Disappearing Appleworks

Probably a very amateurish question, so hopefully an easy one. I've had my refurbished iBook G4 for about a year -- no problems except it seemed to be slowing down a little, so I took a friend's advice, backed up everything and erased and reinstalled OSX Tiger. Everything seems fine (in fact running more smoothly and quickly) but Appleworks is missing! (I've used Spotlight to search for it.) Any ideas what happened? Is Appleworks not part of the software bundled with OSX or iLife '05? If not, why was it on my computer in the first place? A happy accident? And, if not an accident, how do I get it back? I still have all my old Appleworks files and no way to open them. When I try, my trial version of iWork starts up...

Hi RR,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
AppleWorks 6 is part of the bundled software package that came with the iBook G4, but was not installed by default. There are a couple of possible reasons for this: Apple had already declared iWork to be the (eventual) successor to AppleWorks, and there were 15 different language versions of AppleWorks available on the install disk(s).
To reinstall AW 6, insert the install DVD (or CD) that came with the iBook, then Restart the computer. When the screen goes dark at the end of the shut down process (or just after you press the power button if you are Starting cold) press and hold the C key to force the iBook to start from the optical disk volume.
When startup is completed and you see the installer screen, do NOT start the installation process. Instead, go to the Menubar to find and swlwct the "Install Bundled Software" item.
The installer will present a checklist of bundled software that was installed when you reinstalled OS X. Go through the list and uncheck each box. As you proceed through the list you will come to a folder named AppleWorks Languages. Click the disclosure triangle beside the folder name to show its contents—the 15 different language versions of AppleWorks 6.2.9. Click the checkbox beside the version(s) you want to install, then continue through to the end of the list unchecking all the other checkboxes.
When you have unchecked everything and checked the version(s) of AppleWorks you want to install, follow the screen instructions to finish the process.
When the installer is finished, you'll be given the opportunity to restart the computer. Do that, and let the iBook restart from its internal drive.
Regards,
Barry
PS: If it was AppleWorks that seemed to be slowing down, the usual cause is too many items in AppleWorks's Recent Items folder. AW keeps a recent items folder for each User. It's found at Mac HD > yourname > Documents > AppleWorks User Data > Starting Points > Recent items. Trash the aliases stored there whenever you notice AppleWorks slowing down.
B

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~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
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