ClarisWorks Tip: Use the Spreadsheet Tool to Create Tables and Charts (WP,SS)

This is a portion of an article that originally appeared in the ClarisWorks Journal, the monthly publication of the ClarisWorks Users Group, Box 701010, Plymouth, MI 48170; (313) 454-1969; Fax: (313) 454-1965. Copyright ClarisWorks Users Group; reprinted with permission.

This information was provided by Claris Corporation on 16 March 1998, and incorporated into Apple Computer's Tech Info Library.

The word processor environment of ClarisWorks provides the tabbing tools necessary to create tables and charts for your documents. But the Spreadsheet tool makes it even easier to align your text and numbers. Figure 1 depicts a word processor document that uses a spreadsheet to format tabular data.

Follow these steps to create a table in your documents:

1. Click and drag with the spreadsheet tool when you need to create a table or chart.

2. Set the column widths you need in your spreadsheet.

3. Enter the data into the spreadsheet cells and format the cells to meet your needs.

4. Choose "Display" from the Options Menu and turn off the grid lines, column headers and row headers to make the spreadsheet frame look like part of the text.

Figure 1

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012