You can enter them individually as text (use X) or you can enter them using the lyric editor, which is a little trickier but more efficient.  Search the forum for details, it's been discussed and explained many times.

The only way you are going to make them sound out is to create a staff for the guitar, set the instrument for that staff (MIDI channel) to guitar, then enter the notes you want to use for the chord.  Noteworthy Composer is a notation program, not a guitar chord sequencer.  Chord designations are only supported as text; NWC doesn't read them as chords, just a text element.  Besides, what would it play anyway?  A single strum at each chord change; quarter note strums; ching ching-a ching ching-a...; finger picking; barre chord or open; etc.?

You can fairly well simulate a guitar using Noteworthy, but you have to tell it what to do and which notes to use.

- John

well, guitar chords are just like pianoa chords: when there is Dm written, you have to enter the notes that compose it (the one intended by the author. on a guitar it depends where you play it, fret 2 or higher, for example).

To have them strum at play time, there is a user tool that does that perfectly, and which is made by the author.

P.S. If for you Am (for instance) is just a finger position, go one step ahead and know which notes it is. It'll help you alot, and furthermore you'll find NWC (and music) is much more easy ;)

HTH,
M.