Creating a ClarisWorks document

ClarisWorks 4.0 allows you to create six basic types of documents: word processing, drawing, painting, spreadsheet, database and communications. When you double-click on the ClarisWorks icon, you select from the following choices.

Create a document using assistants

Assistants guide you through a task by asking you questions and then performing the necessary work based on your answers. Assistants save you time and ensure that all steps in a task are completed in the most efficient order.

The way you work with an Assistant depends on what you want to do. Some Assistants help you create complex documents such as calendars or envelopes, and you start just as if you were creating a new document. Other Assistants help with tasks such as creating footnotes or setting up a table, and you start from within a document.

Assistants - from the File menu

To create a document using an Assistant:

1. Choose New from the File menu.
2. In the New Document dialog box, click on the little Use Assistant Or Stationery box (on the lower left hand side). ClarisWorks displays a Category pop-up menu above the scrolling list.
3. Move mouse to top of the Category pop-up menu, choose Category: All Assistants by pressing the mouse down, holding and sliding the mouse.
4. Select the Assistant you need by clicking on the scrolling list. Assistants are preceded by the Assistant icon . When you select an assistant, you see a description of its features below the scrolling list. Items not preceded by the Assistant icon are stationery.
5. Click OK.

Assistants - within a document

While you're working within a document, Assistants can automate complex tasks, such as inserting footnotes.

To use an Assistant within a document:

1. Choose ClarisWorks Assistants from the ? menu (upper-right hand corner of screen).
2. In the Select Assistant dialog box, choose the type of task you want to do from the Category pop-up menu.
3. Select an Assistant from the scrolling list.

Create a document using stationery

Stationery (templates) documents are already set up with standard text, pictures, and formatting options. They save you from having to recreate standard documents such as letterhead, memos, and to-do lists and help you produce consistent results time after time.

Besides the stationery that ClarisWorks provides, you can set up your own stationery and make it available for quick access through the New Document dialog box. When you select a stationery document, a copy opens and the original remains unaffected.

To create a document using stationery:

1. Choose New from the File menu.
2. In the New Document dialog box, click Use Assistant Or Stationery. ClarisWorks displays a Category list above the scrolling list.
3. Choose the type of task you want to do from the Category list.
4. Select the stationery you need from the scrolling list. The icons in front of the stationery names indicate the document type. Items preceded by the icon are Assistants.
5. Click OK.

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