Re: Appleworks 1.0 to Mac (Word)

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

jimmcc@pogo.wv.tek.com (Jim McCarty) writes:
> Howdy!
> 
> I'm trying to transfer word processor files from my copy of Appleworks 1.0 (I
> know it's old) to my Mac at work.  I use Apple File Exchange to get it on my
> Mac and DeskZap to change the file type to TEXT.  Any way I've tried, I get
> the document with a whole bunch of garbage characters throughout the good
> stuff.  Does anybody have any ideas?

Sounds like your procedure is OK except for one thing.  When you use 
DeskZap to change the file type, you are not really changing the file at 
all, just the directory attributes.  I may not be using the correct 
technical terms here, but you get the idea.  Your file is still an 
AppleWorks file even though listed in the directory as a text file.  The 
garbage characters are the AppleWorks stuff.  What you need to do is got 
your files back into Appleworks and print them to disk as a text file.  
You could also use the Proterm editor to load the AppleWorks file and 
then save it as a text file.

> > Thanks,  Jim > > jimmcc@pogo.wv.tek.com

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Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

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