AppleWorks Paint

Hello
Sorry if this question has already been asked/answered before but I was wondering, how do I change the work space area on Paint and then save it so everytime I go to AppleWorks paint it will be that size?
Thank You,
Holly

Hi Holly,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
Launch ApplWorks and open a new Paint document.
Go Format > Document
Change the two Size values (Pixels across and Pixels down) to your desired values. (The maximum size is 2000 x 2000 pixels)
Click OK
Go File > Save
Name the file "AppleWorks PT Options"
Click the "Template" radio button near the bottom of the dialogue.
(AppleWorks will change the filename's suffix from .cwk to .cws, and will change the location to Templates.)
Click Save.
Close the document.
Any new Paint document will adopt the values you set for this template. You can change the template values at any time by repeating the steps above (and clicking Replace when asked if you want to replace the existing file).
You can change the default parameters for any type of AppleWorks document using essentially the same process. Use the same name (AppleWorks XX Options), changing only the XX portion of the name to the two-letter code for that type of document. (The document type code appears at the end of the document name in the title bar.)
Regards,
Barry

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