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AppleWorks 6: Technical Specifications
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Article ID:
Created:
Modified:
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60732
5/23/00
8/11/00
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TOPIC
DISCUSSION
All Documents
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Maximum Number of Open Documents
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Limited by available memory
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Maximum Number of Open Views per Document
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Limited by available memory
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Maximum Number of Objects per Document
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65,534
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Maximum Object Size
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32,767 x 32,767 points
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Minimum and Maximum Object Scaling
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25 percent to 400 percent both horizontally and vertically
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Minimum and Maximum Header and Footer Size
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One third of the chosen paper size
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Minimum and Maximum Margin Settings
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Specific to the chosen printer
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Minimum and Maximum Printer Reduction
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Specific to the chosen printer
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Minimum and Maximum for Starting Page Number
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0 to 9000
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Number of Split Bars
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2 Horizontal and 2 Vertical (9 panes)
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Minimum and Maximum View Scale
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3.125 percent to 3200 percent
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Maximum Number of Slides (pages)
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Limited by document size
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Rulers Types
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2 (Text and Graphics)
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Rulers Units
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5 (Inches, Picas, Points, Millimeters and Centimeters)
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Number of Divisions per Ruler Unit
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1 to 512
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Number of Formats
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5 (General, Currency, Percent, Scientific and Fixed)
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Number Precision
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0 to 11 places
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Date Formats
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5
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Time Formats
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4
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Maximum Number of Macros
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65,535
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Spell Check Dictionary
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262,031 English words (based on L&H International Proof Reader 1.4.1A)
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Thesaurus
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563,728 English synonyms (based on L&H International Electronic Thesaurus 3.1)
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User Dictionary
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2883 word capacity
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Button Bar Buttons
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222 total buttons available, divided into the categories of General (50), Word Processing (36), Drawing (30), Painting (16), Spreadsheet (59), Database (26), and Presentation (5).
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Default General Button Bar Buttons
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11 (Word Processing, Drawing, Painting, Spreadsheet, Database, Presentation, Anchor, Document Link, URL Link, Links On/Off, Print)
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Other General Button Bar Buttons
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39 (Font, Font Size, Font Style, Text Color, Text Style, Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Open Document, Save Document, Insert File, Starting Points, Accents, Tools, Clippings, Customize Buttons, Styles, Stack Windows, Tile Windows, Show/Hide Margins, Show/Hide Pg Guides, Record Macro, Play Macro, Edit Macro, Configure Internet, Open Browser, Open URL, Open File in Browser, Open Email, AppleWorks Support, Configure HTML, Address List, Business Card, Calendar, Certificate, Envelope, Home Finance)
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Graphics File Formats
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Uses QuickTime Translation to export to BMP, JPEG, MacPaint, Photoshop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime Image, SGI Image, TGA, and TIFF. Uses QuickTime Translation to import from all of the export formats, plus AIFC, AIFF, Animated GIF, Apple MPEG Import, AVI, EPSF, GIF (and animated GIF), MIDI, and Wave.
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Word Processing Documents
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Maximum Number of Pages Across
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9
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Maximum Number of Pages Down
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(65,534 / Number of Column per page) / Number of Pages Across
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Maximum Number of Columns
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9
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Minimum Space Between Columns
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.06 inches
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Maximum Number of Footnotes
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65,534
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Minimum and Maximum for Starting Footnote Number
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0 to 9999
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Word Processing Environment
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Outline Label Styles
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12 (None, Diamond, Bullet, Check Box, Harvard, Leader, Legal, Letter Caps, Letter, Numeric, Roman Caps and Roman)
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Maximum Number of Customizable Outline Levels
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16
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Maximum Number of Outline Levels
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256
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Minimum and Maximum Space Before Paragraph
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0 pt. to 255 pt.
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Minimum and Maximum Line Spacing
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4 pt. to 512 pt.
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Minimum and Maximum Space After Paragraph
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0 pt. to 255 pt.
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Number of Text Styles
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11 (Plain, Bold, Italic, Underline, Double Underline, Strike Thru, Outline, Shadow,Condense, Extend, Superscript, Subscript, Superior, Inferior)
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Maximum Number of Defined Styles
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20 (the first eight get key equivalents)
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Minimum and Maximum Font Size
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4 pt. to 255 pt.
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Number of text Colors
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256 editable colors
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Maximum Number of Style Changes in a (Set of Linked) Text Frame(s)
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65,534
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Types of Text Wrapping Around Objects
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None, Regular and Irregular
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Number of Alignment Options
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4 (Left, Center, Right and Full Justification)
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Number of Tab Marker Types
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4 (Left, Center, Right and Decimal)
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Tab Fill Types
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4 (None, ----, ____, and ....)
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Maximum Number of Tab Settings per Paragraph
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20
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Default Word Processing Button Bar Buttons
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8 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Promote, Demote, Check Spelling, Invisibles, Sort Paragraphs)
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Other Word Processing Button Bar Buttons
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28 (Plain, Strike Thru, Increase Font Size, Decrease Font Size, Copy Ruler, Apply Ruler, Align Left, Align Center, Align Right, Justify, Superscript, Subscript, Mail Merge, Auto Hyphenate, Speak Text, Word Count, Make Uppercase, Make Lowercase, Insert Footnote, Insert Citation, New Table, Distribute Rows, Distribute Columns, Merge Cells, Split Cells, Align Top, Align Middle, Align Bottom)
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File Formats Supported
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HTML, RTF, and TEXT. MacLink translators for other text formats work with AppleWorks 6 if they are installed.
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Draw Documents
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Maximum Number of Pages
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9999 across by 9999 down but less than 32,767 total
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Draw Environment
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Number of Tools
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10 (Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Arc, Polygon, Freehand, Bezigon, Regular Polygon and Eyedropper)
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Minimum and Maximum Number of Sides for a Regular Polygon
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3 to 40
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Maximum Number of Points per Polygon or Freehand Object
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8,192
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Number of Fill/Line Colors
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256 editable colors per palette, 15 color palettes provided (Default, 16 Colors, 240 Grays and 6 Colors, 256 Grays, Bright Colors, Cyan to Blue, Earth Tones, Finder Icon Colors, Mid-Tones, Pastel Colors, Presentation, Red to Yellow, Violet to Magenta, Vivid Colors, YellowGreen and GreenBlue)
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Number of Fill/Line Patterns
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64 editable patterns per palette, 1 palette provided
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Number of Gradients
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32 editable gradients per palette, 5 gradient palettes provided (Default, Aqua and Blue, Gray, Green and Yellow, and Red and Purple)
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Number of Wallpaper Textures
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20 per palette, 6 palettes provided (Default, Gonzo Textures, Object Textures, Paper Textures, Stone Textures, Textile Textures)
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Minimum and Maximum Line Width
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.03 pt. to 255 pt.
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Number of Arrow Line Types
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3 (Start, End and Both Ends)
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Default Drawing Button Bar Buttons
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3 (Text Wrap, Rotate 90, Align)
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Other Drawing Button Bar Buttons
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27 (No Wrap, Regular Wrap, Align Top, Align Left, Align Bottom, Align Right, Align Horizontal Centers, Align Vertical Centers, Distribute Horizontal, Distribute Vertical, Move Forward, Move To Front, Move Backward, Move To Back, Group, Ungroup, Flip Horizontally, Flip Vertically, Smooth, Unsmooth, Reshape, Duplicate, Increase Line Size, Decrease Line Size, Autogrid On/Off, Auto Hyphenate, Word Count)
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File Formats Supported
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see All Documents section
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Painting Environment (subsumes the Draw Environment)
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Minimum Number of Pixels
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36 across and 36 down
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Maximum Number of Pixels
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2000 across and 2000 down
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Color Depth Levels
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3 (256, Thousands and Millions)
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Resolution Levels
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5 (72, 144, 288, 300 and 360 DPI)
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Paint Modes
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3 (Opaque, Transparent pattern, Tint)
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Grid Sizes
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5 (2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 pixels)
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Number of Tools
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18 (Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Arc, Polygon, Freehand, Bezigon, Regular Polygon, Eyedropper, Selection Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand, Paint Brush, Pencil, Paint Bucket, Spray Can and Eraser)
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Number of Editable Brush Shapes
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32
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Minimum and Maximum Spray Can Dot Size
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1 to 72 pixels
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Minimum and Maximum Spray Can Flow Rate
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1 to 100 percent
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Default Painting Button Bar Buttons
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6 (Lighter, Darker, Tint, Blend, Invert, Pickup)
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Other Painting Button Bar Buttons
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10 (Fill, Flip Horizontally, Flip Vertically, Rotate 90, Increase Line Size, Decrease Line Size, Autogrid On/Off, Opaque Mode, Transparent Mode, Tint Mode)
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File Formats Supported
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see All Documents section
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Spreadsheet Documents
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Maximum Number of Cells
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256 Columns by 16,384 Rows = 4,194,304 cells
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Minimum and Maximum Column Width
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0 to 510 points
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Minimum and Maximum Row Height
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0 to 256 points
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Number of Page Breaks per Document
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65,535
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Maximum Lock Titles Area
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128 Columns by 128 Rows
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Maximum amount of data in a cell
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255 bytes (Most characters equal one byte. However, functions, cell references and cell ranges can occupy from 1 to approximately 30 bytes each.)
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Cell Alignment
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5 (General, Left, Center, Right and Wrap)
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Cell Border Types
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5 (Outline, Left, Top, Right and Bottom)
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Maximum number of cells in a sort
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65520
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Number of Functions Available
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103 (ABS, ACOS, ALERT, AND, ASIN, ATAN, ATAN2, AVERAGE, BASETONUM, BEEP, CHAR, CHOOSE, CODE, COLUMN, CONCAT, COS, COUNT, COUNT2, DATE, DATETOTEXT, DAY, DAYNAME, DAYOFYEAR, DEGREES, ERROR, EXACT, EXP, FACT, FIND, FRAC, FV, HLOOKUP, HOUR, IF, INDEX, INT, IRR, ISBLANK, ISERROR, ISLOGICAL, ISNA, ISNUMBER, ISTEXT, LEFT, LEN, LN, LOG, LOG10, LOOKUP, LOWER, MACRO, MATCH, MAX, MERGEFIELD, MID, MIN, MINUTE, MIRR, MOD, MONTH, MONTHNAME, NA, NOT, NOW, NPER, NPV, NUMTOBASE, NUMTOTEXT, OR, PI, PMT, PRODUCT, PROPER, PV, RADIANS, RAND, RATE, REPLACE, REPT, RIGHT, ROUND, ROW, SECOND, SIGN, SIN, SQRT, STDEV, SUM, TAN, TEXTTODATE, TEXTTONUM, TEXTTOTIME, TIME, TIMETOTEXT, TRIM, TRUNC, TYPE, UPPER, VAR, VLOOKUP, WEEKDAY, WEEKOFYEAR, YEAR)
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Default Spreadsheet Button Bar Buttons
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12 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline Border, Left Border, Top Border, Right Border, Bottom Border, Autosize Row, Autosize Column, Autosum, Make Chart)
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Other Spreadsheet Button Bar Buttons
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47 (Plain, Strike Thru, Auto Average, Check Spelling, Align Left, Align Center, Align Right, Currency Format, Percent Format, Scientific Format, Commas Format, Parenthesis Format, Increase Decimal, Decrease Decimal, Next Date Format, Next Time Format, Align General, Align Wrap, Show/Hide Formulas, Show/Hide Gridlines Show/Hide Headers, Show/Hide Lines, Insert Cells, Delete Cells, Auto-Calc On/Off, Calculate Now, Lock Cells, Unlock Cells, Set Print All, Set Print Select, Copy Cell Format, Paste Cell Format, Sort +, Sort -, Mail Merge, Word Count, Bar Chart, Stacked Bar Chart, Line Chart, X-Y Line Chart, Scatter Chart, X-Y Scatter Chart, Area Chart, Stacked Area Chart, Pie Chart, Hi-Low Chart, Pictogram Chart, Stacked Pictogram)
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File Formats Supported
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ASCII. MacLink translators for other formats work with AppleWorks 6 if they are installed.
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Charts
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Chart Types
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12 (Pie, Bar, Stacked Bar, Area, Stacked Area, Line, X-Y Line, Scatter, X-Y Scatter, Hi-Low, Pictogram, and Stacked Pictogram)
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Maximum Length of Chart Title, Legend and X-Y Axis Labels
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255
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Positions for Legend/Title
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8 (Upper Left, Upper Middle, Upper Right, Middle Left, Middle Right, Lower Left, Lower Middle and Lower Right)
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Types of Axis Ticks
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4 (None, Outside, Inside and Across)
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Number of Chart Symbols
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12
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Chart Symbols Colors
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256 editable colors
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Chart Symbol Size
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4 to 250 points
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Positions for Label Data
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9 (Upper Left, Upper Middle, Upper Right, Middle Left, Center, Middle Right, Lower Left, Lower Middle and Lower Right)
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Database Documents
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Maximum Number of Records per Document
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32,767
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Maximum Number of Fields per Document
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255
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Minimum and Maximum Number of Chars. in a Field Name
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1 to 63
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Field Types
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14 (Text, Number, Date, Time, Name, Popup Menu, Radio Buttons, Checkbox, Serial Number, Value List, Multimedia, Record Info, Calculation, and Summary)
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Maximum Number of Chars. in a Text or Number Field
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510 chars. less 20 for each style change in the field
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Maximum Number of Chars. in Calculation or Summary Field Formula
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254
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Number of Available Functions in Formula Field Type
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103
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Maximum Number of Layouts in a File
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32,767
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Minimum and Maximum Number of Chars. in a Layout Name
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1 to 31
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Layouts Types
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5 (Standard, Columnar, Labels, Blank and Duplicate)
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Maximum Length and Width of Layout
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1 page (will use objects placed below)
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Number of Layout Parts
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5 (Header/Footer, Body, Sub-Summary and Leading/Trailing Grand Summary)
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Maximum Number of Columns in a Layout
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12
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Maximum AppleWorks Labels
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up to 110 label models can be defined in the file
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Maximum Number of Find Requests
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32,767
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Maximum Length of a Match Records Formula
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255 characters
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Default Database Button Bar Buttons
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11 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Sort +, Sort -, New Record, Delete Record, Show All, Browse Mode, List Mode, Create Labels)
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Other Database Button Bar Buttons
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15 (Plain, Strike Thru, Check Spelling, Match Equal, Match Not Equal, Match Less, Match Less/Equal, Match Greater, Match Greater/Equal, Sort Again, Hide Selected, Hide Unselected, Find Mode, Layout Mode, Word Count)
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File Formats Supported
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ASCII text. MacLink translators for other formats are also supported if installed.
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Maximum Number of characters in field imported from ASCII Tab-Separated Text File
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255 characters
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Presentation Documents (subsumes the Draw Environment)
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Maximum Number of Slides
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Limited by available memory
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Maximum Number of Master Slides
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Limited by available memory
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Slide Transition Effects
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(none, box, circle, diamond, heart, star, keyhole, fade, cover top, cover bottom, cover right, cover left, pinwheel, radial, bowtie, barn door, stripes down, jaws, zigzag, expanding triangle, corners, checkerboard, cross, blinds horizontal, blinds vertical, wipe vertical, wipe horizontal)
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Default Presentation Button Bar Buttons
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2 (Controller, Start Show)
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Other Presentation Button Bar Buttons
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3 (Next Slide, Previous Slide, Show/Hide Notes)
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Tables
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Minimum Number of Cell Rows
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1
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Maximum Number of Cell Rows
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100
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Minimum Cell Rows Width
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12 pixels
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Minimum Number of Cell Columns
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1
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Maximum Number of Cell Columns
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100
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Minimum Cell Column Height
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12 pixels
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Cell Content Alignment Options
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3 (top, center, and bottom)
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Diagonal Lines in Cell Options
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4 (none, forward slash, back slash, cross slashes). Lines may be styles with colors, patterns, and line widths.
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Cell Border Line Styles
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7 (solid, dash, small dash, double solid, double solid with thick top, double solid with thick bottom)
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Clippings, Templates, and Assistants
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Number of Assistants
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6 that create new documents (Address List, Business Card, Calendar, Certificate, Envelope, Home Finance), and "Create Label" assistant is available in Database from "New Label Layout" menu item.
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Number of document creation templates
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36 (#1 Dad Certificate, Agenda, All About Presentation, Art Presentation, Award Certificate, Banner, Brochure, Calendar, Car for Sale, Caterer Addresses and Labels, Caterer Business Cards, Caterer Envelope, Caterer Letterhead, Elegant Presentation, Event
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Total Number of Clipping Art Items
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175
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Clipping Categories and Number of Items in each Category
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Animals (32), Food (21), Household (16), Landscapes (10), Occasions (16), Other (6), Photos (6), Plants (10), School (10), Seasons (15), Space (9), Sports (18), Transportation (16)
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Web Clip Art Items Available
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25,000 on the Apple web site
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