Re: Converting Appleworks to Excel

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <20040221150217.10061.00000111@mb-m17.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
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>With all the TimeOut add-ins, no one ever (IIRC) made an
>add-in that would output well-known formats for structured
>files, like comma- or tab-delimited.  Strange--particularly
>as it became clear that the platform was nearing the end
>of its useful business life.
>

Appleworks has always had the ability to print out structured text files.
I have used AW5.1 for so long now I forget what versions had what
features, but I think they all can print out tab-delimited files (at least
v3 thru v5.1)  AW5.1 can print a text file with about any field separator
you want (as well as create a db file from any such text file).

I move db files between AW5.1 and MS Excel all the time, as well as
to/from other non MS programs.  In fact, AW5.1 is usually my intermediary
whenever I move files between various Mac pgms.  Copy/paste doesn't always
work as intended between Mac programs.

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)