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Inserting and deleting cells, rows, and columns – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 User Manual

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To resize or hide rows or columns by using the mouse, move the pointer to
the bottom of the row heading or to the right edge of the column heading to
change. The pointer becomes a double arrow

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Inserting and deleting cells, rows, and columns

Important

When you delete a cell, column, or row, you also delete its data.

To insert or delete an entire row or column, click one or more headings to
select rows or columns, and then on the Default button bar, click

to insert

cells or click

to delete cells. You can also choose Insert Cells or Delete Cells

from the Calculate menu.

To insert or delete a few cells, make a selection before you choose
Insert Cells or Delete Cells. In the dialog box, specify how you want existing cells
to be shifted, and then click OK.

To

Do this

Resize a row or column

Drag the pointer until the row or column is the
desired size.

Hide a row or column

Drag the pointer up or to the left until the row or
column disappears.

Restore a hidden row or column

Drag the pointer down or to the right until the row
or column reappears.

Resize rows and columns to the
smallest size that holds the data

Double-click the divider at the bottom of the row
heading or at the right edge of the column heading. (You
see the double arrow

when you’re in the right place.)

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Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.

Resize pointer

Select the cells to delete

The cells below are

shifted up