How to use the keystroke feature of applescript?

I am trying to use the keystroke feature of Applescript.
On page 200 of "Mac OSX Panther edition The Missing Manual" shows the following example (to select all of a document):
keystroke "a" using (command down)
I tried to use this with keystroke "o" and got the message that "using" can't be used this way. Where can I find a few examples of how to use this feature in Applescript? I particularly want to use keystrokes to copy rulers in Appleworks. The keystrokes to do this are "shift-command-v".
Thanks for comments.

While I agree with Hiroto as to how to implement 'AppleWorks 6's 'Format, Rules, Copy Ruler' ('Command <shift> C) sub-menu item selection, below is an example of performing the same action using 'keystroke'.
tell application "AppleWorks 6" to activate
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using command down & shift down
Below is an example of performing 'AppleWorks 6's 'Format, Rules, Apply Ruler' ('Command <shift> V) sub-menu item selection using 'keystroke'.
tell application "AppleWorks 6" to activate
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down & shift down
Mac OS X (10.4.4)

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