Re: New AppleWorks vs Classic AppleWorks

[Declan MacLeod <declan_macleoid@hotmail.com>]

In article <yourIP-0503032111300001@12-248-100-51.client.attbi.com>,
 yourIP@127.0.0.1 (SlickRCBD) wrote:

> In article <mfumu-DB7D5F.07474005032003@news.alphalink.com.au>, Bill
> Robbins <mfumu@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > In article 
> > <declan_macleoid-7E740E.22485803032003@news-server.nc.rr.com>,
> >  Declan MacLeod <declan_macleoid@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > My memory is failing me on this.  I've created a spreadsheet in 
> > > AppleWorks 6.2.4 under OS X and saved it as a tab-delineated text file.  
> > > I've transferred it to my IIgs hard disk.  Is there a way to import it 
> > > into the spreadsheet module of Classic Appleworks (v5.0)?
> > 
> > (Mac) Appleworks 6 will allow you to save a spreadsheet in ASCII format.  
> > This is a TAB delimited file (TABs between fields, RETURNs at the end of 
> > each record).  Now it's been quite a while since I have used AppleWorks 
> > 5 (Classic), but I'm quite sure it will allow you to import such a file 
> > as a spreadsheet, using the TAB/RETURN delimiting to sort the file 
> > properly.  Of course you WILL loose any fancy features, but this would 
> > probably happen no matter what conversion scheme you used.
> It works with ClarisWorks 4 and AppleWorks 3.0. ALso, you might wnat to
> see if the DIF format is available on AW6. It will let you retain a bit
> more of the features than ASCII will.
> 
> Unfortunetly, there is one final problem. Versions of the Mac OS higher
> than 7 have this compulsive need to attatch empty resource forks to any
> file they encounter. Even if you save the file directly to a ProDOS disk.
> So, you will need to use something to strip the resource forks. Saving to
> a Macintosh disk and running it through A2FX or HFSLink works quite well,
> but newer Macintoshes don't even have disk drives.

It's already saved as text and on the GS (uncorrupted).  The key was to 
load it in as a database file, not a spreadsheet file.  I lost some 
formatting & formulae, but them's the breaks, I guess...

And to to person who suggested that, I tried to thank you by email but 
it bounced.  Thank you!  Indeed, thanks to all who replied!

Dec