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Q: AW5

I have AW5 on one of my Macs which i really like to use vs AW6. I have an archive of some AW6 word processing documents that I can't open with AW5. Does anyone know of a trick/tip that I can use in AW5 to open these without having to install AW6 again?

G3/350, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Jun 24, 2012 1:06 PM

by Peggy,Solvedanswer
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Once you've saved a document in a newer version you can't open it in the older version without doing a conversion. For that you need AppleWorks 6 to be sure you can convert all files types to AW5 format.

 

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Posted on Jun 24, 2012 1:34 PM

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  • by Peggy,Solvedanswer

    Peggy Peggy Jun 24, 2012 1:34 PM in response to Beige Box
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    Jun 24, 2012 1:34 PM in response to Beige Box

    Once you've saved a document in a newer version you can't open it in the older version without doing a conversion. For that you need AppleWorks 6 to be sure you can convert all files types to AW5 format.

     

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    Beige Box Beige Box Jul 29, 2012 5:28 AM in response to Beige Box
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    Jul 29, 2012 5:28 AM in response to Beige Box

    Thanks. I have two additional questions about AW5:

     

    1) when I try to open a Word.doc I get this message "Translator could not read this file". Is there a way to open/view Word docs using AW5?

     

    2) I would like to save all of my WP docs as text files. Is there a way to set this in prefs as the default?

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    Peggy Peggy Jul 29, 2012 9:23 AM in response to Beige Box
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    Jul 29, 2012 9:23 AM in response to Beige Box

    #1 - Even AppleWorks 6 can't open newer Word documents. Microsoft has made many changes to the formats over the years. Check out icWord from Panergy Software. It can open & convert Word files to AppleWorks 5.

     

    #2 - no

     

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