306

Move a Bookmark 307

Remove a Bookmark 307

About Cross-References 308

Insert a Cross-Reference 308

Jump to the Cross-Reference target
312

Jump to a particular page 379

Create Tables of Contents, Outlines and Indexes 313

About Tables of Contents and Indexes 313

Tables of Contents 313

Create a table of contents 313

Designate text to appear in the table of contents 313

See what text has been included in the table of contents 313

Remove an entry from the table of contents 314

Set the headings to automatically appear in the table of contents
314

Insert a table of contents into your document 315

Update the table of contents 316

Remove a table of contents 317

Format the text of your table of contents 317

Create a new table of contents 319

Determine which table of contents is active 320

Quickly add text to the table of contents of your choice 320

Maintain a running table of contents 321

Outlines 323

What is an outline? 323

Modify the structure of your document using the Table of Contents Navigator
323

Index 326

Create an index 326

Designate text to appear in the index 326

Index one thing as something else “index as” 326

Index multiple terms as one term using the Find/Replace tool
328

Use the index to refer to other entries 330

Determine how indexed items should sort 331

Index all occurrences of the word in the “Index as topic” box
332

Add an additional “Index As” reference to indexed text 332

Create a hierarchical index 332

Create an index entry which references all text of a given font, size and/or style (or language) 333

Index overlapping entries 334

Index non-Roman text 334

Automatically index your document using a word list 335

Create a word list as a tool for preparing an index 336

See what text has been included in the index 336

Remove an entry from the index 336

Insert an index into your document 338

Update the index 338

Remove an index 338

Format your index 338

Determine the appearance of what separates the various sections of your index

339

Determine what separates the index entry from its reference
340

Determine what “leader” separates the index entry from its reference

340

Determine the characters that separate page numbers in the index

340

Have all sub-levels of the index appear on the same line (space permitting)

340

Set the paragraph style associated with each level of the index
340

Modify the appearance of the text in the index 341

Create a new index 341

Determine which index is active 343

Quickly add text to the index of your choice 343

Quickly remove text from the index of your choice 344

How consecutive page numbers are handled in an index 344

Bibliographic Reference Tools 345

Link Bookends to Nisus Writer Pro 345

Add a citation from your references database to your document 346

Insert a formatted bibliography into your document 349


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