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AppleWorks 6
Quick Reference

F O R W I N D O W S
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AppleWorks Help General keyboard shortcuts

Step-by-step instructions and many more keyboard shortcuts Close Ctrl+W

are in AppleWorks Help.
Copy Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert
Open AppleWorks Help in any of the following ways:
m Press F1. Cut Ctrl+X
or Shift+Delete
m Choose AppleWorks Help from the Help menu.
m In a dialog box, click the “?” button (if available). Exit Ctrl+Q or Alt+F4

Find/Change Ctrl+F
To get information (“tooltips”) about an item in the Button Find Again Ctrl+E
Bar or Tools window, let the pointer rest over the item.
(With the Find dialog box closed)
Note: For the Button Bar, you can turn tooltips off and on
in the Customize Button Bar dialog box. Help F1
View controls New Ctrl+N
(Opens a new word-processing
Click Click to show Alt-click to show the
to zoom or hide the Preferences dialog
document. Choose a different
in or out. Tools window. box. document type in the General
Preferences dialog box.)

Open Ctrl+O
Click to Double-click to
specify zoom go to a specific page Page View Shift+Ctrl+P
percentage. (in Page View).
Paste Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert

Show/Hide window shortcuts Print Ctrl+P

Show/Hide Accents Ctrl+K Save Ctrl+S

Show/Hide Button Bar Shift+Ctrl+X Save As Shift+Ctrl+S

Show/Hide Clippings Ctrl+2 Select All Ctrl+A

Show/Hide Links Shift+Ctrl+M Spelling: Check Document Ctrl+= (equal sign)

Show/Hide Rulers Shift+Ctrl+U Spelling: Check Selection Shift+Ctrl+Y

Show/Hide Starting Points Ctrl+1 Thesaurus Shift+Ctrl+Z

Show/Hide Tools Shift+Ctrl+T Undo/Redo Ctrl+Z or

Alt+Backspace

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Tools window Table keyboard shortcuts

To open the Tools window, choose Show Tools from the Action or command Keyboard shortcut
Window menu or press Shift+Ctrl+T.
Insert table Ctrl+Y

Text Spreadsheet Insert cells

Frame tools (above selected row or
Painting Table to left of selected column) Shift+Ctrl+I

Arrow Delete selected row

or column Shift+Ctrl+K
Line Rectangle/
square Merge selected cells Ctrl+M
Drawing
tools Rounded Oval/circle
(available rectangle Subdivide selected
in all Arc Irregular cell or cells Ctrl+J
document polygon
types) Freehand Bezier shape Typing and moving around in a table

Regular Eyedropper To move Do this

polygon
Selection Lasso To any cell Click inside the cell.
Painting rectangle (Double-click if the table
tools Magic wand Paintbrush is not selected.)
(available
in painting Pencil Paint bucket One cell to the left Press the Ctrl key
frames and
documents)
and the Left Arrow key.
Spray can Eraser
One cell to the right Press the Ctrl key
Table Table
Table tools
cutting tool
and the Right Arrow key.
editing tool
Color
One cell up Press the Ctrl key
Fill Pattern and the Up Arrow key.
Wallpaper
Formatting Pen One cell down Press the Ctrl key
Gradient
and palette and the Down Arrow key.
buttons Text Line weight
Arrow style

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Word processing
Shortcuts for selecting text Text ruler controls

Word Double-click word Paragraph margin

Line Click line three times Drag to set only Drag to set the
the left margin. first-line indent.
Paragraph Click paragraph
Drag to set
four times the right margin.
Drag to set both
From insertion point to Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow the left margin and
beginning of paragraph first-line indent.

From insertion point Shift+Ctrl+Down

Paragraph alignment
to end of paragraph Arrow
Center Right
Extend selection Click one end
of selection, then
Shift+click the other Left Justify

Extend selection Click one end, then press Line spacing

a paragraph at Shift+Up Arrow Click to decrease.
a time or Shift+Down Arrow
Click to increase.
Whole document Ctrl+A
Double-click to
change settings.
Entering special characters

Nonbreaking space Ctrl+Space bar Tab markers

Line break (soft return) Shift+Enter To set a tab, drag a tab marker to the text ruler.
Center Right
Column break Enter (keypad)

Page break Ctrl+Enter Left Align on specific

character
Section break Shift+Ctrl+Enter
Number of columns
Click to decrease.

Click to increase.

Double-click to
change settings.
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Spreadsheet Presentation
Entry bar Controls window
Address of Click to Panel for creating master slides
selected cell cancel entry. Panel for organizing slides
Type data here.

Click to select or define Click to accept entry.

a named range of cells. Panel for setting slide show options
Click to enter a function. Panel for creating slides

Add a slide or folder.

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts
Delete selected slide or folder.
Fill Down Ctrl+D

Fill Right Ctrl+R Allow selected slide to print.

Show selected slide in slide show.
Insert Cells Shift+Ctrl+I

Make Chart Ctrl+M

Modify a chart element Double-click chart Hide selected slide in slide show.
element Prevent selected slide from printing.

Sort Ctrl+J
Navigation Navigation in slide show mode

To accept current entry and Press Go to first slide Home

Move one cell down Enter or Down Arrow Go to last slide End

Move one cell up Shift+Enter Go to next slide Page Down or Tab

or Up Arrow
Return to previous slide Page Up or Shift+Tab
Move one cell right Tab or Right Arrow
Stop slide show Esc, Q,
Move one cell left Shift+Tab or Ctrl+. (period)
or Left Arrow

Note: You can change some of these navigation techniques

in the General Preferences dialog box.

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Database
Status panel Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

Activate a field Tab, or click inside

Browse and List modes
the field
Drag to display a different record.
Click to go to the previous record. Deselect all records Ctrl+Enter
Click to go to the next record. Find (create a find request) Shift+Ctrl+F
Click and type a record number
to go to a specific record. Go to a record Ctrl+Alt+G
Number of visible records New record Ctrl+R

Number of selected records Select a record Click the record

Sort status outside a field

Layouts Select contiguous records Click the first record,

Searches then Shift+click the
last record
Reports
Sorts Select or deselect records Ctrl+click
individually
Find mode
Navigation

Move to the next field Tab

Move to the previous field Shift+Tab

Click and type a number
to go to a specific find request.

Number of find requests

Search all or only

visible records.

Hide found records.

Click to find records.

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