Opening Appleworks Files??????

I recently switched from a Mac Mini running OS 10.4.11 to a new iMac running Snow Leopard. To say that the switch has not been without frustration would be to add a good deal of positive spin to the situation.
The latest problem is that if I attempt to open a file created in Appleworks on the Mac Mini I get an error message saying: "Import Error (file name) is not a presentation" When I then tried the "Open With" command to get around this problem Appleworks is not one of the listed applications.
As recently as a few days ago when I opened another file created in Appleworks Appleworks booted and opened the file. Not having loaded Appleworks on the new machine I wondered how it got there and did a search of the hard drive to find out where it was. Imagine my surprise when it didn't show up.
Does anyone know what's going on here? And what is the best way to deal with the problem.
Thanks,
Win

I've just reached the point where I am no longer willing to devote huger amounts of time/energy to relearning how to use my "tools."
That is simply the reality of using a computer. They change. Software that runs on them changes. Of course, there's no reason that you have to upgrade if you don't want to... As long as your machine works, as long as you can still connect to the internet, as long as you still can print to a working printer that you can still buy ink for, etc., you can just keep right on going with what you're familiar with. If the machine breaks, rather than buying new, you could go to eBay and buy a used one that can run the same OS and applications.
Of course, if you do that, sooner or later you'll be forced to upgrade. Maybe you can't find ink for your printer any more. Maybe some essential component breaks and you can't find a replacement. Regardless, if you wait a long time then upgrade in one giant leap, you've got a major learning curve to deal with. It may or may not, depending on your tastes, be better to try to keep up and learn as you go than to have to make that leap, but it is, of course, your choice to make.

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