Exporting AppleWorks database to PC

I am a membership secretary for a community org, and have worked hard to create a useful member database on AppleWorks 6. Now I need to resign. When a successor volunteers he/she will probably have a PC, not an Apple. (sad face)
What software do they need to allow me simply to transfer the database to their computer?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) AppleWorks 6

It is highly unlikely that a PC user will be using a database. Almost every PC user uses Excel as a database as well as a spreadsheet. There really isn't any "structure & all" to it. ASCII text will separate each field in the database by tabs & each record by a return. It will not retain any field labels. This can be opened or imported by any spreadsheet or database. You can test this for yourself by opening the saved ASCII text file as a spreadsheet in AppleWorks.
Some PC users will use Microsoft Works which does have a database. MSWorks can also open or import your ASCII text file in its database or spreadsheet modules. The only way to retain field labels in transfering a database to another program would be to save the database as a DBF. AppleWorks 6 can't save as DBF. If you have a Mac that can use Classic and you have AppleWorks 5 you can save the AppleWorks 6 database as AppleWorks 5, open it in AppleWorks 5 & then Save As… DBF in AppleWorks 5.
When saving any "foreign" file format from AppleWorks, either 5 or 6, you will have to add the appropriate 3-letter file extension to the file name. AppleWorks won't do it for you. Use .txt for ASCII or plain text or .dbf for the DBF files.

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I have just created a list of about 800 contacts in
an appleworks database that includes their email
address. Now I would like to be able to send out an
email to many of my contacts.
How can I use appleworks to create a mailing list?
Or do I need to somehow export this information to
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I would like to be able to print up a page that shows each classroom number with teacher name, followed by a number of students in that class.
Do you want a list of some of the students in the class, or do you want a number showing how many students are in that class? My assumption is the second.
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As you say "A" class number and (A) teacher name, I'm assuming that there is only one teacher's name associated with each student, and only one class number associated with each student (and I suspect that all students with the same Teacher have the same class number).
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'Teacher' (containing teacher's name)
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I currently manage my database on a PC with Microsoft
Access. I would like to switch the data to my new
iMac (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4). Can anyone
tell me more about the database program in
Appleworks? Can you customize the fields (to include
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appleworks +database +tutorial
You're probably aware of this, but I'll mention it just in case: AppleWorks is no longer bundled with any Macs, and must be purchased separately.
Also, AppleWorks has a flat-file database. This is basically a single table of records. However, Access is a relational database and creates multiple tables of records which can be linked together using key fields. If your Access database is a relational database then you will have to redesign it work in AppleWorks. That is, collapse it all into one big table. If you're reasonably serious about databases, then you'll find FileMaker is a better choice. It is a relational database very similar to Access, and will create smaller more efficient databases than AppleWorks. NB There are other relational databases available on the Mac too. So search VersionTracker.com for the alternative products.
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Review these excellent articles:
1. Abandoning Appleworks by Roger Wilmut:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/aw/page1.html
or
2. Appleworks for the modern day, a migration tip by a brody:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2522
Do you have access to a Mac running Snow Leopard?
or,
Also you can run Appleworks 6.9.2 in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels 8 for use on your Mac running Mt. Lion:
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