Symptom(s):
Upon opening a new ClarisWorks Word Processing document or a new ClarisImpact Report document, the insertion point just stays on the right margin even after you begin typing. As you continue to type, either the text wraps down to the second line before you get to the end of the first line, or the text goes to the end of the first line but does not wrap at all - seemingly disappearing somewhere into an abyss behind the right margin.
Holding down the Delete key eventually begins to delete those characters you type on the first line, after it deletes the characters you can't see, yet you did type.
When you choose Select All in the Edit menu, the very first character you typed selects (sometimes, a fraction of that character) or the entire document selects. If your text wrapped inappropriately, notice that the area to the right of the text selects - though it cannot be deleted.
Cure: Troubleshoot the Fonts folder. The above conditions seem to occur only with System 7.1. Usually, the font is the default, Helvetica. If you can select the whole document, just changing the font by selecting another font in the Fonts menu should bring the desired result. If so, delete Helvetica from your Fonts Folder and copy it back to your System Folder from the Fonts disk of your System disks.