AppleWorks can have draw elements in most document types. Draw elements include the line, arc, rectangle, movie, text frame and oval.

Generally, to manipulate draw objects, they must be referred to as elements of the drawing area, which is a property of the document. So the scripts should be written within the general structure:

tell application "AppleWorks"
   tell drawing area of front document
     -- script goes here
   end tell
end tell

Some sample scripts appear below, for use with AppleWorks/ClarisWorks 5 only. More scripts, general installation and instructions appear on our scripts page.

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Purpose

Draws a circle in the front document, enlarges it in 20 steps, shrinks it in 20 steps. Author: BareFeetWare.

Script

Download: Circle Grow & Shrink. Last updated 98.12.23.

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Purpose

Draws a face in the active document. Two blue eyes and one red mouth. Author: BareFeetWare.

Script

Download: Draw Face. Last updated 99.03.22.

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Purpose

To hide all lines whose colour is the same as the selected line. Running again will show the lines. Useful for hiding alignment guides prior to printing, then showing again.

Author: BareFeetWare.

Script

Download: Show/Hide Matching Lines.

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