Clarisworks to Pages 09

I've been told that there are third party apps that will convert Clariswork and Appleworks docs to Pages 09.
Any suggestions?
If so, what is the procedure to convert.

AppleWorks 6 will open AppleWorks 5 & ClarisWorks documents which can then be saved as AppleWorks 6 documents that the iWork apps can open. The iWork applications - Keynote, Pages & Numbers - can only open AppleWorks 6 presentation, word processing & spreadsheet documents, respectively. They will not open any other type of AppleWorks 6 files or any AppleWorks 5 or any version of ClarisWorks files.
But, & it's a big one, AppleWorks 6.2.9 cannot open most ClarisWorks 4 or earlier files. No one has been able to figure out why some do open but most don't. Any other version of AppleWorks 6 can open this files which is why I recommend anyone having the remotest possibility of needing to open these files keep a copy of another version of AppleWorks. If you're using an Intel Mac you'll want AppleWorks 6.2.4. AppleWorks 6.2.7 was very, very buggy but is still a better option than 6.2.9 in this instance. If you have access to a PPC Mac, you can run any version of AppleWorks 6, including the Classic component of the last version, 6.2.8. There is also the option of using AppleWorks 6 for Windows in an emulator or on an actual PC.

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The problem with ClarisWorks files were they could contain all sorts of objects from databases to spreadsheets, drawings and paint. the iWork suite is not that versatile.
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Hello
good answer here - but in french
http://icp.ge.ch/sem/utilisation-logiciel/spip.php?article446
lotoff script for applework convertion
here https://public.me.com/koenigyvan/fr/
and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3162022?start=0&tstart=0
HTH
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