Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS - Manual (Page 29)

Creating, opening, and printing documents 2-3
Creating a blank document
You can create a document when you start AppleWorks or when
AppleWorks is already running. To create a document when AppleWorks is
running, choose New from the File menu. Or, click the appropriate button in
the Default button bar. (If you don’t see the button bar, choose Show Button Bar
from the Window menu.)
If you selected New from the file menu, you see the New Document dialog
box.
* Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
In the Help index, * see:
E
New command
Select a document
type