Hi, there shouldn't be a problem opening Word documents from any
source in Pages, Apple's present word processing programme, but you
would find it much easier to have Office 2004, which is the most
recent Microsoft version for the Mac, in terms of opening all sorts
of office documents.
There is no 'works' equivalent for Macs now, its the full version, or
stick with Apples ' iWork' package, which has two applications, Pages
and Keynote (presentation software). The iWork package is much
cheaper than buying Office, of course.
You won't need a separate translation programme in either case.
I'm not sure what will happen to your Appleworks documents -
hopefully someone else on the list can help. It might be a good idea
to translate them using Maclink plus to Office documents before
trying to use them on your new machine. Sounds like it might be an
idea to hang on to your old Mac until you are sure that everything
works on the new one.
cheers, susan.
On 17/08/2006, at 11:25 AM, Dick Anderson wrote:
I have one of the first iMacs, OS 8.6, I think about 2000 and am
thinking of
upgrading to a new one.
The only serious problem I've had until recently has been getting
Microsoft
e-mail attachments which I can't open in Appleworks. Using Maclink
plus
sometimes works but never very well.
Presumably, if I get Microsoft Office for Mac that will be OK, but
not if I
only get iWorks.
Alsp with a new Mac OSX, will documents etc I've created on my old
iMac with
Appleworks and transferred to the new one automatically open when I
use the
office for Works, or will I still be stuck with a translater?
Thanks,
Dick Anderson
R A Anderson,
65 Dalkeith Rd.,
Nedlands,
Western Australia, 6009
(08) 9386 4405
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