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AppleWorks 2.0 Feature Changes From 1.X
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1. File size limits - When a one megabyte Apple Memory Expansion 
card (or its Apple IIGS or IIc equivalent) is installed, 
AppleWorks 2.0 has the capacity for the following file sizes:

 -- Database records: 6350  (instead of 1350)

 

6350 is the maximum with only 1 field identified with 1 character 
and having entries of only 1 character. Using an Apple II with a 1 
megabyte memory board, you can add 6350 records. You will find 
there is still plenty of memory available, but AppleWorks will 
indicate that the data base has reached the maximum number of 
records permitted. On a data base pushed to the maximum of 30 
fields, each with a length of 20 characters and filled by 17, the 
desktop memory limit will be reached before the data base reaches 
the maximum record count.

 

  -- Word processor lines: 7250  (instead of 2250)

  -- Spread sheet rows:10K  (instead of 1.55K)

 

2. Automatic RAM disk preload - When an Apple Memory Expansion 
card (or its Apple IIGS or IIc equivalent) is installed, 
AppleWorks 2.0 will automatically preload into the RAM disk as a 
part of the boot process. This preloading takes only about 30 
seconds and may be halted by pressing the Escape key.  All 
AppleWorks files except the SEG.PR file are loaded into the RAM 
card on startup. The SEG.PR file contains only printer data, and, 
because of its small size, it would be one of the first files to 
be removed from memory if a file needed that space.

 

3. New Spreadsheet feature: Cut/Copy & Paste - After a cell has 
been cut or copied to the clipboard, the user will be able to 
paste from the clipboard either the value, the formula, or both.

 

4. New file save feature - If there is not enough room on a disk 
to save a file that already exists on the disk, then AppleWorks 
first allows the user to delete the original file from the disk. 
This is necessary due to the capability of AppleWorks to create 
larger files.

 

  5. Enhancements and fixes:

  a. Word Processor:

  - Removed code that made the word processor take 13 seconds to

              process a carriage return in the middle of the first 
paragraph

              of a 2000 line document.

  - Inserted extra code to make Escape and some OPEN-APPLE 
keystrokes

              work faster on large documents.

  b. Spreadsheet:

  - The routine to display spreadsheet rows was changed; it works 
faster on rows that have many filled cells.