While trying to save files, appleworks freezes and have to do a forced quit. Also takes forever if I'm working with any kind of graphic.
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Have you deleted AW Recent Documents (see this thread).
Have you deleted AW Preferences?
How much spare room is on your HD?
The most likely cause of your problem is the "Recent Items bug" that has been around since AppleWorks 6 was released in March, 2000. It can make it appear that AppleWorks has frozen or failed to launch. The user tip by Dale Gillard, AppleWorks slow? Spinning ball appears?, explains a lot.
Once you've force quit AppleWorks, there is going to be some corruption of the preferences. Unlike modern apps, AppleWorks has both a plist & a folder of preferences in each user's library. You need to delete the plist & the contents of the folder except for the Button Bar preferences.
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