Changing the appearance of objects – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual
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Drawing
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Remember that you can usually reverse your most recent action by choosing
Undo from the Edit menu. To revert to the most recently saved version of your
document, choose Revert from the File menu.
Changing the appearance of objects
Use AppleWorks to change or fine-tune the appearance of objects (or
frames). Your changes affect all selected objects.
Changing lines, borders, colors, patterns, and textures
Use the fill palettes to change an object’s color, pattern, gradient, or texture.
Use the pen palettes to change lines and borders of objects.
To
Select the object(s) and
Duplicate an object
Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu.
Space duplicates evenly
After duplicating the object, move it immediately to a
new position. The next duplicate you create appears at the
same distance from the last copy.
Copy an object and paste it
elsewhere
Click
on the Default button bar, or choose Copy from
the Edit menu. Click where you want the copy to go and
choose Paste from the Edit menu.
Delete an object permanently
Press Delete
Delete an object and store it on
the Clipboard
Click
on the Default button bar, or choose Cut from
the Edit menu. Anything you store on the Clipboard stays
there until you cut (or copy) something else.
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Choose Index from the
or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
In the Help index,
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see:
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objects, modifying
Fill sample
Fill color palette
Fill pattern palette
Pen color palette
Pen pattern palette
Fill gradient palette
Pen sample
Pen width palette
Arrowhead palette
Fill texture palette