Tells Works what to apply border and shading to.


Tells Works what to apply border and shading to.


Click the border style you want.


Click the border style you want.


Click the line color you want for the border.


Click the line color you want for the border.


Click the graphical page border design you want to use. To remove Border Art, click None.


Click the graphical page border design you want to use. To remove Border Art, click None.


Type or click the size you want for the border width.


Click the fill color or pattern you want for shading, or click None to remove shading.


Click the fill color you want for shading.


Click the fill color you want for shading.


Click a color for the lines and dots in the selecting shading pattern.


Click a color for the lines and dots in the selecting shading pattern.


Click the border buttons to add or remove the selected settings.


Adds or removes a border around the selection.


Adds or removes a border from the top edge of the selection.


Adds or removes a border from the bottom edge of the selection.


Adds or removes a border from the left edge of the selection.


Adds or removes a border from the right edge of the selection.


Click the bullet style you want to use.


Type or click a position for the selected bullet.


Enter the distance between the end of the bullet and the start of the text.


Removes bullets or numbers from the selected text.


Click the number style you want to use.


Type or click a starting number for the list.


Type or click a position for the selected number list.


Enter the distance between the end of the list number and the start of the text.


Type or click the number of columns you want. All columns will have the same width.


Type or click a number to specify the space between columns.


Click to add or remove lines between columns. The line is as long as the longest column on each page.


Click the date and time format you want to use, and then click Insert.


Applies the date and time format you choose, and then closes this dialog box.


Select to have Works automatically update the date or time when you print the document.


Click here to create a single envelope.


Click here to create envelopes from a data source.


Click the envelope size you want to create.

If you don’t see the size you want in the list, you can click Custom to define a custom envelope.


Displays the width of the current envelope selection in the Envelope size list.


Displays the height of the current envelope selection in the Envelope size list.


Click to define a custom envelope.


Creates a new envelope document based on selected settings.


Click or type the width you want for the custom envelope.


Click or type the height you want for the custom envelope.


Shows how to place the envelope in the feeder tray. Works selects the best option for your printer.


Tells Works if the envelope is face up or face down. Works selects the best option for your printer.


Reverses the proposed direction of the envelope. Some printers don't support this feature


Displays information about the current envelope print options.


Type or paste the text you want to find, or click a recent entry in the list.


Defines the search text as uppercase or lowercase characters.

The Word Processor finds only the capitalization that matches the text in the Find what box.


Searches for occurrences of the whole word, not part of a larger word.


Provides a list of special characters that you can add to the search.

Special characters are characters or symbols (such as the copyright symbol (©)) that don't appear on the keyboard, but that you can insert and print.


Finds the next occurrence of the text or formatting that appears in the Find what box.


Type or paste the text you want to use as replacement text, or select a recent entry in the list.

To delete the text from the document, leave the Replace with box empty.


Finds and replaces each occurrence of the search text.

To replace all occurrences of the search text automatically, click Replace All.


Finds and replaces all occurrences of the search text. To find and replace each occurrence of the search text, click Replace.


Click the type of information you want to go to. For example, In the Enter Page Number box, type a number, and then click Go To.


Type the term that you want to go to.


Moves to the previous occurrence of the selected item in the Go to what box. This button is available only when the Go to what box is set to Field.


Moves to the next occurrence of the selected item in the Go to what box.


Inserts a footnote, which appears on the same page as the text it references.


Inserts an endnote, which appears at the end of the document.


Automatically numbers footnotes and endnotes sequentially.


Inserts a custom note mark. In the custom mark box, type a note mark up to 32 characters.


Inserts a custom note mark. In the custom mark box, type a note mark up to seven characters.


Enter the name of the font you want to apply to selected text, or click a name from the list.


Click a style from the list to apply the format to the selected text.

Click Regular to remove bold or italic formatting.


Type a number to change the size of the selected text, or click a size from the Size list.

The sizes in the Size list depend on the selected font and active printer.


Click the underline style you want to apply to the selected text.

Click (none) to remove underline formatting.


Click the color you want to apply to the selected text. Unless you change the text color in the Windows Control Panel, clicking Automatic sets the text color to black.

If the selection is in a paragraph with shading formatting of 80 percent or greater, clicking Auto sets the text color to white.


Click the text effect you want to apply to the selected text.


Draws a line through the selected text.


Raises the selected text above the baseline and changes it to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.


Lowers the selected text below the baselines and changes it to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.


Adds a shadow behind the selected text.


Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.


Makes selected text appear as if raised off the page in relief.


Makes selected text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.


Formats selected lowercase text as capital letters and reduces their size.

Small caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.


Formats selected lowercase text as capital letters.

All caps formatting does not affect numbers, punctuation, non-alphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.


In line with text places the object at the insert point in a line of text in the document.


Wraps text around all sides of the square bounding box for the selected object.


Wraps text around the edges of the actual image (instead of wrapping around the object’s bounding box).


No text on the Left wraps text only on the right side of the object.


Wraps text only on the left side of the object.


Type or click the height you want for the selected object.


Type or click the width you want for the selected object.


Type or click the amount, in degrees from 0 (zero) to 359, by which you want to rotate the selected objective clockwise.


Displays the original size of the selected object.


Returns the selected object to its original size.


Enter the amount of space you want between the left edge of the selected text box and the text inside it.


Enter the amount of space you want between the right edge of the selected text box and the text inside it.


Enter the amount of space you want between the top edge of the selected text box and the text inside it.


Enter the amount of space you want between the bottom edge of the selected text box and the text inside it.


Select to automatically resize the size of the text box as you type.


Sets the position of text in relation to the left and right margins.


Type or click a measurement to specify the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the left margin.


Type or click a measurement to specify the distance you want to indent a paragraph from the right margin.


Type or click a measurement to indent the first line of a paragraph.


Sets the position of the selected paragraph relative to the indents.

To align text relative to the left and right margins, remove any indentation formatting.


Click to set or adjust tab stop settings for a paragraph.


Click to align text at the left indent.


Click to align text between the left and right indents.


Click to align text at the right indent.


Click to adjust spaces between words to align text evenly between the left and right indents.


Sets the amount of space between lines and between paragraphs.


Sets the amount of space above each selected paragraph.


Sets the amount of space after each selected paragraph.


Sets the amount of vertical space between lines of text.


Displays a new tab in the dialog box. Each tab contains options that affect different aspects of a document, graphic, or chart.


Applies and saves any changes you have made and then closes this dialog box.


Closes this dialog box without saving any changes.


Shows how your document will look with the selected options.


Click to display and print the End User Licensing Agreement.


Click to view international warranty information for Microsoft Works.


Click to launch Online Registration Wizard.


Display information about system configuration, printers, system DLLs, fonts, proofing tools, graphics filters, text converters, display configuration, audio capabilities, applications that are running, active modules, and OLE settings for your computer.


Displays technical support information.


Click this to close this dialog box.


Click here to create a sheet of labels on which you can type a different entry for each label.


Click here to create return address labels.


Click here to create labels from a data source.


Sets up labels to print on a laser or ink jet printer.

If you click Laser and ink jet, click a printer bin in the Tray list.


Sets up labels to print on a dot matrix printer.


Click the label product that you want to use.

A list of individual labels for the selected product type appears in the Product number box.


Click the label number that you want to use.

If you don’t see the label in the list, you can click Custom to define a custom label.


Creates a custom-sized label based on the dimensions of the label selected in the Product number list.


Creates a new label document based on selected settings.


Describes the selected label product.


Displays the height of the label.


Displays width of the label.


Displays page size of the selected label sheet.


Displays the number of labels per label sheet.


Sets the top margin of an individual label.


Sets the left margin of an individual label.


Sets the vertical space between labels.


Sets the horizontal space between labels.


Sets the height of a label.


Sets the width of a label.


Specify the number of labels in a row on the label sheet.


Specify the number of labels in a column on the label sheet.


Click to select the paper size.

If you’re using a dot matrix printer, you cannot set the paper size.


Resets the settings on all tabs (Margins; Source, Size & Orientation; Other Options) to the original setting.


Enter the distance you want between the top of the page and the top of the first line of the page.


Enter the distance you want between the top of the last line of the page and the bottom of the page.


Enter the distance you want between the left edge of the page and the left edge of a line with no indent.


Enter the distance you want between the right edge of the page and the right end of a line with no right indent.


Enter the distance you want from the top edge of the paper to the top edge of the header. If the Header setting is larger than the Top Margin setting, Works prints the body text below the header.


Enter the distance you want from the bottom edge of the footer to the bottom edge of the paper. If the Footer setting is larger than the Bottom Margin setting, Works prints the body text above the header.


Shows how your document will look with the selected options.


Click a page orientation. You can print a document in portrait orientation so the short edge of the paper is at the top of the page, or in landscape orientation so the long edge of the paper is at the top of the page.


Prints the document so that the short edge of the paper is the top of the page.


Prints the document so that the long edge of the paper is the top of the page.


Select the printer tray you want. Works lists the options available on your current printer.


Select a paper size supported by your printer. Click Custom to enter the paper’s dimensions in the Width and Height boxes.


Displays the width of the paper you clicked in the Size box. If you clicked Custom in the Size box, enter the width of your paper here.


Displays the height of the paper type you clicked in the Size box. If you clicked Custom in the Size box, enter the height of your paper here.


Type the number you want on the first page of your document. Note: You must first insert a page number in a header or footer.


No header will print on the first page of your document (useful for documents with a cover page).


No footer will print on the first page of your document (useful for documents with a cover page).


Hides blank lines if the only item on that line is an empty merge field.


Creates a new document with all the mail merge data. This allows you to edit the mail  merge results before sending to the printer.


Prints the first entry as a mail merge sample.


Click a font to display its character set in the grid below.


Inserts the selected symbol or special character in the document and leaves the dialog box open so you can insert more characters.


Displays the keyboard shortcut for the selected symbol when a keyboard shortcut is available.


Click the symbol you want to add to your document, and then click Insert.


Click the special character you want to add to your document, and then click Insert.


Type a measurement for a new tab stop.


Type a measurement for a new tab stop.


Click an option for how you want text to be aligned at the tab stop. To change the alignment, click the tab stop in the Tab stops list, and then click a new alignment.


Sets a tab stop by using the current settings.


Click a dotted, dashed, solid line, or double line option to fill the empty space to the left of a tab stop. Click None to leave the space blank or to remove a line that was already set.


Click an existing tab stop to change its options or to clear the tab stop.


Clears the selected tab stop in the Tab stop position box.


Clears all of the custom tab stops listed in the Tab stop list.


Sets the default spacing between tab stops.


Aligns text to the right of the tab stop.


Centers text at the tab stop.


Aligns text to the left of the tab stop.


Aligns text at the decimal point.


Does not add any lines to the left of the tab stop or clears a line that was already set.


Fills the empty space to the left of a tab stop with a dotted line.


Fills the empty space to the left of a tab stop with a dashed line.


Fills the empty space to the left of a tab stop with a solid line.


Fills the empty space to the left of a tab stop with a double line.


Click the border and shading you want. To remove borders and shading from a table, click None.


Type or click the number of rows you want in the table.


Type or click the number of columns you want in the table.


Type or click the row height. Click Auto to create rows of equal height in the table.


Type or click the column width. Click Auto to insert columns of equal size between the document margins.


Adjusts for the tallest cell in the row or rows.


Click to select a default unit of measure for the ruler and for measurements that you type in dialog boxes.


Select to change straight quotation marks  (' or ") to curly or typographer’s quotation marks  (‘ ’or “ ”).


Click to select the dictionary that you want Works to use during a spell check.


Click the writing style that you want Works to use to check grammar in the document.


Click to select the thesaurus that you want Works to use.


Select to check grammar during a spell check.


Select to check spelling and mark errors in the document as you type.


Select to ignore words in UPPERCASE letters during a spell check.


Select to ignore words that contain numbers during a spell check.


Select to ignore Internet addresses, file names, and electronic mail addresses during a spell check.


Type a name for the template you want to save, for example, MyFile.

Do not include the path name, for example, c:\MyFile, or a file extension, for example, MyFile.wpt.


Check to use the template specified in the Type a name for the template below box each time you create a blank document.


Displays the name of the current template used each time you create a blank document.


Click to restore the Works default template as the template used each  time you create a blank document.


Displays the document at twice its normal size.


Displays the document at its normal size.


Displays the document at ¾ its normal size.


Reduced the display so an entire page fits in the document window.


Reduces the display so two pages fit in the document window.


Reduces or enlarges the display of the document so that it fits within the left and right margins.


Reduces or enlarges the display of the document to the width of the text on the page.


Enter the percentage—between 25 and 500—at which you want to view the document.


Drag the slider or click the arrows to change the selected font set. Preview a few  of the formats from the font set in the area above.


Drag the slider or click the arrows to change the selected color set. Preview the colors in the color set in the area above.


Click to format your entire document using the formats from the selected font and color set.


Click to undo the formatting applied to your document when you chose to apply all formats.


Click to select a font set from the list. View the formats in the selected font set in the list below.


Click to select a color set from the list. View the colors applied to the formats in the list below.


Click within a paragraph or select specific text in your document that you want to format, and then click a format in the list to apply the format.


Click within a paragraph or select text in your document that you want to format, and then click a format in the list to apply the format.


Click within text in your document whose format you like, and then click Add. The new format is added to the list above for later use.


Click the format you want to delete from the list, and then click Delete.

If the format you deleted was applied to your document, click Undo on the Edit menu.


Click to resize the Format Gallery to its smallest or largest size.


Click to display and print the End User Licensing Agreement.


Click to view international warranty information for Microsoft Works.


Click to launch Online Registration Wizard.


Display information about system configuration, printers, system DLLs, fonts, proofing tools, graphics filters, text converters, display configuration, audio capabilities, applications that are running, active modules, and OLE settings for your computer.


Displays technical support information.


Click this to close this dialog box.


Click the category of clip art you would like to view.


Click a sub-category to refine the search for clip art.


Click the type of clip art you want. Selecting a media type refines the search of the clip art files.


Click this to close this dialog box.


Click this to insert the selected clip art.


Enter a keyword to refine a search for clip art. Click to view the 10 previous keywords.


Click the type of clip art you want. Selecting a media type refines the search of the clip art files.


Click to search the Clip Gallery using the keywords or media type you chose.


Lists the keywords associated with a clip. Click the arrows to scroll through the list.


Click to see a larger picture of the clip.