Converting to Appleworks 6

Hello,
I had a question about how to convert the Clarisworks dictionary to Appleworks.
I've done a data transfer for a client from a imac g3 (running Os 9.2.2) to an imac G4 running Os 10.3.7. I am able to get the clarisworks saved documents over to the new computer but can not get the dictionary to come up with their saved dictionary data. When I bring up the dictionary now everything is at default and the learn button is greyed out. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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AppleWorks 6 has a different dictionary format than previous versions of AppleWorks & ClarisWorks. A quick search of AppleWorks help or AppleWorks support files online for dictionary returns Converting an AppleWorks 5 User Dictionary. Remember that the AppleWorks 6 dictionary has a much smaller word limit than previous versions, too, only 2883 words.
Peggy

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