Can I back up more than one mac to the time machine:

Can I back up more than one Mac to a time machine? I have a laptop and a Mac Desktop computer can I back up both on the same Time machine

Absolutely.
However, quoting from ASC contributor Pondini's excellent Time Machine FAQ:
It is advisable, though, to partition an external disk that will be connected to your Macs into one volume for each Mac ...

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I think using Numbers is too complicated because what I want essentially is a text document I can alter. I take the information they put into my form and repurpose it in a way I find more useful while performing the job. So, I want to be able to take their typed information and move it around. And add some more of my own.
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Here is the second page in the document which I posted before.
As you may see, the standard Word Processor features are at work:
Spell Checker
Selection…
I exported my AppleWorks documents in Numbers ones.
And of course, with the Numbers document open, you may copy pieces of it and paste them in Pages's pages.
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Michele Stapleton wrote:
I think using Numbers is too complicated because what I want essentially is a text document I can alter. I take the information they put into my form and repurpose it in a way I find more useful while performing the job. So, I want to be able to take their typed information and move it around. And add some more of my own.
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Here is the second page in the document which I posted before.
As you may see, the standard Word Processor features are at work:
Spell Checker
Selection…
I exported my AppleWorks documents in Numbers ones.
And of course, with the Numbers document open, you may copy pieces of it and paste them in Pages's pages.
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