I would like to transfer appleworks 6.2.9 documents to my Pages 5.5.3. Nothing happens when I use use the 'open with' option from the 'control' click menu. Is there another format that I can save these documents in, which will open in Pages? Thanks for any ideas.
MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Mac book intel duo
Pages 5.5.3 can not open AppleWorks files. Pages '09 could up until OS X 10.6.8.
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Save the AppleWorks documents to .doc or .txt files.
Peter
Pages 5.5.3 can not open AppleWorks files. Pages '09 could up until OS X 10.6.8.
or
Save the AppleWorks documents to .doc or .txt files.
Peter
If you have a OS X 10.6.8 system with AppleWorks 6.2.9 installed, then Peter's advice prevails. Otherwise, the latest LibreOffice v4.4.2 can open ClarisWorks/AppleWorks v5/v6 word processing, spreadsheets, and drawing files, which can then be resaved in Word formats. It does not process Pages documents. The accuracy would be determined by the complexity of those AW documents.
LibreOffice is a free MS Office replacement suite. There is one file to drag/drop in the installer. After installation, it may be easier to drag/drop the LibreOffice application icon onto your Dock, and then drag/drop your AW documents on that icon.
The saving as text or .doc didn't work for me. OS 10.4. The Libre Office does the job. Great little app. Thanks
Saving as another file type in AppleWorks isn't as simple as it is in more current programs but it can be done. AppleWorks 6 is really an OS 8/9 program that was carbonized to run in OS X & it was never coded to "understand" extensions in OS X. Choose "Save As..." from the File menu & change the "File Format" in the drop-down menu. You do need to add the appropriate file extension to the file name as Windows does not know what program to use without it and AppleWorks will not add it for you. If it gives you an error that the extension is .cwk just click OK or accept both & then change the extension in the Finder to just .doc.
Thanks Peggy, that works nicely, I didn't think to add the.doc. The documents with pictures are missing their pictures but those show up in the Office Libre. A simple one step conversion for the text documents.
opening appleworks 6.2.9 with pages 5.5.3
