Mariner-software Mariner Write for Mac Manual de usuario

Mariner Write™!For the Writer in Everyone.!!!!!!!!!!!User Guide!Version 3.9! of 1 165

Intro to Mariner Write!Welcome!Mariner Write is a powerful yet streamlined word processor solution for the masses. Boasting an elegant interface, as w

Changing Tabs!1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph(s) containing the tabs you want to edit.!2 Choose Tabs from the Format menu.!3 Click th

Removing Tabs with the Tabs Dialog!1 Place the insertion point within the paragraph(s) containing the tabs you want to remove.!2 Choose Tabs from the

Copying and Pasting Rulers!Use the Copy Ruler and Paste Ruler commands to apply one paragraph’s ruler settings (first-line indent, margins, and tabs) t

Paragraph Alignment!The alignment controls let you align selected paragraphs with respect to the right and left margins.!Left alignment aligns the tex

Changing Paragraph Alignment!You can change alignment via the keyboard, Paragraph dialog box, or style ribbon. Each re-spective method follows.!By Key

Line Spacing!Use the line spacing pop-up menu in the style ribbon to control the vertical line spacing of the se-lected paragraphs.!Selecting “1” from

Bullets!The Bullet paragraph style displays a decorative character on the first line of a paragraph. The style does not insert extra characters into th

Borders and Fill!Use the Border and Fill dialog to apply background color and patterns to paragraphs, and decorative frames (outlines) to graphics and

Fonts!The Font menu lists all typefaces currently installed in your Macintosh.!To change the font of selected text:!1 Highlight the text you want to c

Text Size!The Size menu lists commonly used text sizes. Sizes that are shown in outline such as are currently installed in the sys-tem and display mo

Technical Support!If you have a question about using Mariner Write:!1 Try to find the answers you need in this documentation.!2 Find your answer in the

Text Styles!Mariner Write offers powerful character styling options through the Style menu commands, the Character Style dialog and the style pop-up m

Text Style Shortcuts!The most common type styles have keyboard shortcuts:!! • Type Command-B for Bold!! • Type Command-I for Italic!! • Type Command-U

Changing Case!Use the UPPERCASE style in the Charac-ter Style dialog to change selected text to capital letters.!Note: Applying the UPPERCASE style is

Kerning!The Kerning style lets you control the horizontal distance between characters.!To kern text:!1 Select, or place the insertion cursor between,

Superscripts and Subscripts!Text formatted as superscript is raised above the text baseline. Subscripted text is lowered below the text baseline.!Use

Superior and Inferior Text!Use the Superior and Inferior styles as an alternative to Superscript and Subscript.!Whereas Superscript raises the selecti

Columns!The columns feature lets you divide document pages into vertical sections. You can also add a vertical line between each column.!Text automati

Column Breaks!The column break character is a non-printing character that moves the insertion point, and any text that follows it, to the top of the n

Page Breaks!The page break character is a non-printing character that moves the in-sertion point, and any text that follows it, to the top of the next

Style Sheets!!A style sheet is a collection of text attributes you can apply to selected paragraphs by choosing a single menu command.!For example, to

Help!Mariner Write supports Tool Tips in Mac OS X. HTML-based Mac help is also available.!About Tool Tips - Mac OS X!Displays Tool Tips when you move

Creating a Style Sheet!To create a new style sheet:!1 Select some text that has the style you want to use for the style sheet. !Note: This step is opt

Applying a Style Sheet!To apply a style sheet:!1 Select any text, or place the insertion point within, the paragraphs you want to style.!2 Choose the

Importing Style Sheets!To use style sheets from another Mariner Write document in your current document:!1 Choose Import Styles from the Style pop-up

Document Options!!Document Options are preferences that only apply to the current docu-ment rather than the application as a whole. Any settings you m

Display:!Show Hidden Text!Hidden Text is a character style.found in the character styles dialog. this setting allows it to be displayed.!Vertical Text

Lines:!Widow / Orphan - Paragraphs often become straddled across pages. A Widow is the last line of a paragraph displayed by itself at the top of a pa

Characters Per Line!Allows you to specify how many characters are allowed on a line of text.!To set the maximum number of characters displayed on each

Line Numbers!Line numbering options include:!Example 1: Number every odd line of text.!Enter these values into the dialog, Start Display at Line: 1, D

Page Frames!Use the Page Frame Options to apply a decorative bor-der around a page. The frame will enclose the entire page, including headers and foot

Notes!The settings in the Notes Tab determine the look and style of Footnotes and Endnotes. !Footnote Marker!Format!Choose from 5 different styles for

About This User Guide!Conventions!Before using Mariner Write, you should have a basic knowledge of Mac operation.!You should understand pointing, clic

Tables!!Tables allow you to organize text into neat columns and rows. Tables can be used for Page layout-like effects and can also be used to display

Convert Text into a Ta-ble:!1 Select the document text to be placed into a table.!2 Choose Text To Table from the Table menu.!3 Select the conversion

Merging Cells of a Table!Use the Merge Cells menu command to combine several cells into a single cell.! " before merging cells" " aft

Splitting a Table!Use the Split Table menu command to split a table into 2 smaller tables, or to add a paragraph before a table that begins a documen

Deleting a Table!Use the Delete menu command to remove columns or rows from a table.!!• Delete Selected Columns.! ! to ! !• Delete Selected Rows.!

Clearing Data from a Table!To remove data from a table’s cells while keeping the table structure intact.!1 From the menu select Format>Table>Cle

Inserting a Table!To insert rows or columns into your table:!1 From the menu, select Format>Table>Insert...!A dialog appears.!2 Choose columns o

Table Format!Use the Format Cells menu command to modify bor-ders, cell dimensions, color and shading.!The Cell Layout dialog uses a tabbed interface,

Borders!Borders make your table stand out.!1 Select the border type!2 Select a border color to apply.!3 Uncheck “Set All” to apply different borders

Shading Panel!Select the pattern, foreground and background colors to apply. !To add shading, click the Custom Fill control !Shading makes your table

Working With Documents!Creating New Documents!To create a new Mariner Write document:!1 Launch Mariner Write, choose New (Command-N) from the File men

Resizing a Table!To resize a table column:!1 Move the cursor over the cell edge or the cell edge marker in the ruler.!The cursor changes to a double h

Customizing Menus!!Custom Key Commands!You can assign custom keyboard shortcuts to any menu item except items in the Font menu. Every key command MUST

Adding a Keyboard Shortcut!1 Choose Preferences from the Write menu.!2 Click on the Keys tab to display the correct pane, and choose “Document Scale”

Contextual menus!In the ruler area, a hidden menu contains commands to change several preference items without using the application preferences.!HInt

Proofing Your Documents!!Finding and Replacing Text!Use the Find command to search for, and optionally replace, text in your document. To use the Find

•To search for an entire word only, select the Entire Word control. For example, searching for “and” with Entire Word se-lected would find the “and” in

Find Again!After you close the Find dialog, you can continue to search for the last text entered in the Find dialog by choosing Find Again from the Ed

Find and Replace Formatting!Instead of finding, and optionally replacing, text, use the Find For-mat feature to find and optionally a replace font and s

4 Press one of the following buttons:!•Press Next or the Return or Enter keys, to begin searching at the insertion point.!If the format is found, it

Spell Checking!To begin spell checking at the text insertion point:!1 Choose Edit>Spelling>Check Spelling (Command-L) or press the Spell Check b

Creating a Default Document!A default document is a document which contains the settings for all new files.!To create a default Mariner Write document:

Spell Checking a Single Word!The easiest way to spell check a single word, is to right-click the word and choose a suggested word from the pop-up menu

Looking up Words in the dictionary!To lookup a word, right-click on the word and choose “Lookup in Dictionary” from the pop-up menu or from the spell

Thesaurus!Use the Thesaurus command to look up synonyms and antonyms in the onscreen thesaurus. If a word is selected in your document, it will be loo

Tool Bar!!The tool bar is an easy way to access commonly used commands.!•The tool bar may be positioned anywhere on screen.!•The tool bar may be orien

Customizing the Toolbar!To customize the toolbar:!1 Choose Customize Toolbar from the View menu or right-click well over the toolbar.!The toolbar shee

Mail Merge!!Mariner Write's Merge feature lets you merge the data from one document (for example: a list of names, and addresses) with another (a

Data Documents!A data document is a text file containing information arranged in a special format. Mariner Write can then retrieve individ-ual items to

The remainder of the data document contains lines of data called data records. The information in each data record is di-vided into the categories jus

Merge Document!The merge document is a template, it is the document you want to print again and again-each time including different pieces of similar

See the next section on Merge Fields for details about entering data fields and specifying the location of the data docu-ment.!To toggle the display be

Opening Files!To open a Mariner Write document:!1 Choose Open (Command-O) from the File menu or press the Open button in the tool bar. !To display th

Merge Fields!The Insert Merge Field command allows you to enter merge data and commands into your document. Merge fields tell which information is to b

Conditional Merge Fields!If you insert conditional statements in your template document, you will be able to selectively merge desired information.!To

Merge Functions And Commands!Write's functions evaluate data and issue instructions within Merge formulas. To enter a function or command, choose

ERROR - a function command that stops the merge process immediately.!Format: =ERROR()!See the OR example below.!FILE - a function command that inserts

Format: =OR(condition 1, condition 2, ...)!Example Data:!=OR(First="James", Last="Paar") equals 1!Explanation - field First equals

Merging Documents!To perform a merge:!1 From the menu, select File>Merge.!The Merge dialog appears.!2 Enter the range of data records to merge (if

Opening Recent Documents!The Open Recent sub-menu lists the last eight files you opened.!Simply click on a file to open it again.!Note: If the file has m

Opening Other File Types!Choosing the Open command displays a dialog to choose files to open. You can open multiple files by holding the com-mand key do

Inserting Files (Importing)!You can insert a graphic or the contents of another file into the current document.!To insert a document into the current d

Intro to Mariner Write! 10! Welcome! 10! Requirements!

Inserting Graphics!To import a graphic into your document, choose File/graphic from the Insert Menu.!Once the file is selected in the dialog, a second

Closing Documents!To close a Mariner Write document:!•Choose Close Window from the Window menu.!-or-!•Click the close box in the upper left-hand corne

Saving Documents!To save a Mariner Write document:!1 Choose Save (Command-S) from the File menu or press the Save button in the tool bar. !A dialog a

Saving As...!The Save As command lets you save your document with a different name, to a different location, or in a different format. The file created

Save a Copy As...!The Save a Copy As command also lets you save your current document with a different name, or to a different location, or in a diffe

Exporting!To save files in formats other applications can read, choose a file format other than Mariner Write in the Use Format pop-up in the Save, Save

Preferences!!Preferences control many aspects of the Mariner Write application. !To open the preferences:!1 Choose Preferences under the Write menu it

Display!Framing Text Fields!Selecting Frame Text Fields draws a small rectangle around non-ed-itable text fields (such as footnote index numbers, page

Setting Colors:!Setting Invisible Characters Color!Selecting Show Invisible Characters in the Show|Hide menu to displays non-printing characters such

Accelerated Scrolling!In many word processors, pressing one of the scroll arrows changes the docu-ment view at one steady speed.!If you select the Acc

Preferences! 26! Display! 27! Edit!

Edit!Drag and Drop!You can move or copy text by drag-ging and dropping text instead of cut-ting, copying, and pasting. Select the Drag and Drop con-tr

Select the “Curly Quotes” check box to automatically type a curly quote instead of a regular quote. Mariner Write knows to type a leading quote at the

Diamond Keys!Diamond keys let you use the Control Key for advanced navigating and editing keyboard shortcuts. !Mariner Write supports the following di

Inline Graphics Only!When importing or pasting a graphic, Mariner Write normally displays a dialog allowing you to choose between an object or charact

Show Style Change Dialog!Enabling this checkbox presents a dialog when applying a style to a character range or paragraph that previously was as-signe

Default!For New Documents!Select either Use These Settings to apply the settings of this pane to New Docu-ments or Use Default Document to use a copy

Ruler!Ruler Zero Mark!The ruler’s zero mark can be aligned with the left edge of the printable area. But this can make it difficult to posi-tion a tab

Language!Using Text Services!(Non-English Languages Only)"With Text Services enabled, users with non-English languages can enter text directly in

Syncing Font to Script!Mariner Write saves the last font and text size used when the current International language script changes. To restore the las

Files!Saving Automati-cally!Mariner Write will save files automati-cally at the interval specified in the Minutes edit field.!Note: the file must be previ

Resizing Windows! 55! Go To page...! 56! Navigat

Making Backup Copies!When saving an existing file, Make Backup Copy retains a copy appending the time and date on the end of the file name. Click the Ba

Keyboard shortcuts!Allows custom command keys to be set. !To set a custom keyboard short-cut:!1 Double-click an item in the list.!A sheet appears.!2 T

Open!Allows the startup action to be speci-fied.!Choose one of the following options:!•Do nothing!•Open new file!•Display open di-alog!•Open files from p

Document Display Options!Line Numbers!Line numbers let you easily reference important portions of your docu-ment.!To display lines numbers, choose Lin

• Move the left margin through the Ruler or Paragraph command.!For detailed information about the Print Preview feature, see the Print Preview section

Background Color!Most of the time, you’ll type black text on a white background. To change the background color of your document choose Document Optio

Working with Page Margins!Because of common printer limitations, the area where you can enter type is usually not the same as the full page size. The

Document View Modes!Mariner Write provides two ways to view your documents while you work.!•Page Layout View, or “WYSIWYG” (What You See Is What You G

Split Pane View!Mariner Write lets you view different parts of a document at the same time by splitting the document window horizontal-ly. Once split,

Selecting Documents!To bring a document to the front, click any visible portion of the document or choose the document name from the Window menu.!The

Editing Text! 72! Cutting! 72!

Arranging Windows!The arrange commands automatically move and resize your Mariner Write documents so a portion of each document is always visible. The

Stack!The Stack command arranges all windows so you can view the window titles at the same time. In addition, the right sides of the document windows

Tile Horizontal!Tile Horizontal arranges windows lengthwise so that each window is fully visible. The frontmost window is positioned at the top of the

Tile Vertical!Tile Vertical arranges windows by height so that each window is fully visible. The frontmost window is positioned at the left size of th

Setting Document Scale!Use the Zoom pop-up menu at the bottom of each document window to view your document at different magnifications. You can choose

Resizing Windows!To automatically size a document to show the page guides, choose the Size to Page command in the View menu.! " of 55 165

Go To page...!Navigates between pages without scrolling.!To change the current page:!1 Click anywhere in the Page Number area located on the bottom-le

Showing the Selection!As you scroll, the insertion point or range of text you’ve selected may move out of view. !Choose Show Selection from the View m

Invisible Characters!Invisible characters are helpful to see formatting like page breaks, tabs, or carriage returns.!To view non-printing characters s

Showing Document Information!Use the Count command to find out how many paragraphs, lines, words, characters, pic-tures, and date/time or page number fi

Tabs! 96! Aligning Specific Characters! 97! Creat

Printing Documents!!Page Setup!The Page Setup command lets you change the page orientation, size, and scale. As the Page Setup options are device spec

Print Preview!Print Preview is a helpful way to see how your document will look when printed.!1 Choose Print Preview from the File menu !2 To view the

Printing!To print the current document:!1 If you want to change the size, ori-entation, or scale of each page, choose Page Setup from the File menu.!2

Print Options!The following print features are available in the Print dialog.!Print: All Pages / Odd Pages/Even Pages -Prints only odd or even numbere

Printing Envelopes!Here’s how to print an envelope:!1 From the File menu select Print Envelope...!A dialog appears.!2 Enter a Delivery and Return Addr

Envelope printing options!Envelope: Sets the type of envelope you which to print.!Feed - Determines the direction and orientation with which you inse

Entering Text and Editing!Entering Text!To enter text in a new document, simply type. The insertion point, a blink-ing vertical bar, marks where the n

Note: For detailed information about using and setting margins, see the Changing Margins section in Chapter 4, Formatting Text."In addition to th

Soft Hyphens!There may be situations where you want the option of having a line break within a word instead of between words. !The Soft Hyphen charact

Selecting by Dragging!To select text by dragging:!1 Position the I-Beam cursor in front of the first character you want to select.!" !" !2 Dr

Column Breaks! 117! Page Breaks! 118! Keep o

4 Press the Up or Down Arrow to extend your selection to the nearest character in the line above or below your insertion point.!" !" !When d

Multiple Text Selections!Selecting multiple ranges of text is particularly useful for select-ing single column of tabbed data arranged into columns.!T

Editing Text!Use the standard Macintosh Edit menu commands to cut, copy, paste, or clear selected text.!Cutting!Choose Cut (Command-X) from the Edit m

Copying!Choose Copy (Command-C) from the Edit menu, or press the Copy button in the command bar to place a copy of the se-lection on the Macintosh’s b

1 Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu.!2 Select the Plain Text radio button in the dialog that appears.!" !Pasting Text Attributes!When you c

Drag and Drop!You can Drag and Drop text instead of cutting, copying, and pasting.!To activate Drag and Drop, select Drag and Drop in the Application

Desktop Drag & Drop!Want to easily insert a text file or graphic into a document? Just drag the icon into the document window from the Finder to in

If you find that you preferred how the document looked before you selected the Undo command, choose Redo (Com-mand-Y) from the Edit menu or click the R

Inserting Page Numbers!For simple repeating page numbers, see Document Options (page 61).!The Page Number command in the Insert menu pastes the curren

Inserting Symbols!Use the Symbol command to display all the keyboard characters of the current font. The Symbol command is located in the Insert menu.

Merging Cells of a Table! 132! Splitting Cells of a Table! 132! Splitting a Ta

Headers and Footers!A header contains text or graphics you want to repeat at the top of each page, such as a document title. A footer con-tains text o

Creating a Header or Footer!To insert a header or footer:!1 Select Headers/Footers from the Format menu.!A dialog appears.!2 Choose the Header/Footer

4 Enter the header or footer text or graphic.!Initially, the header or footer is set up to hold one line of text. The size of the header and footer ar

Footnotes and Endnotes!Footnotes and endnotes are numbered references providing an easy way to cite information sources within your docu-ment. !Each f

 !3 Enter the footnote text or graphic.!" The default text style for footnotes is single-spaced, plain, 9-point Geneva text."Note: Only cha

Working with Graphics!You can embellish documents with graphics by importing or pasting graphics into a document.!Mariner Write can import PNG, PICT,

Object Graphics!A graphic inserted as an object “floats” above the document text and cannot cover existing document text. Instead, docu-ment text autom

Modify!The Modify menu contains commands to quickly clean up text.!To modify text:!1 Highlight the text you want to change. If no text is highlighted,

Change Case!The Change Case menu contains commands to change the case of document text. Unlike the uppercase, lowercase and small cap styles (see Chap

Working with Hyperlinks!Hyperlinks or URL’s in documents are not treated in any special manner. Here is how to work with hyperlinks in documents.!1 Po

Spell Checking Hidden Words! 150! Learning New Words! 150! Looking up Words in

Formatting Text!!The Ruler!Use the ruler to:!•Position text!•Change paragraph margins!•Adjust tabs!To display the ruler, choose Show Ruler from the Sh

The Style Ribbon! !Use the style ribbon to:!•Create tabs in conjunction with the ruler!•Set font, size, and style!•Set paragraph alignment!•Create an

Working with Margins!Three ruler controls, the left and right margin markers and the first-line indent marker, let you adjust the horizontal position o

Indenting Paragraphs!Just above the left margin marker is the first-line indent marker. The first-line indent lets you create an indented or “hang-ing”

To change ruler margins through the Paragraph dialog:!1 Position the insertion point within the paragraph you want to change.!2 Choose Paragraph from

Space Before and After a Paragraph!Instead of pressing the Return key repeatedly to increase the space between paragraphs, use the Paragraph command t

Tabs!A tab is a non-printing character that’s typed each time you press the Tab key. Pressing tab moves the insertion point to the next tab stop. !Not

Aligning Specific Characters!You can use the soft hyphen character or the decimal tab to align paragraphs on any character. Simply insert a soft hy-phe

Creating Tabs by Dragging!To interactively create a custom tab, drag the tab from the style ribbon into the ruler area.!Note: To set tabs by dragging,

Tabs Dialog!Instead of dragging a tab from the style ribbon into the ruler area, you can create, change, and remove tabs using the Tabs dialog. The Ta