AppleWorks Draw documents to Numbers

If you are interested by this feature, look at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9267377#9267377
and if you have questions, ask in the linked forum.
I will not respond in this one.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 3 avril 2009 19:55:16)

AppleWorks 6 isn't bundled with the MacBook's anymore, so you'll have to buy it. This will open the AppleWorks 5 documents and give your Dad a familiar productivity suite to use on the MacBook. (AW 6 is very similar to AW 5.)
Alternatively, you could buy iWork or Mac Office. There are 30 day trials for both on the MacBook I think. However, both products will only open AppleWorks 6 word processing documents.
While AppleWorks 6 will open the AppleWorks 5 documents, another tool that will do so is either icWord or OneClickConvert. Both products are made by the same company. Trial versions are available here:
<http://www.panergy-software.com/products/index.html>
Dale

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Printing iPhotos in appleworks drawing document

I previously had a PowerBook G4. I was able to drag iPhotos into Drawing....scale them down and print them very nicely. I just got a MacBook Pro. Now when I scale pictures down they become less sharp and somewhat distorted and definitely not the same quality I had with the G4. Why would there be any difference....I was using the same operating system: 10.4.8 Is there any easy way to correct this?

Welcome to Apple Discussions nan
It's not using a MacBook Pro or OS X 10.4.8 that's
causing the problem, it's AppleWorks 6.2.9. The
problem with an image other than PICT has been around
for quite some time but is very noticeable in 6.2.9.
There are two things you can do to improve the print
quality.
1. An old trick that improves print quality with
AppleWorks 6.2.9 is to turn Fractional Character
Widths on in Preferences > General > Text. It has
something to do with post script printing.
2. Convert the images to PICT before inserting in to
AppleWorks. AppleWorks changes the resolution of any
image other than PICT to 72 dpi while PICT retains
the native resolution. You can use Preview or my
favorite, Graph
icConverter, to Save As… PICT.
THANK YOU so much. Saving to PICT did work....though a few more steps than I had to use before. I will look into GraphicConverter and see if the process is simpler. But I was happy to see how efficiently the Boards worked....and to be back printing good pictures again! I am still confused why my printing method worked so well up to Nov. and then changed so much when I tried it in Jan. Did Apple upgrade inbetween? Anyway thank you for "making my day".
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Problems with AppleWorks drawing docs under Snow Leopard

Since I installed Snow Leopard, I've encountered two major problems:
(Problem 1) AppleWorks gets corrupted when dragging a picture file (.jpg or .png) from the desktop into a drawing document. Various dialogs (e.g. "Format : Document..." or "Format : Ruler : Settings ..." or "Options : Object Size ...") become uneditable. These dialogs will display blank boxes instead of the given object settings, and nothing can be entered into these boxes. AppleWorks must be shut down and restarted in order to continue work.
(Problem 2) When a formula (i.e. an equation) has been created in a MathType window, selected and copied, it takes ages to make AppleWorks the active application (spinning rainbow coloured ball appears and keeps spinning for a long while). Thereafter, it takes another century to get the formula appearing in the AppleWorks document when selecting the command "Edit : Paste".
Everything worked still fine under Leopard; under Snow Leopard it's a desaster.
p.s.
I've produced thousands of work sheets for my Maths teachings using the Drawing module of AppleWorks in combination with MathType (Design Science). Now I'm stuck since there is no decent successor of AppleWorks available:
* iWork doesn't feature a drawing module.
* EazyDraw doesn't collaborate with MathType (i.e. no OLE; inserted formulae cannot be edited by double-clicking).
* OpenOffice doesn't collaborate with MathType.
* Micro$oft Office doesn't feature a drawing module.

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I don't use AppleWorks as much as I used to & I've never had a need to use MathType, but I just tried dragging 3 images - a .png, a .tiff & a .jpg - to a new AppleWorks draw document. I had no problems resizing them using Format > Scale by percent & I had no problems using any of the other dialog boxes you mention.
Some basic troubleshooting you might try:
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.)
To Repair permissions in 10.4.x, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on First Aid, then 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. You should do this step anytime AppleWorks crashes or you force quit it.
The slowness is likely the "Recent Items bug" & it has been around since AppleWorks 6 was released in March, 2000. It can make it appear that AppleWorks has frozen or failed to launch. The user tip by Dale Gillard, AppleWorks slow? Spinning ball appears?, explains a lot.
Could you send me a copy of one of these worksheets? Perhaps I can see if I can easily duplicate one in Pages/Numbers/Keynote. Even though iWork doesn't have a draw app, all of the apps do have basic drawing capabilities.

Converting text in Draw document to editable Text in Word Processing

I have created a Draw document consisting of photographs and text. I now want to send the text only to a colleague for sub-editing. How do I convert the one to the other, please?

The easy way:
--[SCRIPT extractRawTextFromAWdraw]
Open an AppleWorks Draw document
run the script.
You will get on the Desktop a text file entitled
"extractedRawText.txt"
containing the document's raw text.
Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris, FRANCE)
2009/07/03
on run
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
activate
tell document 1
set textBoxes to get text frames
set rawText to ""
if textBoxes is not {} then
repeat with i from 1 to count of textBoxes
set rawText to rawText & "text frame #" & i & return & text body of item 1 of textBoxes & return & return
end repeat
end if
end tell -- document
end tell -- Appleworks
if rawText is not "" then
set nomDuRapport to "extractedRawText.txt"
set p2d to path to desktop
set p2r to (p2d as text) & nomDuRapport
tell application "System Events"
if exists (file p2r) then delete (file p2r)
make new file at end of p2d with properties {name:nomDuRapport}
end tell -- System Events
write (rawText as text) to (p2r as alias)
end if
end run
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 3 août 2009 11:17:20)

Opening AppleWorks Drawing docs in Pages

One of the frustrations some Pages users have expressed is not being able to open AppleWorks drawing docs. I've discovered a way to open AppleWorks drawings in Pages and keep the drawings editable. (The document has to be from a recent enough version of AppleWorks, 6.2.4 or 6.2.9.) It is basically just a matter of copying and pasting the drawing objects into an AW word processing document in the proper way, saving, then opening the doc in Pages.
To do this use the following procedure: Open the drawing document in AppleWorks, use "Select all" and then copy the selection. Now open a new Word Processor document in AppleWorks. If you don't have the tools palette visible, select Show Tools from the Window menu. Now click on the arrow pointer toward the top of the tool palette. (This deactivates the insert text cursor from the WP doc you just created. If you don't do this step your drawing objects will be pasted as a single uneditable graphic.)
Now do the Paste command and everything from your Drawing document is pasted into the WP doc, but still as a collection of individual drawing objects. Now save this document with whatever name you want. Then open the resulting document in Pages. It WILL open and all the drawing objects are still editable. I even found that you can still ungroup objects that were grouped in AW.
I doubt this is a perfect solution, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it work as well as it did in my limited testing.

Unfortunately, this is the only way to get those AppleWorks draw documents into Pages. I believe I described much the same process three years ago when Pages 1/iWork '05 was released. Back then, I don't think text boxes remained editable, but they do in Pages 2 & 3. Links between text boxes may be lost, but they are easily recreated in Pages.
I think that page layout mode in Pages 3 is very similar to AppleWorks draw & am surprised that this function doesn't exist. It's something I've left feedback for the Pages team about more than once.

I have always used Appleworks Drawing for making the frames and grid for my lesson plans. Any suggestions of what to use now?

Please help!

This depends on whether you need to open previously created AppleWorks documents. The only programs which can do this are EazyDraw (right) and Intaglio (though when I tested the demo it wouldn't open complex drawings such as the one below). If you are dealing with complex technical drawings EazyDraw is probably the best choice: it's about the same cost as the whole of iWork (when downloaded, and rather more expensive on a CD), but cheaper than some other vector based programs, and seems to handle the whole process well - though it does operate somewhat differently from AppleWorks. There is a much cheaper version available on the Mac App Store, but note that it does not open AppleWorks Draw Documents: neither does the latest version from their website (4.1.x) - for this you need 4.0.x 'Retro', also available from the website.
If you are only concerned with making new documents, then you can do a certain amount in Pages: but a better bet might be Swift Publisher 2, which is a layout program with a library of clip-art. I use it in preference to Pages for layout, though not for word processing - it isn't really designed for that.
EasyDraw is also a powerful drawing program: if you're not concerned with opening old AppleWorks documents the version from the Mac App Store is the one to go for.

Bought a new Windows 8 computer.Now I cannot open my appleworks 6.0 drawing documents even in compatibility mode. Use the troubleshooter without success.Any ideas? Thanks!

I bought a Windows 8 computer and took my old hard drive from my Vista computer and made it external.Previously
I used Appleworks 6.0 to make drawing documents.I really would like to be able to use Appleworks 6.0 but the Windows compatibility troubleshooter
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site anymore. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

The OP said: "Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!"
Maybe I misread this:
PantherCCG wrote:
Yes, I will try to locate an older Mac to open the files. It should work as long as it has
Appleworks 6.0.Otherwise it will not open the files.
Just showing him an option on a newer mac, which last time I checked, is easier to find than an older Mac.
Depends upon how important it is for him to open these files...

Can I expect Appleworks DRAW to be upgraded? I have Ataxia and it's an absolute gem for me - but it's getting sticky.

Cwk DRAW is a winner! But it's getting sticky. I have Pages as well but tryiing to do illustrations with it laughable. Or cryable. Why does't Apple see the chance to polish up their wonderful DRAW.V6.cwk?

I too LOVE AppleWorks Draw element. I never much used any of the other parts including Paint. I now have over a thousand draw documents and continue to create more to this day. I get complements for the graphic qualities of flyers I've made with AW6. I use it to create forms for business and personal needs, electrical schematics, floor plans, charts, business cards, brochures. The list is endless. A great 'sidekick' to AW6 is Graphic Converter. It's a Shareware product out of Germany that works great for many tasks AW can't do. And I only use maybe 5% of the functions GC is capable of doing.
I love Pages as a MS WORD replacement. It is a joke to try to use it to replace any graphic program. I tried EasyDraw and found it may be a good replacement for someone to use starting out but impossible to convert my many AWDraw documents as doing so imports the entire document as single (ie: grouped) graphic object.
My solution: I spent $215 for a used but in great condition flat screen iMac running on OS10.5.8. That is the most current OS that can run AW6 without problems. It is fast (ie: building a graphic font menu to select from) and free of deterioration. Using Printer Sharing, I can print wirelessly via my MacMini running Mtn Lion.
On 10.6.8, AW falls apart quite rapidly. Auxillary windows fail after only a few minutes to a half hour if I am lucky. For instance, the font size window will open with the size field blank instead of with the size of the selected text shown. Entering a number fails. At that point, I can still use the [command-> or command-< to enlargen or shrink by one point size] so there are workarounds for many of these bugs. At that point, I usually save the document, quite AW and then restart it for a few more minutes before problems arise. My MBPro runs 10.6.8, so I still use it for mobile convenience then move my creation over to the iMac for permenant storage.
And I agree with the idea of Apple putting in the time to evolve the Draw element of AW into a program that runs on the new OS's. All the other parts have fine replacements: Pages, Numbers, Keynotes, Filemaker/Bento, etc. Draw stands out as the sole element left behind by "Progress".

Upgraded to 10.6.7 and now having various issues with Appleworks Drawing program.

HELP...I just upgraded to 10.6.7 and now my Appleworks drawing program is slow - beach balls all the time, I can not copy into other programs, copy and paste messes with the formatting, fills and lines disappear, Fonts are messed up when copied...ON and ON..I Installed rosetta from the 10.6.7 install disk but still no luck. Any advice is appreciated, I am in a crunch with drawing deadlines an no time to learn another drawing program..Yes I am old school.and HELP!

You could look at EazyDraw: the version on the website is $95 download, $139 box and manual: it will open ClarisWorks drawings and is a powerful vector drawing program which makes a good replacement for Appleworks.
There is a much cheaper version in the Mac App Store but note that this version does not open AppleWorks documents.

Cannot use Row Exchange Rate in the Draw Document Wizard

Hi Experts,
I am having problems while trying to post an AP Invoice which is copied from a Goods Receipt PO. I made two transactions in GRPO:
12/28/2011 - I used the BP Currency which is USD and the exchange rate of PHP 45. Doc No.1198
12/29/2011 - I used the BP Currency which is USD and the exchange rate of PHP 47. Doc No. 1199
While adding the AP Invoice on 12/30/2011, I have an exchange rate of PHP 46.
When trying to add the AP Invoice, I used Copy From Goods Receipt PO and I higlighted the two doc numbers 1198 and 1199. In the Draw Document Wizard Row Ex. Rate Prices I have selected the Use Row Exchange Rate from Base Document. However a system message appears which says Base Document Exchange Rate cannot be used, the rows will be updated using the target document exchange rate.
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How should I go about this? Am I missing a step here? By the way, I am using SAP B1 8.82 PL01.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hi Rahul,
You said 'It is not at all concerned with Exchange rate during GRPO...' If that is the case how does the Use Row Exchange Rate from Base Document in the draw document wizard work? Does this mean 1 GRPO : 1 AP Invoice so I can use the base document rate?
How should I go about with transactions like these? That is adding an AP Invoice from multiple GRPO's having different exchange rates. What I am trying to capture here is that in the AP Invoice, base document rates should be used in the row item level and not the current rate when adding the invoice.
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Appleworks Drawing & Painting: Color palettes *still* getting scrambled

I have a problem when using Appleworks drawing files with painting frames.
An Appleworks painting frame normally has two color palettes. One comes from the Drawing document, and this determines the background color of the painting frame. Anywhere that has no other color has this color. The other comes from the painting frame itself.
When clicking into the painting frame, both of these can get scrambled, with unpredictable results. In some cases, although both the drawing document and the painting frame used the same [presentation] palette, and the background color and another color were supposed to be the same, one could switch to another color. I started resetting the background color of each painting frame to white [in the drawing document], and filling it with whatever color I needed [in the painting frame] which solved one of the problems.
However, I'm still facing the annoying problem that the color palette gets scrambled. When I click into the Painting Frame, the color palette scrambles. If I start painting, it gets screwed up. If I switch the palette from presentation, to something else, back to presentation, that fixes it for the moment. If I click out of the painting frame, and then back into it, or click from one painting frame into another painting frame, the color palette scrambles again. I have to switch the palette twice each time I enter the frame.
Is there any way to correct this problem?

The earliest version of AppleWorks stable in OS X is 6.2.4. That you're using 6.2.2 could be a big part of the problem. Since AppleWorks was designated "end-of-life" it is difficult to find the updaters (especially the US/North American) on Apple's site. Here is the page with the links I have for the 6.2.9 updater. The page has a link to the North American updater in the upper right (the blue 15.8 MB) & links to other languages further down.
AppleWorks 6.2.9 for Mac
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.)
To Repair permissions, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on First Aid, then on Repair Permissions.
To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > (your account) > 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.

Draw document previews don't show in Leopard

Now that I'm using AW in Leopard OSX 10.5.8, things are going swimmingly, almost.
Looking at a folder's contents in column or Cover Flow view, there is no small preview image visible to offer a clue to the document image. Each document must be opened in order to see its image.
Is there a way to restore the preview feature in Leopard, or is that a forever-lost item?
Best regards, Isshi.
AW 6.2.9

Isshi wrote:
When I was running AW in my previous computer (G4 tower running 10.3) there was a small preview image displayed when viewing Draw documents in column arrangement. It was very useful.
I've had AW Japanese also on that machine, so there might be some other factors as well, I don't know.
Both my iBook (G4, 10.4) and current iMac (intel, 10.5) show only AW file icons in column arrangement,
alongside the filename and in the Preview column when the file is selected. JPEG (and other image format files) show previews, as do text files (with the exception of AppleWorks text files, which show an AW document icon with the word TEXT imposed on it). If memory serves, the same was true on my earlier iMac G3 (originally OS 9 and 10.0, later 9.2/10.2).
Must be 'some other factor(s)' at work.
Regards,
Barry

What software comes closest to performing tasks like I could do on the Appleworks drawing program ?

What software is available for MacOSX that comes closest to performing like the old Appleworks drawing program?

Maybe Apple's iWork, or more specifically Pages - part of a package of three apps (Pages/Numbers/Keynote).
I never used Appleworks but Pages has some drawing tools for lines/boxes/circles/stars, etc. as well as a tool for freehand shapes. It will also open Microsoft Word files and Pages files can be exported in Word format.
Numbers is akin to Microsoft's Excel and will open Excel files and also export as Excel.
Keynote is an excellent app for presentations - a competitor to PowerPoint. Again it'll open PowerPoint files and export them.
Finally - I'm not 100% on this so hopefully someone else will chime in - but I believe Pages will open AppleWorks files.
iWork is available from the Mac App Store. The apps can be bought individually if you don't need all of them.

Appleworks Drawing & Painting: Color palettes getting scrambled

I'm currently putting together a drawing document using multiple painting frames. I'm happy to use one color palette - the presentation palette - throughout, but Appleworks keeps scrambling the colors.
This happens each time I switch between the drawing document and the painting frames, or between two painting frames. The effect is to change some of the colors in the palette, and in the document too. At times a completely different palette appears, under the same presentation heading. Two places which are supposed to have the same color, and the same cell in the palette, get different colors, using the same cell of the palette.

The earliest version of AppleWorks stable in OS X is 6.2.4. That you're using 6.2.2 could be a big part of the problem. Since AppleWorks was designated "end-of-life" it is difficult to find the updaters (especially the US/North American) on Apple's site. Here is the page with the links I have for the 6.2.9 updater. The page has a link to the North American updater in the upper right (the blue 15.8 MB) & links to other languages further down.
AppleWorks 6.2.9 for Mac
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.)
To Repair permissions, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on First Aid, then on Repair Permissions.
To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > (your account) > 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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