Appleworks Docs

My Mum has a load of old Appleworks docs from a backup I made to CD some time ago. Since she suffered a Hard Drive failure a while ago and I'm trying to help her get things back to normal. So far I've had no joy trying to get Appleworks up and running on her OS X machine with new hard drive - it seems like catch 22, however for now my question is around iWork pages. We've reinstalled it from the CD, and all the documentation I can find says it should open Mum's old Appleworks 6 WP docs but iWorks steadfastly refuses to open any of them - is this right or am I missing something?
Message was edited by: Mr Tunes

Another thing to try: click on an AW file in the Finder then Cmnd+I (Get Info) and under Open With choose, or navigate to, Pages. Then choose Change All. Now every time you double click on an AW file it should open in Pages. However, Pages can only open word processing and spreadsheet files, not Draw or Paint files.
For more details, do a search for Open AppleWorks and you’ll find many answers to questions that may arise as you continue this project.
Walt

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Pages -- how do I access, convert AppleWorks docs?

Hello. I have numerous AppleWorks docs which, I conveniently found out after upgrading to Yosemite, will not open. I downloaded Pages -- which also refuses to recognize docs created by Apple's prior word processing software. So how can I access these docs, convert them to Pages-recognizable docs? Thank you.

The only way to deal with this is either use the iWork '09 n.3 applications on Yosemite, or install LibreOffice, which will open these files. From the LibreOffice installer, drag and drop it into /Applications. RIght click on the LibreOffice icon, and open. In the open dialog, choose open again. Drag the LibreOffice icon to your Dock and drop. Drag/drop your AppleWorks documents on the LibreOffice Dock icon.
LibreOffice is an MS Office replacement suite.

Having trouble opening Appleworks docs in Numbers 2.0

I'm trying to get ready to make the jump from OSX 10.6.8 to Mavericks. I have a ton of stuff that I've created using Appleworks 6.2.9. I had been given to understand that the newer Mavericks versions of iWork would not open Appleworks docs, so I got iWorks '09. Pages is doing just fine, but every time I try to open an Appleworks spreadsheet in Numbers (it's version 2.0) I get a message stating, "The document “xxxxxxx.cwk” could not be opened." I really can't move up to Mavericks until I get this stuff in a format that will allow me to continue to work with it. Any advice on how to proceed would be very much appreciated!! -- Tom

You do need to update to Numbers 9.0.4. You can download the updater from this page. But, as always, if you're not running the latest versions of the iWork apps installed from a retail box or the downloaded trial & Software Update says your software is up to date, make sure the applications are where the installer initially put them. The updaters are very picky. If the location is not where the updater is programmed to look or if the folder doesn't have the name the updater looks for, it will not work. The applications cannot be renamed or moved. If you installed from the downloaded trial or the retail box, they must be in the iWork '09 folder in Applications. That iWork folder must be named iWork '09. If it doesn't have the '09 Software Update won't find them & the updaters won't work.

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How should I save Appleworks docs? Is there some way to convert them so they will be available in Mavericks?

Read Roger Wilmut's excellent series of articles, Abandoning Appleworks:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/aw/page1.html
also, a brody's: AppleWorks for the modern day, a migration tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2522

Appleworks docs and compatibility with iWorks application?

Appleworks docs and compatibility with iWorks application? Does it exists? I do not have iWorks and will soon be upgrading my op sys to 10.4 (it really is in the mail) I currentl have 10.2.8
I use AppleWorks a great deal. Does iWorks replace it? or enhance it?
Will AppleWorks be upgraded or is 6.2.9 the last iteration?

Welcome to Apple Discussions SYGWS
iWork (no "s") is not an application, but the name given to the package of two applications, Keynote & Pages.
Keynote is a presentation application that can open AppleWorks 6 presentation files & PowerPoint files. I haven't use Keynote other than to view a few presentation. You probably can find a lot of information by searching the Keynote forum.
Pages is the word processing/page layout application in iWork. Pages is able to open AppleWorks 6 word processing document as well as Word, text & RTF documents. It is not able to open any other AppleWorks documents or older Word documents (I'm not sure how far back it goes). Pages 1 (iWork '05) will not display floating spreadsheet frames in AppleWorks 6 word processing documents, Pages 2 can. Pages 2 has limited spreadsheet functions available in tables (as does Keynote 3, both in iWork '06). Pages can export as PDF, Word, plain text, RTF & HTML (HTML export is disappointing to say the least). It cannot export as AppleWorks (any version).
No one here knows for sure if AppleWorks will ever get another update & those that do have signed non-disclosure agreements, but it is extremely unlikely. In the iWork ’05 press release iWork is said to be "building the successor to AppleWorks."
Many users here, like me, use Pages for what it does so well & AppleWorks for what it does that iWork doesn't (at least not yet) - databases, spreadsheets & drawing.

Appleworks docs conversion to indesign ? possible ?

Question is how best to convert appleworks docs to indesign. I am going from a macpro with older software to an intel base macbook pro and will be using new software of course. Is the best or only way to convert appleworks to microsoft word and then to indesign. Is microsoft word neccessary or is there another option? Much thanks,
Will

Word Processing documents can only be Saved As a limited range of formats, including Rich Text and a few versions of Word, the latest being 2007. If your document is formatted text without the layout being important then Rich Text could probably be imported into InDesign (with which I'm not familiar): otherwise you will have to do it via Word (and if your formatting is complicated it may not survive entirely accurately).
Other types of documents are more problematic: you may find this article helpful -
http://rfwilmut.net/aw

How do i view appleworks docs in tiger?

have owned a new i-mac and tiger for a couple of days ... my i-book with panther had no trouble creating and reading docs (with a .cwk ending on the file name). in the new tiger first of all i cannot find appleworks, secondly when i tried to open a doc i was sent to a trial version of i-works which then opened up in microsoft word and finally told me that there had been an error and my doc could not be opened.
help!!!!!

If you have a legal copy of Appleworks you can install it on your computer. I don't know how you obtained the Appleworks you have. If it came as part of the pre-installed software when you purchased your computer, then it would be on the Software Restore discs that came with the computer. There are file translators. MacLink Plus, for example, will translate Appleworks files to most other word processors, spreadsheets, or database apps. I don't know if there are any share or freeware translators. If there are you would likely find them at www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.
As for linking two computers that's relatively easy. It can be done via Ethernet or via Firewire.
According to Apple's software licensing agreement you may only install the software on one CPU at a time. If you install the software on more than one CPU at a time then you are violating the license agreement (unless you have a multi-CPU license.) Because the discussions are sponsored and supported by Apple, I cannot advise you or instruct you on how to copy software onto more than one CPU. Doing so consitutes a violation of the software license and the terms of use for the discussions.

Translatinf Appleworks docs into Word

I have been having trouble sending AW6 docs to my friend's PC. I have been using Mac's "save as" and then chosing Word 97,00, XP. Then I've been sending the fole as an e-mail attachment. My friend says he gets only gibberish. What am I missing? Shouldn't he be able to read anything that I've saved as a word doc? He's running WinXP on his PC.
Fred Jacobowitz

How about saving the AW6 docs into PDF format before sending ? I guess that AppleWorks does not correctly save documents into Word format (depending upon document complexity), while PDF should be more versatile.
As far as I know, PDF documents can be edited in Word (at least, in latest version).

Can't save Appleworks docs using v6.2.8/9 Dataviz translators.

I need to convert a number of my Appleworks files to MS Office format to give to my PC/Windows friends, so I've just upgraded Appleworks from v6.0 to v6.2.8 to make use of the Dataviz/MacLink translators. But when I open an existing Appleworks word processing document (or create a new one) and try to 'Save As...' to MS Word, I can't see the MS translators I'm expecting in the 'Format' listbox, only the usual AW formats - AW6,AW5,CW4,CW/Kids,HTML,RTF & Text.
I've tried the following :
1) Made sure the AW6 application is in the same folder as its required companions (AW Essentials etc.)
2) Trashed the AW Preferences folder from the HD & re-started
3) Trashed an old 'Previous System Folder' I had on the HD.
But still no luck.
Irritatingly, I can see all the Dataviz Word & Excel translators I need in this folder :
HD > Applications > Appleworks Essentials > Translators > Dataviz_Carbon > Translators (24 files in all)
But I just can't persuade Appleworks to let me use them.
Am I missing something else ?

Hello
Strange. I use AW6.2.3 under OS9.1 and do have the translators. Don't know why.
Just a thought.
Try AW6.2.3/6.2.4 updater first, and see the result.
Possibly, by any chance, AW628/629 updater does not provide these resources?
In my environment, OS9.1 + AW6.2.3, AW6's translators are installed as follows -
(From log of AppleWorks 6.2.3/6.2.4 updater)
(HD name is edited)
Installed HD:System Folder:Extensions:MacLinkPlus for AppleWorks
Created the Folder: HD:System Folder:Application Support:AppleWorks:
Created the Folder: HD:System Folder:Application Support:AppleWorks:Translators:
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:AppleWorks SS 5.0
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:AppleWorks WP 5.0
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:BMP - DIB
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:ClarisWorks SS 4.0
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:ClarisWorks WP 4.0
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:ConvertMgr
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:DataViz Required Rsrcs
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:DataViz Translation Mgr.
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:DIB
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:DVZ C++.PPC.DLL
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:DVZ RuntimePPC++.DLL
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:dzSS.Lib
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:Excel 5.0
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:Excel 97
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:FileInfoMgr
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:PICT - DIB
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:PICT to WMF
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:PNG - DIB
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:SS Reader Bridge
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:SS Writer Bridge
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:WMF to PICT
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:Word 6.0 Mac-Win
Installed AppleWorks:Translators:Word 97 Mac-Win
AppleWorks 6.2.3/6.2.4 updaters' page is here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120090
Hope this helps somehow.
H
Mac OS 9.1.x

AppleWorks doc won't open in Pages

I have a new iMac Intel with iWork. My old G3 had AppleWorks 6. I had a crash on the G3, and lost all my data. However, I had most of it backed up to cd's.
When I try to open one of the AW6 doc's, Keyote opens and tells me it can't open the doc. Can someone tell me how to get Pages to open instead of Keynote?
Thanks,
Old Granny Lola
iMac4,1 Mac OS X (10.4.5) Intel Core Duo

It doesn't seem to matter if I have Pages open or
not, Keynote still opens with the same message.
Having Pages open makes no difference.
Don't double-click the file to open it. As you've discovered this will cause Keynote to start.
Instead:
* start Pages,
* select its File > Open menu,
* from the Open dialog box locate an AppleWorks word processing document
* click the Open button.
I'm
about ready to go into my HD and trash Keynote to see
if that would help or re-install my AppleWorks 6.
Installing AppleWorks 6 might be a good idea regardless. You will be able to open any AppleWorks documents (Pages only opens word processing documents).
Yesterday, I was able to open some of my AW
documents with Pages, I don't know what happened.
The only thing I did this morning was to change my
password on my machine back to what it was on my old
G3, thinking that may have something to do with not
being able to access the old AW docs with Pages.
This shouldn't have anything to do with the problem. AppleWorks doesn't rely on the Mac OS X user's password for anything.
Dale

Intel iWorks open PPC AppleWorks docs?

HI All,
I'm getting ready to upgrade and migrate from an old PB/9.2.2 with AW6 to probably an Intel MBP that I would add iWorks to.
Can anyone tell me if the new configuration will open my old files?
Thanks, Ira

Hello
There is no AppleWorks compiled for MacIntels BUT every versions since AppleWorks 6.2 are able to run on MacIntels.
When I say all, it's true and false.
AppleWorks 624 contains 624 running under OSX and 623 running under Classic
AppleWorks 627 contains 627 running under OSX and 625 running under Classic
AppleWorks 629 contains 629 running under OSX and 628 running under Classic
AW624, 627 or 629 may be used on your MacIntel.
AW629 is the best one.
No problem for documents created with AW6 under MacOS9. They are correctly opened undern modern machines.
The only known oddity is that the fonts available n MacOS X are not the same than those delivered with Mac OS X, even if they are named the same.
Small differences in the fonts drawings, small differences in the way fonts are rendered may introduce some changes in the doc's appearance but nothing which we can't reset.
I'm using AW6 since it's first delivery so, I'm not writing upon theory but from my own old practice.
Oops I was forgotting some spreadsheet embedding charts which used long charts titles. AW629 is unable to open them.
If you have such sheets, open them on an old version and edit them to shorten the titles (minus 64 characters). If I remember well I was forced to same them as AW5 documents then reopen them in AW629 to be able to use them.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 9 décembre 2007 20:39:45)

Installed Lion and couldn't open any of my saved Appleworks Docs(.cwk)

I had just installed Lion and all of a sudden whenever I tried to open a document saved from Apple Works with the extention .cwk, I wouild get the message, "You can't open the application 6.app because Power PC application is no longer supported.
Just wanted to share what worked. I downloaded iWork Pages. In pages drop down I clicked "open". My documents files opened. Clicked on a file ending with .cwk. After it opened and was readable, I clicked "save" in Pages. It changed the extention to .pages and was saved in my documents.

Appleworks is a very old piece of software which will not run under Lion.
You seem to have come up with a good solution though

AppleWorks docs not supported in QuickLook (Leopard)

I find it interesting that QuickLook in Leopard doesn't seem to support AppleWorks documents.
Anyone have an info about this, or a fix?

Is suspect it has to do with AppleWorks's age. AppleWorks is unable to take advantage of many of the OS X Services (listed in the Application menu), and I suspect Quicklook falls into the same category.
I doubt a fix is available.
Regards,
Barry

Accessing draw & paint AppleWorks docs on a MacBook

I recently bought a MacBook running 10.4.11, upgrading from a lime clamshell iBook running OS 9.2.2. On the latter, I used AppleWorks 6 for all of my graphic design and graphics editing needs. I have hundreds of files of clip art that I accessed with AppleWorks 6 (though that is not what format they are in), and many, many files I created using AppleWorks 6.
I cannot install AppleWorks 6 on the MacBook (when I click on the installer, it says it cannot run on this OS). So, my options are... what? Do I buy AppleWorks 6.2 and it will work on this MacBook and work as AppleWorks 6 did? Is there are program that came with my MacBook that will allow me to access all this clipart in various formats, as well as open and edit the artwork I created on AppleWorks 6?
Very frustrating...

Hi JC,
You will need AppleWorks 6.2.4 or AppleWorks 6.2.9 to run well on the MacBook and Tiger.
You should be able to obtain AW 6.2.4 from Mac Hardcore.
Although the AW 6 version on your iBook may not run on your MacBook, it can be updated to 6.2.9 before (or after) transferring it to the newer machine.
You can download the updater from this page. Note that the updater comes in several language versions, including two English versions. The one at the top of the list is the International English version. The US/North American English version is the link in the upper right corner of the page identified only by file size (15.8 MB).
To transfer AppleWorks to the MacBook requires only moving the entire AppleWorks 6 folder and its contents into the Applications folder on the MacBook via ethernet, a CD, or a flash drive. Do NOT transfer associated files (eg. preferences files). AppleWorks will create new, clean versions of these as it needs them.
Note that the AppleWorks User Licence authorises installation on only one computer at a time. To remain within the terms of the licence, you should delete the AW 6 folder from the old machine after making the transfer.
Regards,
Barry

Word processing software: Appleworks, NeoOffice / saving as Word.doc

I would love some advice on word processing software.
My daughter is a college student who sometimes needs to e-mail her papers to a teacher (in Word). She does not have Word, and we're not buying it. In the past, she's used the school computers, but that's not always practical. She has a Mac, with Appleworks on it. If she works in Appleworks and saves a paper in Word format, will it really open okay in Word, with footnotes, images, etc. intact? (Obviously, she doesn't want to get a lower grade for something so silly and avoidable.) I think I have seen on this forum somewhere a mention of trouble with footworks in Appleworks docs saved in Word format.
Also, if she were to save as a Word doc, which format would be the best to use: Word Mac 6; Word Mac 98; Word Windows 6; Word Windows 97, 2000, XP 2002?
She also needs to do simple tables sometimes, which it looks like Appleworks can do. Do these translate well?
Also, I have looked at NeoOffice and OpenOffice online. It looks like one of those would be a possibility for her, too. Apparently, documents can be saved as Word files in those programs. Does anyone know if they are any better than Appleworks for this purpose? (For instance, with footnotes?)
From the NeoOffice Website: "You can exchange documents with Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org users, even on other platforms!" Does that mean a Word file will open and display okay, if you get one e-mailed to you? And that your own Word file will open and display okay on the other end? (I know this is not about Appleworks, but someone might know. . .)
Looking through this forum, I have seen software for opening Word documents (icWord), but my daughter needs to be able to (reliably) go both ways--saving and opening.
Thanks much in advance!
Christina
Powerbook G4; Intel iMac 20inch Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Overall, I'd concur with Ken.
AppleWorks/Word conversion does have difficulties with tables and footnotes.
Neo Office has better compatibility with MS Office, and runs without installing additional software on your Mac. But it's a Java implementation of an earlier version of OpenOffice.org, and is missing a few recent improvements. It's also a bit slow, although in some uses this is not a problem.
OpenOffice.org runs in an Xwindow (no relation to MS Windows), and requires installation of X11, Apple's Xwindow implementation. I haven't used it, but expect that it is a more compatible implementation than NeoOffice.
Both are free to download and use. If nothing else, one or the other is useful to see how successful the AppleWorks > Word translation of a particular file has been.
The closest compatibility will be achieved with MS Windows (Mac), of course. If your reasons for not purchasing MS Windows are strictly economic, you mmight want to rethink them. As a student, your daughter is elegible to purchase the Teacher and Student edition at a much lower price than the retail version. This version is operationally identical to the retail one. The largest difference is a licencing one—student/teacher licencees are not eligible for reduced price upgrades to the next version. They are, though, eligible to purchase the next Student & Teacher edition provided they still qualify at that time.
Regards,
Barry

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