This article describes the function of the icons in the various AppleWorks 6 button bars.

• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Anchor (makes the select text or object an anchor)
• Document link (creates a link to another document)
• URL link (creates a link to a web page)
• Links On/Off (turns actives links on or off so you can edit text within a link)
• Print
• Word Processor (open a new word processor file)
• Drawing (open a new drawing file)
• Painting (open a new painting file)
• Spreadsheet (open a new spreadsheet file)
• Database (open a new database file
• Presentation (open a new presentation file)

• Promote (moves the selected topic one level to the left)
• Demote (moves the selected topic one level to the right)
• Check Spelling
• Show/Hide Invisibles (shows or hides formatting characters such as spaces or tabs
• Sort Paragraphs (sorts selected paragraphs in order specified)

• Outline Border (outlines the selected range within a border)
• Left Border
• Top Border
• Right Border
• Autosize Column (Makes the selected columns as wide as the widest cell in the range)
• Autosize Row (Makes the selected rows as tall as the tallest cell in the range)
• AutoSum (Calculates the total of the data in the selected range and displays the results in the next empty cell)
• Make Chart (Creates a chart from the selected data)

• Sort+ (sorts the found set of records in ascending order (A to Z))
• Sort - (sorts the found set of records in descending order (Z to A))
• New Record
• Delete Record
• Show All Records
• Browse Mode (switches the current database to browse mode)
• List Mode (switches the current database to list mode)
• Create Labels (Lets you create a new label layout)

• Text Wrap (wraps text tightly around the selected object)
• Rotate 90° (rotates the selected object 90° counterclockwise)
• Align (aligns the selected objects)

• Lighter (adds a white tint to the selected object)
• Darker (adds a black tint to the selected object)
• Tints (tints the selected image with the current fill color)
• Blend (softens an image by adding intermediate colors)
• Invert (reverses the colors of the selected image)
• Pickup (picks up the selected image's attributes)