AppleWorks 6 Will no longer save to PDF
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When you moved to the Intel Mac did you use the Migration Assistant to move your user settings? If you did, Migration Assistant will have moved your AppleWorks preferences. Using old AppleWorks preferences on a newly updated/upgraded Mac, even if all you do is update the OS, is a very common source of problems. Whenever you do an update, it's a good idea to do two maintenance tasks, one for the system (Repair Permissions) and one for AppleWorks (delete preferences). (Thanks to Barry for this way to format this very common answer.) Deleting the AppleWorks preferences can often fix printing issues.
To Repair permissions, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on Repair Permissions.
To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.
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(6) Some or all text in the resultant PDF file appears in Courier or in some other substitution font.
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