Kevin, you can read .doc and .docx files with the Pages module in iWorks. Also, if you have a gmail address you can get such files sent to you as attachments, and Gmail can open them, and you can save in a neutral format.
Cheers -- David Noel 2011 Apr 7 ==== On 7 April 2011 15:26, Kevin Lock <kal...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Thanks for that info Daniel....I'll stay with Appleworks6 as long as I stay > with PPC. Of course one does need M$ to read .doc stuff. > > Kev > > On 07/04/2011, at 2:00 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: > >> >> Hi Kevin >> >> You can actually make the fonts show up in the "actual font". >> If you go to the Appleworks menu then to Preferences then to General. >> Under "Topic" you need to change it to General too (if it doesn't go there >> straight away). >> On the right hand side you'll see "Options". Tick the box for "Font Menu >> In >> Actual Font". Click OK >> >> And there you go. >> Fonts will now show up for real. >> Just beware, if you have a lot of fonts, it can take a while to a) read >> them >> at the start of setting it up and b) when you go the Text - Font menu >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Kind Regards >> Daniel >> >> >> On 7/4/11 1:24 PM, "Kevin Lock" <kal...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> I am still using Appleworks 6 on PPC macs. Lightening fast starting >>> up for word processing compared to M$Word. I would have liked to see >>> the list of fonts viewed in actuality though. >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> On 07/04/2011, at 1:01 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: >>> >>>> please let me know if there is an official funeral for appleworks, i >>>> have to attend >>>> i was using it during the apple2 times in 1980s & clariswork on the >>>> first 2 macs & as appleworks again on a mac clone 'umax' towards the >>>> end of the 90s until 2004, appleworks must be 31 years old by now..... >>>> James >>>> >>>> SAD Technic >>>> U3 6 Chalkley Pl >>>> Bayswater WA >>>> Australia >>>> +618 9370 5307 >>>> mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132) >>>> sad...@iinet.net.au >>>> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~saddas/ >>>> >>>> Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which >>>> difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. >>>> >>>> On 07/04/2011, at 10:06 AM, Geoff and Kaye wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes, Appleworks will be sorely missed. We mostly use the >>>>> spreadsheet and drawing and painting functions. I doubt if it came >>>>> from outside Apple; I think it probably arose when someone at Apple >>>>> realised that they could combine the original MacPaint and MacDraw >>>>> with a word processor and the other functions into one program. The >>>>> problem was that even in doing that, they discarded very useful >>>>> features - for example MacDraw had layers, which could be "paint" >>>>> or "draw" layers with a range of options to collapse them to >>>>> produce the final view - a very powerful approach which I have not >>>>> come across in any current software. >>>>> >>>>> The other interesting thing about ClarisWorks was that they made a >>>>> PC version - I used to use it at work where I did not have access >>>>> to a Mac. I do not think it made a big impression in the PC world, >>>>> however; even if the typical PC user could see its advantages, they >>>>> often had a pathological inhibition about buying anything created >>>>> by Apple. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06/04/2011, at 4:09 PM, David Noel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Looking back, it seems to me that Appleworks is, (or soon to be, >>>>>>> was), one of the most extraordinary and powerful computer programs >>>>>>> ever created. And it was free! I'm not sure of its origins, I >>>>>>> have a >>>>>>> feeling that Apple bought the original version from an outside >>>>>>> company, but later put a huge amount into later versions. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Geoff >>>>> ---------------------- >>>>> Geoff and Kaye >>>>> k...@kgweb.org.au >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Macintosh** >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
