Hank Mccartin
Level 2
(170 points)
Q: anyone know a workaround to open an appleworks file on maverick?
anyone know a workaround to open an appleworks file on maverick?
Roger Wilmut1
Level 9
(78,451 points)
Word Processing documents can be opened directly in Pages 4 (AppleWorks 6 only) but this is no longer available - the new Pages 5 (Mavericks required) does not open AppleWorks documents.
Panergy Software's docXConverter v3.2 ($19.95) can convert Appleworks 5 and 6 Word Processing documents to RTF (though it has been reported that it can only handle documents which contain only text, not those which include images or frames).
The latest version of the free LibreOffice has announced that it can open AppleWorks 6 Word Processing documents and an ability to open ClarisWorks documents has been reported: it does appear to be able to handle at least some embedded images.
The previous version of Numbers will open AppleWorks spreadsheets but the new version will not. Nothing will open Paint or Database documents.
You may find it helpful to read this article on 'Abandoning AppleWorks' for more details:
