Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 154
Copying and deleting data, Filling a range of cells
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7-8 AppleWorks 5 User's Manual Copying and deleting data Copy and delete procedures are the same throughout AppleWorks. The AppleWorks spreadsheet also provides other methods to copy and delete data. In the Help index,* see: E entering spreadsheet data To Do this Copy or cut cell contents and formatting Select the cells you want to work with. Then, on the Default button bar, click to copy or to cut (or choose Copy or Cut from the Edit menu). You can also copy cell contents by pressing Option and dragging the cells to a new location on the spreadsheet. Copy only the value of a cell that contains a formula Select the source cell or cell range, click on the Default button bar (or choose Copy from the Edit menu), and then select the target cell or range. Choose Paste Special from the Edit menu, select Paste Values Only in the Paste Special dialog box, and then click OK. Place a copy of cell contents on the desktop or in another document using drag and drop (if you have Mac OS drag and drop installed on your system) Select the cells and drag them to another document or to the desktop. (When you drag cells to the desktop, you see a text clipping.) To insert a text clipping into a spreadsheet document, drag the text clipping from the desktop to a cell on the spreadsheet. For more information, see "Copying objects using the drag and drop feature" on page 3-10. Paste cut or copied data Select the cell or cell range where you want the data to go, and then click on the Default button bar to paste (or choose Paste from the Edit menu). Delete the cell contents and formatting Select the cells and choose Clear from the Edit menu. Delete the cell contents and Select the cells and press the Delete key. retain the cell formatting Important When you cut or copy cells that are part of an absolute reference in a formula, be sure to cut or copy the entire range of cells in the calculation. Filling a range of cells You can copy cell contents to adjacent cells and fill cells automatically with patterns of data, such as the days of the week. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.