Appleworks on my imac

Hi, I have just replaced my old dalmation G3 imac with the latest 24 inch G5 imac. I went to type a letter, and.... no appleworks!!! Where is it? From memory my G3 came with it installed. I checked the install disk and the closest I could find was a 30 day trial of Office for Mac. But I cant print with it. Do I have to buy appleworks seperately? Is there any other way I can type a letter with what came with my imac?
cheers & beers
matt
imac 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8) Final Cut Studio

Hi, I do not know if this is "proper" to ask a question here, I want to "write" using a word processor on my desktop and or laptop. I have a hp laptop with microsoft works. I have a new iMac (learning my way around) I purchased Apple Works 6. I wrote a note (in works) on the Mac and emailed it and visa versa with the laptop using microsft works and then tried to read them with the other computer. My HP laptop did open the apple works, but it made no sense. My Mac would not open the text form the laptop, "no application to open with" or something like that, I tried using works, the trial word processor in iWorks- would'nt open. Am I going to have to by a MacBook to work back and forth?? Then I thought I could use my Apple Works 6 on both computers since it is only myself, but I just read your note. That would not be possible?? What is the best course? Thank You!!

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Welcome to Apple Discussions
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