Re: Utility to convert Appleworks 3.0 WP files to 2.0 WP needed please

[Mike Ching <kulasoft@pixi.com>]

JWISNIA wrote:
> 
> A lot of years ago I encountered a utility which purported to retrograde
> Appleworks 3.0 Word Processor files so they could be read by Appleworks
> 2.0.  Sure enough, I can't find it now.  Anybody got a copy?
> 
> If you're wondering *why* I want it....I'm moving a *lot* of Appleworks
> stuff to a PC running SuperWorks (The PC workalike of Appleworks) so that
> I can retain as much of the formatting as possible.  SuperWorks'
> documentation says it will suck in Appleworks WP files, and it does, but
> with difficulty.  I suspect that some of Appleworks 3.0's added functions
> cause all sorts of funnies to happen when SuperWorks encounters them.  I
> was told that SuperWorks *will* accept Appleworks 2.0 files without
> trouble, hence my desire for a utility which will strip out the *new*
> functions added with the 3.0 revision of Appleworks.
> 
> Thanks guys,
> 
> Jeff Wisnia  W1BSV
> Winchester, MA.
>                                   "Common sense isn't very common..."


I remember that AppleWorks 2 chokes on certain AppleWorks 3 commands,
but I can't remember which ones.  I think I solved the problem by
revealing codes, deleting the offending command, copying the whole
file into the clipboard, pasting it into a new document, then 
saving it.  The resulting file should be readable by AppleWorks 2.

Hopefully someone else has more details.

- mike 
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