Text, Selecting text shortcuts, Typing special characters – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual
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Text
Selecting text shortcuts
Typing special characters
Entering special text
Finding special characters and text
To find text, choose Find from the Edit menu or press
2
-F.
Text ruler controls
Word
Double-click word
Line
Click line three times
Paragraph
Click paragraph four times
From insertion point to
beginning of paragraph
Shift-Option-
C
From insertion point to
end of paragraph
Shift-Option-
D
Extended selection
Click at one end of selection, then Shift-click the other.
Click at one end, then press Shift-
C
or Shift-
D
Whole document
2
-A
From insertion point to
beginning of document
Shift-
2
-
C
From insertion point to
end of document
Shift-
2
-
D
For this character
Press
Text symbol
1
1
To show text symbols, click
or press
2
-; (semicolon).
Space
Space bar
Non-breaking space
Option-Space bar
Tab
Tab
Paragraph return
Return
Line break (soft return)
Shift-Return
Column break
Enter
Page break
Shift-Enter
Section break
Option-Enter
For this text
Choose from
the Edit menu
In the document
you see
Automatic date
Insert Date
Updated date
Fixed date
Option-Insert Date
Fixed date
Automatic time
Insert Time
Updated time
Fixed time
Option-Insert Time
Fixed time
Page number
Insert Page #
Page number
Fixed page number
Option-Insert Page #
Fixed page number
To find this text
Type this in the Find box
Space
Space bar
Non-breaking space
Option-Space bar
Tab
\t or
2
-Tab
Paragraph return
\p or
2
-Return
Line break (soft return)
\n or Shift-
2
-Return
Column break
\c or
2
-Enter
Page break
\b or Shift-
2
-Enter
Section break
2
-Option-Enter
Automatic date
\d
Fixed date
(Date)
Automatic time
\h
Fixed time
(Time)
Automatic page number
\#
Fixed page number
(Number)
Backslash (\)
\\
Center
Drag to set the
first line indent
and left margin
Drag to set the
right margin
Drag to set the
first-line indent
Drag a tab marker to
the ruler to set a tab
Click to align a paragraph
Double-click and type
to change settings
Click to
decrease
Center
Justify
Left
Drag to set the
left margin
Decimal
Left
Paragraph margin
Paragraph alignment
Tab markers
Line spacing
Click to
increase
Click to
decrease
Click to
increase
Double-click and type
to change settings
Number of columns
Right
Choose a
paragraph label
Right
Paragraph style