Problem opening Appleworks

I'm using an iMac, running OS 10.5.8. I recently got rid of a very old Mac computer that had Clarisworks on it. I now can't open all the .cwk files that were on that machine. I read online that Appleworks should be able to open them. However, when I try to open Appleworks 6 on my iMac, it looks like it's trying to open, but then doesn't. I don't get an error message or anything... it just doesn't open.
So... I have two problems. Basically I want to open and resave the .cwk files. And it looks like I need Appleworks to do that. But I can't seem to open it. Any ideas? Thanks.
Julie

What version of AppleWorks 6 are you trying to open in OS X? You need at least 6.2 as before that AppleWorks is a Classic application.
AppleWorks IS ClarisWorks & the extension remains .cwk. AppleWorks is the name Apple gave ClarisWorks 5 when it took it back "in-house" at version 5.0.3 around 1998. AppleWorks 6 will open ClarisWorks 5 & earlier files except that the last version, AppleWorks 6.2.9, may not be able to open all ClarisWorks 4 or earlier files. Any other version of AppleWorks 6 will open them. Pages & Numbers open AppleWorks 6 word processing & spreadsheets, respectively. Word for Mac can usually open AppleWorks 5 & 6 word processing. Some users can open AppleWorks spreadsheets with Excel, I can't. Keynote can open AppleWorks 6 presentations. The third-party application, EazyDraw, can open AppleWorks draw documents. For any other file type, the only application that can open them is AppleWorks.
Your problem with updating may be that you haven't downloaded the correct updater for your installation of AppleWorks 6. The error message means it can't find a copy of AppleWorks for that updater to update. The most common reasons are:
1. The language of the updater doesn't match the language of the installed version of AppleWorks 6. This particularly applies to the two English versions.
2. The application has been moved. The folder containing AppleWorks 6 must be named AppleWorks 6 AND be in the first level of the Applications folder.
Since AppleWorks was designated "end-of-life" it is difficult to find the updaters (especially the US/North American) on Apple's site. Here is the page of links I have for the 6.2.9 updater. The first has a link to the North American updater in the upper right & links to other languages further down.
As for troubleshooting your installation of AppleWorks 6 it's best to start with two maintenance tasks, one for the system (Repair Permissions) and one for AppleWorks (delete preferences). (Thanks to Barry for this way to format this very common answer.)
To Repair permissions, launch Disk Utility, found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder, click on Repair Permissions.
To delete AppleWorks’ preference files, go to HD > Users > Library > Preferences. Find and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist. Find and open the folder AppleWorks in this Preferences folder, then delete all of the enclosed files (with the exception of the Button Bar Preferences if you have customized the Button Bars). AppleWorks will recreate the preference files as it needs them.

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OK.
I'm familair with AppleWorks' capabilities; use it all the time.
The problem comes from the formatting used by AW for the various kinds of files it can create, hence my request for clarification.
AW word processing files can be opened by Pages.
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