Appleworks on iBook G4

I've been trying to delete a document on the Appleworks wordprocessor on my iBook G4. There's no delete key on my keyboard and I've tried everything else I can think of, but to no avail! Am I missing the obvious? I'd be so glad of some help.
Thanks!
iBook G4 iBook G4 Mac OS X Sorry but I don't know anythying about the numbers in brackets afterwards!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
You can't delete a file from inside AppleWorks. You will need to find the file in the Finder (you can click on the Desktop in the background to switch to the Finder) and delete it from there.
If you click on the Desktop, in the upper, left-hand corner of the menu, the name next to the blue Apple logo should be "Finder". Then press the Apple key and f key at the same time to open up a "find" window. Type in the name of your document to start looking for it. In the window that appears with the results of your search, you can select your document by clicking on it once and then press Apple and the delete key at the same time to send the document to the Trash.
-Doug
P.S. If you click on the blue Apple logo menu and select "About This Mac" the window that opens will tell you which version of Mac OS X you're using. There is a difference in the way a search works between Mac OS X 10.3.x or 10.4.x so the steps to look for a file may be different.

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