Mac Works 4.0: List of Features and Improvements

PSS ID Number: Q117671 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 4.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Works 4.0 for the Macintosh includes the following improvements, enhancements, and new features:

General

Better speed and performance
Zoom control (available from the toolbar and/or status bar)
Ability to draw out and “embed” objects, including the following:
- Paint
- Draw
- Spreadsheet
- Text
- Columns
- Tables
- WordArt
- Equation Editor
- Microsoft Word and Excel frames (installed OLE applications).
Ability to link OLE components, as well as spreadsheets and charts, for automatic updating
In-place editing of OLE components
Ability to create columns using the column tool on the tool palette
Drawing tools available at all times from the tool palette
Paint tools available at all times from the tool palette
The ability to create Slide Presentations with thumbnail previews.
Drag and Drop editing in all modules
QuickTime support
Toolbar/Ribbon in all modules
Consistent menus throughout all modules.
An assortment of Microsoft TrueType fonts
34 ClipArt images, 1100 in the Multimedia CD Version
WordArt and Equation Editor OLE servers
WYSIWYG display
Battery Meter
Installation options for minimum (PowerBook), complete, custom, and network.
Custom page sizes
PowerTalk Support
Calendar with daily, weekly, and monthly views of appointments. (The Calendar includes reminders, tracks recurring appointments, and provides a to-do list with reminders and sorting.)
Address Book for quick access to names, addresses, and phone numbers
File converters and import filters for the following:
- AppleWorks 2.0 and 3.0
- Lotus123.WKS and Lotus 123.WK1
- Multiplan SYLK
- MacWrite 5.0
- MacWrite II 1.1
- WordPerfect 5.1
- RTF
- CSV
- Text
- EPS
- TIFF
- PICT
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0
- Microsoft Works for the Macintosh 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 2.2, 3.0, and 4.0
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 6.0
- Microsoft Works for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Word for MS-DOS 5.x
- Microsoft Works for MS-DOS 2.0 and 3.0

Help and Task Automation

Greeting Card & Invitation Wizard
Certificate Wizard
Newsletter Wizard
Presentation Wizard
Nearly 40 AutoStart Stationery documents, including the following:
- break-even analysis
- budget
- cash flow projections
- check register
- class schedule form
- fax cover sheet
- expense report
- home inventory
- membership roster
- resume
- report outline
- student records and grade book
To locate the above files, choose Find from the File menu in the Macintosh desktop.
Balloon Help with click-on feature, including toolbar and tool palette
Supplemental education materials: In and Out of the Classroom

Word Processor

Show/Hide All Characters
Ability to create embedded Tables from the tool palette
Ability to slide up over blank fields in mail merge
View zooming from 25 to 800%
Toolbar consistency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Works for Windows
PageView for on-screen viewing of headers, footers and footnotes
Bullets
Ability to condense and extend characters
Smart Quotes
Ability to copy and paste character formats from toolbar (font, size, style, color, super/subscript)
Text-wrap around graphics (rectangular wrap, irregular wrap, and top and bottom wrap)
Keyboard and mouse navigation
WYSIWYG footnotes
Endnotes
WYSIWYG headers and footers
Show multiple pages
Spacing flexibility (6 lines per inch option or customized)

Draw

Presentation graphics/slide show with master page and thumbnail preview of slides
Column tool to create multiple columns and link them easily
Gradient fill options
Object rotation to user-defined angles
Shape tool
Text rotation to user-defined angles
Object alignment
Adjustable on-screen grids
Text column formatting options (paragraph, tabs, indents, spacing, and so on)

Paint

Filters to sharpen, blur, contrast, and/or “posterize”
Support for additional PhotoShop filter plug-ins
Gradient fill options
Draw tools and shapes available in paint mode
256 colors
Free rotation
Paint frames resize automatically to size of painting

Spreadsheet

AutoSum button automatically adds a row or column of numbers

Charts

Hot Links to the spreadsheet are automatically updated
Gradient fills for bar charts, and so on

Database

Ability to update all fields with one-stop dialog box
Multilevel sorting (so you can sort on more than one key at a time)
Ability to format multiple fields simultaneously, including field type, font, and style
Grid features, including snap to grid, alignment tools and display grid
Serialized fields (fields increment serial numbers automatically)
Ability to mark discontiguous records to print or merge with Mark For Printing feature
Ability to print from List view
Six levels of plain English queries for finding detailed information quickly

Database Reporting

Support for multiple fonts and colors
Draw layer available for adding graphics and design
Additional views, each with unique/flexible functions
ReportCreator (a one-stop dialog box for naming a report, choosing fields, sorting, grouping, filtering, and displaying statistics)

Database Forms

Tab-order editing for navigation
Easier field placement with a one-stop dialog box
Preview window for creating custom forms
Ability to select fields and draw objects without switching between Design view and Draw mode to create a form
Draw and paint tools available for form creation
Easier creation of custom labels with custom page size and form creation features
Ability to slide up over blank fields when printing

Communications

Ability to send word processing documents as text
Four communication protocols:
- X modem
- Kermit
- Y modem
- Z modem

Microsoft Product Line

File formats supported by Microsoft Word 6.0 for the Macintosh and Microsoft FoxPro for the Macintosh
File conversions for Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works for Windows, Microsoft Works for MS-DOS
Works menus are consistent with other Microsoft applications for ease of use and learning
Microsoft applications share components including Help engines, thesaurus, spell checker, and OLE servers to conserve system resources
OLE allows Microsoft Word and Excel components to be linked and embedded in Works

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