Opening old AW files

I am in the process of updating some archived files which included a batch of old AppleWorks Files. I cannot seem to get Excel or Numbers to open these files. It says that the proper translators cannot be found. Is there a program or a way to install the translators so I can open and update these older files?
Thanks for the help.
Glen

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I've never been able to get any version of Excel to open an AppleWorks spreadsheet. The iWork applications - Keynote, Pages & Numbers - can only open AppleWorks 6 presentation, word processing & spreadsheet documents, respectively. They will not open any other type of AppleWorks 6 files or any AppleWorks 5 or any version of ClarisWorks files.
I think the best option is to get AppleWorks 6.2.4.
If they are AppleWorks/ClarisWorks 5 (not earlier), you could try icWord & icExcel from Panergy Software. You can download a trial to see if it will work.
A more expensive option is MacLink Plus from DataViz, but it does have translators for earlier versions of ClarisWorks.
You could also contact a local user group that may have someone with AppleWorks 6 that could convert the files for you.

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