Yes, that's probably the best thing to try first - I would expect you to get a
better result if you can actually get a version of Appleworks up and running
and then open the files in that - then you should be able to save into a more
useful (for you) format.
Cheers
Neil
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-----Original Message-----
From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of gary dorn
<gd...@me.com>
Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 at 17:00
To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Subject: Re: opening appleworks docs
Thanks for the Tip Neil
I think I might try booting into 10.5.7 first
chow
Gary
> On 25 May 2018, at 4:10 PM, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote:
>
> This article:
>
<http://macintoshhowto.com/software/open-old-clarisworks-appleworks-documents.html>
> Suggests that LibreOffice may be worth trying - seem to suggest mixed
success depending on what type of appleworks documents they were.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Neil
> --
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of gary
dorn <gd...@me.com>
> Reply-To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au>
> Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 at 15:16
> To: WAMUG <wamug@wamug.org.au>
> Subject: opening appleworks docs
>
> howdy
>
> I have some legacy appleworks docs ( from 1998) which I would like to
open
> is there any way of opening or viewing them
>
> Mac Os 10.11.6
>
> I can also boot into 10.5.7 and 10.7.5
>
> chow
> Gary
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