Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 - Manual (Page 20)

1-8 AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual
Working with AppleWorks
With the AppleWorks application, you can do all the jobs you perform most
often on a personal computer: word processing, outlining, drawing and
painting, presentations, spreadsheet computation and charting, database
management, and telecommunications. The rest of this chapter describes the
different types of work you can do with AppleWorks.
First go through the introductory material (both in print and onscreen) that
you received with your computer. When you’re ready to learn about
AppleWorks, start by running the onscreen tour, “Introduction to
AppleWorks.” For instructions on starting AppleWorks and running the
onscreen tour, see “How to start” on page 1-1. The tour is an easy way to see
what AppleWorks can do for you.
What’s a document?
You use the AppleWorks application to create documents. A document is a
computer file in which you enter information. You can create, open, change,
save, print, delete, and duplicate documents. When saved, a document
appears as an icon in a folder.
When you create a document, it appears in its own window, with the tools
needed for that document type.
When a document is open, you see its contents (such as a letter or a drawing)
displayed in the window. When printed, a document looks just as it does on
the screen.
Document types
You can create six different types of documents with AppleWorks—
word processing, drawing, painting, spreadsheet, database, and
communications. As you look at the document windows on the following
pages, notice that each document type has its own menus and tools.
While each type of document is mainly for a certain type of work such as
writing a letter or drawing a picture, you can use AppleWorks to combine
different kinds of work within a single document by using a frame, a view of
one document within a different type of document. For example, you can add
a spreadsheet to a letter without first creating a spreadsheet document.