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Modifying cell data, Editing data – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual

Modifying cell data

AppleWorks provides many ways to modify and correct your data.

Note You can’t edit, delete, or move data in locked cells. To unlock cells,
select the cells and then choose Unlock Cells from the Options menu.

Editing data

Edit data in the entry bar, or use AppleWorks commands to check spelling
or find and change cell data.

To

Do this

Select a cell range

Hold down the mouse button and drag the pointer over the cells
you want to select.

Select a cell range

Hold down the mouse button and drag the pointer over the cells
you want to select.

Select an entire row
or column

Click the row or column heading.

Select the entire
spreadsheet

Choose Select All from the Edit menu.

Go to a cell

Choose Go To Cell from the Options menu, type the cell address
(for example,

A42

or

R7

), and then click OK.

Go to a named cell or cell
range

Choose the name of the cell or range from the bottom of the

menu (in the entry bar). For more information, see “Naming
cells and ranges” on page 7-12.

*

Choose Index from the

or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from

the list and click Go To Topic.

To

Do this

Edit the data in a cell

Select the cell. In the entry bar, make your changes, and then
click

to confirm the entry.

Move the insertion point
right or left in the entry bar

Click where you want the insertion point to be.

Address of

upper-left cell

in the selected

range

AppleWorks highlights
the selected cell range

Address of

selected cell

The selected cell has
a heavy border

In the Help index,

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see:

E

entering spreadsheet data

E

finding text

E

spelling

E

spreadsheets, preferences