On Feb 17, 7:57 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:> At 1:33 AM +0000 2/17/2010, [email protected] 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'm not sure why you would think that iWorks would open such? > > iWorks = Pages (word processing) + Numbers (spreadsheet). But you're > trying to tell it to open a *database* file. That's kindof like > trying to slap a 747's fuselage onto a VW Bug. > > Apple's modern solution for databases is to use Bento. > > >1. Will Appleworks work on an Intel iMac? (which would be the simplest > >thing!) > > Certainly! And that's your best solution. > > >2. Is there another program that will open a .cwk file? > > No. It's a proprietary format file. The only thing you can do wrt > migration is to save the database in some other format, then import > that into an appropriate app. >
I thought iWork would work with Appleworks files because the Apple guy said it would! Excel will also do databases besides spreadsheets. So I was hoping that the same would be true with iWork. I did a "save as" for the .cwk file and the choices for translating into other file types is very limited. None could be opened by Office or iWork. Happy to say, though, Appleworks has been installed on the new iMac and is working! Thanks for all the suggestions. Jane -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
