Computer thinks AW text docs are presentations.  Can't open WP docs.

I just updated to Snow Leopard. No good deed goes unpunished. Now I can't open any Apple WP documents. The system thinks they are presentations. Specifically, message says. e.g. "[doc name].cwk not a presentation." I need to open these documents. I haven't yet tried AW database or spreadsheet docs. Thanks for any help.

Looks like you have iWork installed, and your Mac is attempting to open the file using Keynote.
If you do have AppleWorks installed as well, right-click on one of the files and choose Get Info. In the Get Info window, go to Open With... and choose AppleWorks from the pop-up menu. Click Change All.
Close the Info window and double click the file's icon.
If you have not installed Rosetta, OS X will prompt you to do so. You will need your Snow Leopard disk to do this. Insert, then follow the prompts.
If you do NOT have AppleWorks installed, you have a number of choices to make depending on which type of document you need to open, and what software you already have installed.
AppleWorks WP, SS and PR documents can be opened with Pages, Numbers and Keynote respectively.
For AppleWorks DR and PT documents, you will need third party software, such as EazyDraw.
AppleWorks DB documents can be opened only by AppleWorks.
For DB documents you will have to install AppleWorks (and Rosetta) as recommended in a previous post,
For DR and PT documents, you will need to install AppleWorks (and Rosetta), or a third party application.
If you do NOT install Appleworks, and do have iWork installed, choose a file (with the .cwk extension), Get info, and set it to open with Pages, Numbers or Kewynote, depending which type of file you are most likely to be opening (WP, SS or PR), then click Change All.
You will then be able to open your most common type of AW file by double clicking. Other types will continue to give the "This is not a XXXX file" message, but can be openied by right clicking on the file and choosing Open with... then choosing the appropriate iWork application.
Regards,
Barry

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