On Feb 16, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > > > I am helping a friend to set up a new iMac from a G4 iBook. She has been > using Appleworks to create databases. The most important ones she needs are > the database files ending in .cwk. She bought iWorks 09 and I installed it on > the iMac. iWorks will NOT open the files! I had her email a file to me, since > I have MacLink Plus, and Office 2001, 2004, 2008. None of these will open the > file! > > 1. Will Appleworks work on an Intel iMac? (which would be the simplest thing!) > > 2. Is there another program that will open a .cwk file? > > Jane > > > > I'm pretty sure older versions of Excel like '98 and 2001 won't ( I recall > doing something like this myself about six years ago) but I'm unsure of 2004 > and up. You have to modify it first at the Appleworks end. > > • Open your Appleworks spreadsheet, use the mouse to highlight all of the > cells you wish to transfer to Excel. You can then copy the selection and > paste it into a blank Excel Workbook. You would obviously have to do this on > the older computer first. > • You can open your Appleworks spreadsheet and choose SAVE AS… in the FILE > FORMAT menu choose Excel MAC 98, 2001 document. Be sure to add the .xls after > the filename. Once again you would have to do this on the older computer > first then transfer the file to the new iMac . > > Stewie > Duh I've got Appleworks 6 on 22 machines from a Wallstreet OS 8.6 to a MacBook Pro 10.6.2 and every thing in between. I wonder why Apple doesn't want folks to use it? iWork is OK if it's your first rodeo but us old timers have too many files and hours in them to scrap for the new kid on the block. That's what Windbloze does with their stuff. But that's just me:-)
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