Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS - Manual (Page 268)

10-8 AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual
Copying and pasting a table
If you receive a table of data during a communications session, you can paste
it into a spreadsheet so it lines up one item per cell, or into a text document
or frame so that the columns line up.
To copy a table during a communications session, select the text you want
changed to a table (the text must have at least two spaces between columns).
Choose Copy Table from the Edit menu, and then paste the data into a
spreadsheet or word processing table.
Sending a file to a remote location
You can send a file to another computer if the computers have the same
transfer method. When you send a file, be sure that the other computer is set
up to receive files automatically or that someone is available at the other end
of the connection to initiate the transfer.
Before sending a file, you need to set up the transfer method on the sending
computer. To set up the transfer method for the sending computer, click
on the Default button bar. The receiving computer needs to be set up with the
same transfer method, To set up the transfer method for the receiving
computer, click
on the Default button bar.
Simplifying communications tasks
You can automate communications tasks and work more efficiently by using
the AppleWorks phone book, templates, and macro features.
* Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
To Do this
Start or edit a phone book Choose Phone Book from the Settings menu, type in the Edit
Phone Book Entry dialog box, and click OK. Click Done when
you are finished making entries.
Place a call using the
phone book Click the phone book icon in the tool bar and select an entry
you wish to call.
Make a communications
document into a template See “Saving document formatting as templates (stationery)”
on page 2-12.
Create a log-on macro Record a macro that enters the necessary passwords and ID
information to connect to an online service. See onscreen Help
for instructions.
In the Help index, * see:
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Copy Table command
In the Help index, * see:
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sending files
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connecting computers
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log-on macro
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phone book