ClarisWorks lets you create text and graphic frames within your spreadsheets. You can use these frames to present instructions about the template or to annotate or highlight a particular spreadsheet cell or cell range (see Figure 1).
To annotate a cell, select the Text Tool and click and drag to create a text frame in the spreadsheet next to the information you want to annotate. Then enter the text you want to appear in your note. You can leave the text frame selected when you save your template and tell the reader to delete the text frame by pressing the Delete Key after they read the note.
You can also use the graphic tools to create an attractive border around the message like the example in Figure 1. Follow these steps:
1. Select the Rectangle Tool. Then click and drag in the spreadsheet to create a rectangle.
2. Select a fill pattern from the Fill Palette.
3. Select the Text Tool and click within the rectangle.
4. Select a font, font style, and font size from the Font, Size, and Style Menus. Then type the text you want in your label.
To annotate a cell, select the Text Tool and click and drag to create a text frame in the spreadsheet next to the information you want to annotate. Then enter the text you want to appear in your note. You can leave the text frame selected when you save your template and tell the reader to delete the text frame by pressing the Delete Key after they read the note.
You can also use the graphic tools to create an attractive border around the message like the example in Figure 1. Follow these steps:
1. Select the Rectangle Tool. Then click and drag in the spreadsheet to create a rectangle.
2. Select a fill pattern from the Fill Palette.
3. Select the Text Tool and click within the rectangle.
4. Select a font, font style, and font size from the Font, Size, and Style Menus. Then type the text you want in your label.
5. Select the Arrow Tool. Then click once on the text and resize and reposition the text block within the graphic.
6. Select the graphic and establish the final size and position for the graphic object.
IX. Use the tear-off fill and pen tool palettes.
ClarisWorks offers "tear-off" fill and pen tool palettes that you can put anywhere on your screen. To save time and effort, put the palettes next to the objects you are creating or modifying. The torn-off palettes remain open until you click on their Close Boxes.
To tear off a palette, click on the tool to open the palette and drag to the right until the palette tears away from the left edge of the screen.
Figure 1