AppleWorks 6: Technical Specifications

This article gives the technical specifications for AppleWorks 6 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS 8.


All Documents

Maximum Number of Open Documents	Limited by available memory
Maximum Number of Open Views per Document	Limited by available memory
Maximum Number of Objects per Document	65,534
Maximum Object Size	32,767 x 32,767 points
Minimum and Maximum Object Scaling	25 percent to 400 percent both horizontally and vertically
Minimum and Maximum Header and Footer Size	One third of the chosen paper size
Minimum and Maximum Margin Settings	Specific to the chosen printer
Minimum and Maximum Printer Reduction	Specific to the chosen printer
Minimum and Maximum for Starting Page Number	0 to 9000
Number of Split Bars	2 Horizontal and 2 Vertical (9 panes)
Minimum and Maximum View Scale	3.125 percent to 3200 percent
Maximum Number of Slides (pages)	Limited by document size
Rulers Types	2 (Text and Graphics)
Rulers Units	5 (Inches, Picas, Points, Millimeters and Centimeters)
Number of Divisions per Ruler Unit	1 to 512
Number of Formats	5 (General, Currency, Percent, Scientific and Fixed)
Number Precision	0 to 11 places
Date Formats	5
Time Formats	4
Maximum Number of Macros	65,535
Spell Check Dictionary	262,031 English words (based on L&H International Proof Reader 1.4.1A)
Thesaurus	563,728 English synonyms (based on L&H International Electronic Thesaurus 3.1)
User Dictionary	2883 word capacity
Button Bar Buttons	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).
Default General Button Bar Buttons	11 (Word Processing, Drawing, Painting, Spreadsheet, Database, Presentation, Anchor, Document Link, URL Link, Links On/Off, Print)
Other General Button Bar Buttons	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)
Graphics File Formats	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.

Word Processing Documents

Maximum Number of Pages Across	9
Maximum Number of Pages Down	(65,534 / Number of Column per page) / Number of Pages Across
Maximum Number of Columns	9
Minimum Space Between Columns	.06 inches
Maximum Number of Footnotes	65,534
Minimum and Maximum for Starting Footnote Number	0 to 9999
Table size (dependent on margin size)	.25 in margin - 34 rows x 47 col, 1 in margin - 29 rows x 38 col

Word Processing Environment

Outline Label Styles	12 (None, Diamond, Bullet, Check Box, Harvard, Leader, Legal, Letter Caps, Letter, Numeric, Roman Caps and Roman)
Maximum Number of Customizable Outline Levels	16
Maximum Number of Outline Levels	256
Minimum and Maximum Space Before Paragraph	0 pt. to 255 pt.
Minimum and Maximum Line Spacing	4 pt. to 512 pt.
Minimum and Maximum Space After Paragraph	0 pt. to 255 pt.
Number of Text Styles	11 (Plain, Bold, Italic, Underline, Double Underline, Strike Thru, Outline, Shadow,Condense, Extend, Superscript, Subscript, Superior, Inferior)
Maximum Number of Defined Styles	20 (the first eight get key equivalents)
Minimum and Maximum Font Size	4 pt. to 255 pt.
Number of text Colors	256 editable colors
Maximum Number of Style Changes in a (Set of Linked) Text Frame(s)	65,534
Types of Text Wrapping Around Objects	None, Regular and Irregular
Number of Alignment Options	4 (Left, Center, Right and Full Justification)
Number of Tab Marker Types	4 (Left, Center, Right and Decimal)
Tab Fill Types	4 (None, ----, ____, and ....)
Maximum Number of Tab Settings per Paragraph	20
Default Word Processing Button Bar Buttons	8 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Promote, Demote, Check Spelling, Invisibles, Sort Paragraphs)
Other Word Processing Button Bar Buttons	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)
File Formats Supported	HTML, RTF, and TEXT. MacLink translators for other text formats work with AppleWorks 6 if they are installed.

Draw Documents

Maximum Number of Pages

9999 across by 9999 down but less than 32,767 total

Draw Environment

Number of Tools	10 (Line, Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Arc, Polygon, Freehand, Bezigon, Regular Polygon and Eyedropper)
Minimum and Maximum Number of Sides for a Regular Polygon	3 to 40
Maximum Number of Points per Polygon or Freehand Object	8,192
Number of Fill/Line Colors	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)
Number of Fill/Line Patterns	64 editable patterns per palette, 1 palette provided
Number of Gradients	32 editable gradients per palette, 5 gradient palettes provided (Default, Aqua and Blue, Gray, Green and Yellow, and Red and Purple)
Number of Wallpaper Textures	20 per palette, 6 palettes provided (Default, Gonzo Textures, Object Textures, Paper Textures, Stone Textures, Textile Textures)
Minimum and Maximum Line Width	.03 pt. to 255 pt.
Number of Arrow Line Types	3 (Start, End and Both Ends)
Default Drawing Button Bar Buttons	3 (Text Wrap, Rotate 90, Align)
Other Drawing Button Bar Buttons	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)
File Formats Supported	see All Documents section

Painting Environment (subsumes the Draw Environment)

Minimum Number of Pixels	36 across and 36 down
Maximum Number of Pixels	2000 across and 2000 down
Color Depth Levels	3 (256, Thousands and Millions)
Resolution Levels	5 (72, 144, 288, 300 and 360 DPI)
Paint Modes	3 (Opaque, Transparent pattern, Tint)
Grid Sizes	5 (2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 pixels)
Number of Tools	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)
Number of Editable Brush Shapes	32
Minimum and Maximum Spray Can Dot Size	1 to 72 pixels
Minimum and Maximum Spray Can Flow Rate	1 to 100 percent
Default Painting Button Bar Buttons	6 (Lighter, Darker, Tint, Blend, Invert, Pickup)
Other Painting Button Bar Buttons	10 (Fill, Flip Horizontally, Flip Vertically, Rotate 90, Increase Line Size, Decrease Line Size, Autogrid On/Off, Opaque Mode, Transparent Mode, Tint Mode)
File Formats Supported	see All Documents section

Spreadsheet Documents

Maximum Number of Cells	256 Columns by 16,384 Rows = 4,194,304 cells
Minimum and Maximum Column Width	0 to 510 points
Minimum and Maximum Row Height	0 to 256 points
Number of Page Breaks per Document	65,535
Maximum Lock Titles Area	128 Columns by 128 Rows
Maximum amount of data in a cell	255 bytes (Most characters equal one byte. However, functions, cell references and cell ranges can occupy from 1 to approximately 30 bytes each.)
Cell Alignment	5 (General, Left, Center, Right and Wrap)
Cell Border Types	5 (Outline, Left, Top, Right and Bottom)
Maximum number of cells in a sort	65520
Number of Functions Available	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)
Default Spreadsheet Button Bar Buttons	12 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline Border, Left Border, Top Border, Right Border, Bottom Border, Autosize Row, Autosize Column, Autosum, Make Chart)
Other Spreadsheet Button Bar Buttons	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)
File Formats Supported	ASCII. MacLink translators for other formats work with AppleWorks 6 if they are installed.

Charts

Chart Types	12 (Pie, Bar, Stacked Bar, Area, Stacked Area, Line, X-Y Line, Scatter, X-Y Scatter, Hi-Low, Pictogram, and Stacked Pictogram)
Maximum Length of Chart Title, Legend and X-Y Axis Labels	255
Positions for Legend/Title	8 (Upper Left, Upper Middle, Upper Right, Middle Left, Middle Right, Lower Left, Lower Middle and Lower Right)
Types of Axis Ticks	4 (None, Outside, Inside and Across)
Number of Chart Symbols	12
Chart Symbols Colors	256 editable colors
Chart Symbol Size	4 to 250 points
Positions for Label Data	9 (Upper Left, Upper Middle, Upper Right, Middle Left, Center, Middle Right, Lower Left, Lower Middle and Lower Right)

Database Documents

Maximum Number of Records per Document	32,767
Maximum Number of Fields per Document	255
Minimum and Maximum Number of Chars. in a Field Name	1 to 63
Field Types	14 (Text, Number, Date, Time, Name, Popup Menu, Radio Buttons, Checkbox, Serial Number, Value List, Multimedia, Record Info, Calculation, and Summary)
Maximum Number of Chars. in a Text or Number Field	510 chars. less 20 for each style change in the field
Maximum Number of Chars. in Calculation or Summary Field Formula	254
Number of Available Functions in Formula Field Type	103
Maximum Number of Layouts in a File	32,767
Minimum and Maximum Number of Chars. in a Layout Name	1 to 31
Layouts Types	5 (Standard, Columnar, Labels, Blank and Duplicate)
Maximum Length and Width of Layout	1 page (will use objects placed below)
Number of Layout Parts	5 (Header/Footer, Body, Sub-Summary and Leading/Trailing Grand Summary)
Maximum Number of Columns in a Layout	12
Maximum AppleWorks Labels	up to 110 label models can be defined in the file
Maximum Number of Find Requests	32,767
Maximum Length of a Match Records Formula	255 characters
Default Database Button Bar Buttons	11 (Bold, Italic, Underline, Sort +, Sort -, New Record, Delete Record, Show All, Browse Mode, List Mode, Create Labels)
Other Database Button Bar Buttons	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)
File Formats Supported	ASCII text. MacLink translators for other formats are also supported if installed.
Maximum Number of characters in field imported from ASCII Tab-Separated Text File	255 characters

Presentation Documents (subsumes the Draw Environment)

Maximum Number of Slides	Limited by available memory
Maximum Number of Master Slides	Limited by available memory
Slide Transition Effects	(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)
Default Presentation Button Bar Buttons	2 (Controller, Start Show)
Other Presentation Button Bar Buttons	3 (Next Slide, Previous Slide, Show/Hide Notes)

Tables

Minimum Number of Cell Rows	1
Maximum Number of Cell Rows	100
Minimum Cell Rows Width	12 pixels
Minimum Number of Cell Columns	1
Maximum Number of Cell Columns	100
Minimum Cell Column Height	12 pixels
Cell Content Alignment Options	3 (top, center, and bottom)
Diagonal Lines in Cell Options	4 (none, forward slash, back slash, cross slashes). Lines may be styles with colors, patterns, and line widths.
Cell Border Line Styles	7 (solid, dash, small dash, double solid, double solid with thick top, double solid with thick bottom)

Clippings, Templates, and Assistants

Number of Assistants	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.
Number of document creation templates	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
Total Number of Clipping Art Items	175
Clipping Categories and Number of Items in each Category	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)
Web Clip Art Items Available	25,000 on the Apple web site