Foreword	19
Introduction	21
Note on the Text	27
WPMac Support Group	29
1: Starting Out	31
What kind of Mac do I have?	31
Finding and installing WordPerfect	32
Starting to use WordPerfect	33
How to Save	36
The importance of saving	40
Making changes to your file	40
Closing your file	42
Starting a new file	43
Opening a file	43
Quitting WordPerfect	45
Summary	46
2: Basic Word Processing	47
Fonts and sizes	48
Changing fonts	48
How to select text	50
Changing font and size of selected text	52
Styles	52
Scroll bars	53
How to Undo anything	55
Formatting with the Ruler and the Layout Bar	56
Setting margins	56
Tabs	61
Justifying text	64
Spacing	66
First Line Indent	68
The Status Bar	69
Navigating around your document	70
Printing	74
Print Preview	74
Page Setup	77
The Print command	78
Printing with fewer steps	80
Button Bar commands to print	80
Summary	81
3: Intermediate Word Processing	83
Making and saving changes to files	83
Saving a file with a new name	84
Find and Change	85
Find Bar	87
More extensive search	88
Copy and Paste	89
Drag and Drop	92
Copy and Paste using the Scrapbook	93
Correcting and improving your writing	99
Using WordPerfect’s Speller	99
Editing dictionaries	102
QuickCorrect	104
Thesaurus	107
Repeating actions	109
Grammatik	110
Writing styles	113
Word Count	116
Form and substance	117
Looking further . . .	118
Summary	119
4: Basic Graphics	121
Creating a graphic	121
Working with graphics	127
Layers	127
Changing fill patterns	129
Choosing colors	130
Modifying graphic objects	133
Changing shapes	133
Text in graphics mode	135
The Pen Color Tool	137
Setting Pen Size	139
Changing Pen Pattern	140
Turning pens and fills on and off	141
Rotating graphics	143
Viewing graphics at any size	143
Some other tools	144
Moving back into word processing	145
Graphic frames	147
Sizing and shaping	150
Cropping, and moving the frame but not the drawing	152
Summary	154
5: Advanced Graphics	155
Complex tools	155
Rounded Rectangles	157
The Arc/Chord tool	159
The Polygon tool	160
Modifying a polygon	163
The Layout Menu	164
Using the Grid	164
Other Layout commands	166
The Arrange Menu	168
Rotate	168
Size	169
Replicate	170
Group	174
Lock	177
Align	177
Position	179
Flip	180
Move	181
Freehand drawing	182
Bézier curves with the Curve Tool	184
Working with multiple tools	187
Advanced effects with text	190
Watermarks and Overlays	192
Customizing the Graphics Editor	192
Editing patterns	192
Save Settings	194
Postscript on PostScript	195
Notes . . .	196
Summary	197
6: Tools for the Environment	199
Interactive, context-sensitive Help	199
WordPerfect’s main Help feature	199
Help shortcuts	203
Accessing Help from anywhere in the program	204
QuickHelp	205
Balloon Help	206
WordPerfect Guide	207
Automatic backups	209
Setting program preferences	210
Password protection	214
Password considerations	215
Button, Status and Ruler Bar settings	216
The Button Bar	216
The Status Bar	217
Showing and hiding Bars	220
Searching for text, and file management	221
The File Menu	221
The Folder Menu	223
The Search Menu	223
The Retain Menu	223
The Templates and Latest Menus	224
Show and Preview	224
Menus in the Find/Change dialog	225
Find Codes	227
Fractional Character Widths	228
Summary	229
7: Intermediate Formatting	231
Indenting	232
Button Bar tools	232
Menu Bar tools	234
Alignment	237
Layout Bar choices	238
Button Bar choices	239
Attribute formatting	240
The Font Bar	240
Symbols	242
Copying attributes	243
Setting attributes with the menus	245
The Character Format dialog	246
Relative Sizes	248
Superscripts and subscripts	250
Borders and fills	251
Show Codes	254
Headers and footers	255
A more detailed look at headers and footers	257
Page and line numbering	259
Suppress	260
Keep Together	261
Footnotes and endnotes	263
Footnotes	263
Endnotes	266
Margins and tabs	267
Margins	267
Tabs	268
Kerning	269
Looking further . . .	271
Summary	272
8: Columns and Tables	273
Columns	273
More flexibility in columns	275
Column breaks	276
Parallel columns	277
Column borders	278
Column fills	278
Tables	280
Selecting cells	281
Changing cell size	282
Adding or deleting columns and rows	283
Moving data within a table	283
Formatting a table	283
Table borders	286
Other formatting options	287
Math in a table	287
Updating calculations	289
More complex calculations	289
Moving from a table to text and back	289
Protecting data	291
Designing visually appealing and effective tables	291
Looking further . . .	294
Summary	295
9: Advanced Formatting	297
Style sheets	297
Creating a style	299
Applying a style	302
Editing a style	302
Updating a style	304
Linking styles	305
Basing one style on another	307
Editing the Document Style	308
Assigning keyboard equivalents	309
Using the Librarian for styles	310
SpeedStyles	312
Text Boxes	313
Creating a text box	314
Adding a frame	315
Text box options	316
Text box style	317
Using text boxes	317
Drop Caps	317
Pull quotes	319
Hyphenation	320
Hyphenation zone	321
Outlining	324
Basic outlining	324
Enhanced Outlining	326
Paragraph numbering	329
Subtitles	330
Make It Fit	331
Looking further . . .	332
Summary	332
10: Data Management and Lists	335
Lists	336
Creating an Index	337
Creating an Index with a Concordance	339
Formatting an Index	341
Indexes with two levels of entries	343
Table of Contents	345
Using the List dialog for a Table of Contents	346
Tables of Authorities	349
Editing a Table of Authorities	352
Other lists	353
Updating lists	355
Listing tables	356
Custom lists	359
Cross-referencing	359
Sorting	362
Sorting by alternate fields	365
Using multiple sort levels	366
Sorting in groups	367
Sorting by imbedded words	369
Sorting a table	370
Other considerations in sorting	371
Filter	371
Filter criteria operators	373
Sorting and filtering at the same time	375
Summary	375
11: Document Linking: Merge, and Publish & Subscribe	377
Merge	377
The two parts	378
The Form File	378
The Data File	380
Merging the two parts	383
Other merge codes	385
Before starting to create a Data File	387
Power Merge	387
Defining Field Names	388
Messages	392
Next Record	394
Form File	394
Quit	395
Run Macro	395
Data File	395
Transfer	396
Merge with database files	396
Envelopes	396
Publish & Subscribe	397
Publishing data	398
Subscribing to data	399
Characteristics of an edition in a subscribing file	401
Updating data	401
Publisher Options	402
Subscriber Options	403
Working with graphics	404
Working between different programs	404
Amazing connectivity	406
Handling an edition	406
Summary	407
12: Customization	409
Preferences	410
Environment	410
Screen colors	411
Format Menu	412
Options Menu	414
Windows Menu	417
Graphics Menu	419
Units Menu	421
Language menu	421
Keyboard	422
Keystrokes for other program features	426
Alternate keyboards	428
Libraries	428
Locating a Common Library	429
Files	432
Date/Time	435
Font	435
Word Services	436
Other buttons in Preferences	436
Templates	436
Creating a Template	437
Using Templates	438
Templates that affect all new documents	439
Button Bar customization	439
Changing languages	443
Use Inline	444
Summary	444
13: Macros and AppleScript	447
Macros	448
Recording a macro	448
Playing back a macro	451
Macros that come with WordPerfect	452
Editing a macro	453
A couple of useful macros	455
Letterswitch	455
Cap It	456
Page X of Y	457
Automatic paragraph numbering	459
Handling macros	460
Copying, naming and deleting macros	461
Macro file formats	462
Scripting	463
Macros with pauses for user input	465
Macro help	470
Graphics macros	471
Managing data	471
Managing text with macros	473
More on variables	475
Large-scale macros	479
AppleScript	482
Some sample scripts	482
Conditional statements and dialog boxes	484
More complex scripts	485
Saving a script as a separate program	486
AppleScript control of WordPerfect macros	488
Using AppleScript to get information from a database	488
AppleScript, Prefab Player and Menu Events	489
WP’s AppleScript Dictionary	489
Looking further . . .	489
Summary	490
14: Equations	491
The tools	492
Creating an equation	494
Other symbols	498
Navigating in levels	500
Formatting an equation	501
Moving elements	501
Aligning elements	502
Equations in documents	504
Equation frames	505
Options	505
Looking further . . .	506
Summary	507
15: Typesetting and Page Design	509
Tips on type	510
Type formats	510
Type styles	511
Typeface and personality	512
Attributes	517
Page design	518
Putting a page together	519
Reports	520
Newsletters	523
Magazines	526
Editorial pages	527
Advertising	532
Undefined	536
Spreads	538
Summary	539
16: Advanced Features	541
QuickTime	541
Inserting a movie	541
Playing a movie	543
Movie Settings	544
Working with a movie as a document element	545
Bookmarks	546
Hyperlinks	547
Envelopes	549
Speech	550
Summary	551
17: Safety and Security	553
Viruses	553
Virus prevention and eradication programs	555
Maintaining current protection	559
Disk Doctors	560
More extensive diagnostic programs	563
File Recovery	565
Automatic backup programs	565
Free Backup	566
General advice	571
Summary	572
18: The Virtuoso Macintosh	573
Apple Menu	574
Scientific Calculator	574
Clipboard	576
Convert	576
Finances	577
The Dvorak Keyboard	578
Marienbad	581
QuickFile	582
Set Screen Colors	582
Super Ruler	583
Control Panels	583
ApplWindows	583
Flash-It	585
Keys!	586
MacLinkPlus Setup	587
Smart Scroll	588
Adobe Type Manager (ATM)	589
SmoothType	591
Script Menu	592
QuickFind	592
Recent	593
Workspaces	594
Dictionary and Thesaurus	595
Citations	595
DocCompare	596
Filter	597
Lupe	597
MetaMacro	597
Mouse	598
Open URL	599
Regex Search	599
UltraClip	600
UltraSearch	601
WP QuickHelp	601
Extensions	602
OtherMenu	603
Folder Actions Plus	603
Disinfectant INIT	603
Menu Events	603
Prefab Player	604
Scripting Additions	604
GTQ Library	604
Jon’s Additions	605
HipTools	605
Find Document	605
Regular Expressions	605
Dialog Director	606
Akua Sweets	606
OSX Plugins	606
Spotlight	606
Quick Look	607
Symbolic Linker	608
Looking further . . .	608
Summary	608
Glossary	611
Command Reference	649
Index	689

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