Make the selection in your document. Then Nisus Writer Pro > Services > New Nisus Document with Selection. 

But it's easier to use NWP preferences and assign a keyboard command to all that. (Mine is Ctrl-Opt-Cmd N.) 

This works for documents in NWP, in Mail, in Safari, and probably lots of other kinds of documents, too.


On 14 Mar 2010, at 4:01 PM, Þorvarður Davíðsson wrote:

> How can I save a document on the desktop with a macro using a text selection from the document?
> 
> In Nisus Classic I used this:
> Copy
> Save
> Paste
> Enter [this would simulate the Enter or the Return key, I have forgotten how this macro command exactly looked like in Nisus Classic]
> 
> Now, in NWP, the macro will just open the Save-Dialog and then stop. Nothing will be automatically pasted. The Save-Dialog remains open and I can paste with the mouse by going to Edit > Paste or paste manually with Command + V, but I want that to be done automatically.
> 
> Is there any way to automatically paste in the Save Dialog? Or, if not, which other macro command do I have to use in order to accomplish this task?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Þorvarður
> OS X 10.4.11
> Power Mac G4