Documents save but text disappears
I have used appleworks just fine for 8 years now, but in the last couple of months i have noticed my documents will save but the text from the last save will be deleted. for example: i save a document on monday, edit tuesday, and on wednesday the editing i did on tuesday will be gone. it never deletes a file, just the text inside. and if i saved in 2 different documents, only the last used document will have missing text. even if i save multiple times while the doc is open, it is still gone. what can i do to fix this???
Hi northcanon,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
Whenever AppleWorks stops working correctly, the first step is to delete its preferences files.
Quit AppleWorks, then in the Finder go to:
yourname > Library > Preferences.
In the Preferences folder:
-locate and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist
-locate and open the folder AppleWorks
--delete the two cache files and the AppleWorks Preferences files in this folder.
--IF you have problems related to the Button Bar, delete the AppleWorks Button Bars file in this folder.
AppleWorks will create new, clean copies of these files as they are needed.
On another forum, a hint was posted that I think pertains to this problem.
The hint was to press command-S, wait for the action to finish (ie. the highlighted File menu returns to its normal black letters on white), then press command-S a second time. The File menu heading will highlight briefly.
Regards,
Barry
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