Appleworks 6.2.9 spreadsheet - limit columns

I'm starting to save DB files as ASCII files and reopening as SS. Now I know in the past I have been able to limit the columns of the SS to 5 or 10 or whatever but can't seem to find how to do that any more, or is that one of those things that no longer works in OS 10.6. I think I'll be moving all to MarinerCalc the next time a good sale comes out.
Thanks for all imput.
Judy

Thanks Niel
Now that option is available. Last night all I got on Format-Document was number of pages, not columns. The difference being, I think, that when I opened the ASCII file, I hadn't yet saved it as AW SS file. When I open them this morning, I can change the column number. Thanks.

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