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Question: How do I install TextMaker on a USB memory stick?
Answer: Check the instructions on the page Tips
& Tricks for SoftMaker Office.
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If you use a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can use it to quickly
change the zoom level of the document. Press the Ctrl button on your
keyboard, keep it depressed, and move the scroll wheel on your mouse
up or down.
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Even if you think it is annoying: Please do not insert blank lines
between paragraphs but set the spacing between paragraphs using
"Paragraph Spacing Before" and "Paragraph Spacing
After". You'll find these options in Format > Paragraph
or Format > Paragraph Style. The advantage is that
TextMaker then is able to suppress unnecessary empty space at the top
and bottom of pages.
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If you want to prevent two words from being separated because a line
break or page break happens between them, just enter a
"non-breaking space" between them. Do so by typing Ctrl+Shift+Space.
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If you do not want to start your documents in Times New Roman 12 pt
but in another default font, open the document template Normal.tmv
with File > Open and choose your preferred font in the
paragraph style "Normal" and the character style
"Normal". You can change other attributes like hyphenation
frequency or paragraph alignment as well. After saving the template,
all future documents based on this template will inherit these settings.
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For draft prints you can choose the option "Drop pictures"
in the Print dialog. Printing is much faster then because no
pictures are printed.
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After changing the printer driver in the File > Print
dialog, the button label switches from "Cancel" to
"Close". This means you can switch printers without
actually printing anything.
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You can select frames and objects even in edit mode: Just click on
them with the mouse.
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If you want the first page of your document to be pulled from a
different paper bin of your printer, you can set up the paper bins
using File > Page Setup.
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If you work in a local area network and you want all users to access
the same document templates, you can share the templates by setting
the path to a shared template folder in Extras > Preferences
> Files.
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Master pages are much more efficient than simple headers and footers.
The elements of master pages are not limited to the page margins but
can be placed anywhere on the page, e.g. for watermarks.
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You can insert pictures either as frames or in the body text (like
"large characters"). You can convert an inserted picture
subsequently into a frame and vice versa. To convert a picture in the
body text, cut it to the clipboard using Edit > Cut and
switch to the object mode. Now select Edit > Paste and the
picture appears as a frame. To go in the other direction, invert the procedure. |
