Yes, that's probably the best thing to try first - I would expect you to get a better result if you can actually get a version of Appleworks up and running and then open the files in that - then you should be able to save into a more useful (for you) format.
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: <[email protected]> on behalf of gary dorn <[email protected]> Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 at 17:00 To: WAMUG <[email protected]> Subject: Re: opening appleworks docs Thanks for the Tip Neil I think I might try booting into 10.5.7 first chow Gary > On 25 May 2018, at 4:10 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > This article: > <http://macintoshhowto.com/software/open-old-clarisworks-appleworks-documents.html> > Suggests that LibreOffice may be worth trying - seem to suggest mixed success depending on what type of appleworks documents they were. > > > HTH > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <[email protected]> on behalf of gary dorn <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 at 15:16 > To: WAMUG <[email protected]> > Subject: opening appleworks docs > > howdy > > I have some legacy appleworks docs ( from 1998) which I would like to open > is there any way of opening or viewing them > > Mac Os 10.11.6 > > I can also boot into 10.5.7 and 10.7.5 > > chow > Gary > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
