Opening ClarisWorks files in AppleWorks

James L. Ryan

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Feb 26, 2003, 11:52:57 PM2/26/03

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A friend has just upgraded from a Performa running ClarisWorks to an iMac
running AppleWorks. All of his ClarisWorks files have been moved onto the new
computer. The problem is that AppleWorks refuses to open a great many of the
files created under ClarisWorks. He has asked me for help as he is an
admitted computer illiterate. I have no experience with either software
package. What I noted was that his existing ClarisWorks files have quite a
variety of different dot extensions to their filenames, and he has stated
that he didn't add them. Any suggestions as to what can be done to open these
files under AppleWorks will be appreciated.

-- James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft

Mike Rosenberg

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Feb 27, 2003, 9:26:34 AM2/27/03

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James L. Ryan <talies...@mac.com> wrote:

> The problem is that AppleWorks refuses to open a great many of the
> files created under ClarisWorks. He has asked me for help as he is an
> admitted computer illiterate. I have no experience with either software
> package. What I noted was that his existing ClarisWorks files have quite a
> variety of different dot extensions to their filenames, and he has stated
> that he didn't add them.

Well, only AW 6.x adds extensions, and even then it's a preference
setting, so _someone_ using his Performa must have added them.

> Any suggestions as to what can be done to open these
> files under AppleWorks will be appreciated.

He can drag them onto the AW icon or use the Open command after
launching AW. Alternatively, assuming he's running OS X, he can use the
Finder's Get Info command and use the Open With setting to assign AW,
clicking on the Change All button.

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Mike Rosenberg

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Ron Parsons

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Feb 27, 2003, 10:21:12 PM2/27/03

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In article <0001HW.BA830439...@news.earthlink.net>,

James L. Ryan <talies...@mac.com> wrote:

It sounds like your friend used translated files, either by MacLinkPlus
or ClarisWorks itself. Normal behavior for ClarisWorks would have been
to save them back in their original format.

--
Ron

James L. Ryan

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Feb 28, 2003, 8:20:51 AM2/28/03

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 9:26:34 -0500, Mike Rosenberg wrote
(in message <1fr161j.1u03o4s1j7tbeoN%mi...@POSTTOGROUP.invalid>):

My friend is using OS-X. We tried dragging the document icon onto the
AppleWorks icon in the dock and that didn't work. We also tried dragging the
document onto the AppleWorks application icon in the Applications folder and
that too didn't work. And we also tried, without success, to open the
document from within the running AppleWorks application. We didn't try the
last suggestion and that will be attempted today.

Many thanks for taking the time to offer the suggestions.

James L. Ryan

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Feb 28, 2003, 8:23:57 AM2/28/03

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:21:12 -0500, Ron Parsons wrote
(in message <jrp59-AED1D5....@news.bellatlantic.net>):

The files open just fine under ClarisWorks on the Performa, but not under
AppleWorks running on the iMac. The files were moved by simply copying them
from the Performa onto floppies and then from the floppies onto the iMac. My
friend has no idea what MacLinkPlus is.

Thanks for taking the time for offering a suggestion.

Ron Parsons

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Mar 1, 2003, 9:21:46 AM3/1/03

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In article <0001HW.BA84CD1B...@news.earthlink.net>,

Is there any chance that you used DOS formatted floppies rather than Mac
format. In the evolution of OS's and Apple File Exchange there was a
time when a Mac file would be automatically converted to a DOS format
and the proper extension added when you just copied it from Mac to DOS.

--
Ron