Opening AppleWorks6 documents
When I try to open an AppleWorks document I get Keynote, which tells me it is not an application and therefore won't open it.
ritz,
Welcome to Apple discussions.
It tells you what isn't an application? I don't understand that.
Pages can open AppleWorks files, but only word processing files. Instead of double-clicking on the AW file, open Pages, then click on File > Open... then navigate to the AW file. If it's grayed out, it's not a word processing file that Pages can deal with.
-Dennis
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thanks.The fact that Lion no longer support AppleWorks is publicized since more than six months.
Serious users took time to convert their documents before switching to the new operating system.
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This short script will tell you exactly which kind of file you drop on its icon.
--{code}
--[SCRIPT which_kind_of_AWdoc]
Enregistrer ce script en tant qu'application sur le bureau.
Exécuter ce script ou déposer l'icône d'un fichier
sur son icône pour identifier le fichier.
Save the script as Application on the desktop.
Run the script or drag and drop a file icon
on its icon to identify the file.
Yvan KOENIG le 28 octobre 2008
-- ===========
on run (*
lignes exécutées si on double clique sur l'icône du script application
• lines executed if one double click the application script's icon *)
set _ to choose file
my main({_})
end run
-- ===========
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my main(sel)
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on main(sel)
try
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on error MsgErr number NroErr
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beep 2
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set elem_ to elem as text
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else
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--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
Copy it in the clipboard
Paste in a new window of the application "AppleScript Editor" which is located in :
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Click on the button displaying a hammer
menu File > Save
Select the format Application
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