Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 76

4-6 AppleWorks 5 User's Manual You can also select text by using the following methods: To Select a word Select a line Select a paragraph Extend a selected range of text Select everything in a document or frame Select a text frame as an object Do this Click twice on the word. Place the pointer in the line and click three times. Place the pointer in the paragraph and click four times. Hold down the Shift key, move the pointer, and click. Choose Select All from the Edit menu. Select the arrow pointer and click the text frame. (When you select a text frame as an object, you can change the appearance of the text inside. Changes you make while a text frame is selected affect all the text in the frame.) Cutting, copying, and pasting text In the Help index,* see: E copying, text Once you've selected text, you can cut or copy it to the Clipboard and paste it elsewhere in the document (or in a different document or frame). See "Cutting, copying, and pasting" on page 3-10. Tip To move text quickly, select the text you want to move, hold down 2-Option, and then click where you want to move the text. You can also move text between documents, applications, and the desktop using drag and drop. See "Copying objects using the drag and drop feature" on page 3-10. Showing formatting characters In the Help index,* see: E invisible characters When you press certain keys, such as the Space bar or Tab or Return, you place special characters in your document, called formatting characters, that contain instructions for formatting your text. AppleWorks is preset to hide formatting characters. However, it may be easier to edit with formatting characters visible. For example, you can find where you typed two spaces together (where you want only one), and then delete the extra space. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.