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I would like to get a MacBook, but I have a question. I'm a teacher and over half of my documents are in Appleworks. I understand that there is no "universal" version of Appleworks for the Intel Macs. Can I load Appleworks on a MacBook? Will it run using Rosetta? If so, is it really slow?
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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I've heard that Appleworks works perfectly on Intel Macs through Rosetta (though I don't have one myself). A little slower than natively, but not terribly so. Also, I'm pretty sure that Office 2004 can read Appleworks files, so you should be fine either way.
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Originally Posted by DoraExplorer
I would like to get a MacBook, but I have a question. I'm a teacher and over half of my documents are in Appleworks. I understand that there is no "universal" version of Appleworks for the Intel Macs. Can I load Appleworks on a MacBook? Will it run using Rosetta? If so, is it really slow?
I tried loading it just for the hell of it, and it's definitely not slow. Remember that this is a program that doesn't tax the system much, and one that came out 3-4 years ago.
Time to move on though.  Also MacBooks don't come with AppleWorks, so you'll have to have a copy of it already.
Originally Posted by TheoCryst
Also, I'm pretty sure that Office 2004 can read Appleworks files, so you should be fine either way.
Office 2004 can't read the .cwk documents I tried. I didn't bother looking for a translator though. However, Pages opens these files just fine. Also, AppleWorks will save in Word format, and will import Word files.
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
I tried loading it just for the hell of it, and it's definitely not slow. Remember that this is a program that doesn't tax the system much, and one that came out 3-4 years ago.
Time to move on though.
Pages opens these files just fine.
Thank you checking! That takes such a load off of my mind.
Yes, I know it's time to move on. I use Pages to create new worksheets. BUT, I have hundreds of documents that I've created using the drawing program on Appleworks. I can't open them with Word or Pages. I'll redo them over time, but I still need Appleworks for a while.
Thank you both again.
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Originally Posted by DoraExplorer
I have hundreds of documents that I've created using the drawing program on Appleworks. I can't open them with Word or Pages. I'll redo them over time, but I still need Appleworks for a while.
You could probably find/create an applescript or automator action to batch export them all to PDF.
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