Mac Works 4.0: List of Features and Improvements
  
PSS ID Number: Q117671
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Works 4.0 for the Macintosh includes the following improvements,
enhancements, and new features:
 
General
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - AutoSum button automatically adds a row or column of numbers
 
Charts
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 - Hot Links to the spreadsheet are automatically updated
 
 - Gradient fills for bar charts, and so on
 
Database
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - Ability to send word processing documents as text
 
 - Four communication protocols:
 
   - X modem
   - Kermit
   - Y modem
   - Z modem
 
Microsoft Product Line
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 - 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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Keywords          : kbprint
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbinfo
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