Re: Convert Appleworks 3.0 Files to MS-DOS

[mlgstudios@yahoo.com (mlgstudios)]

Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message news:<nCF6d.15639$54.238608@typhoon.sonic.net>...
> In comp.sys.apple2 mlgstudios <mlgstudios@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I am aware that you can print a file to ASCII from Appleworks;
> > however, this is very very tedious considering the number of files I
> > need to convert.  I'm hoping that some program out there can do a
> > batch convert or something.
> 
> (1) Create an image of the disk with the AppleWorks files.
> 
> (2) Copy the disk image to Windows.
> 
> (3) Use CiderPress to extract the files, using the "easy access in Windows"
> mode.  Takes the same amount of time whether you're converting one file
> or 100 files.
> 
> AWP becomes formatted text (.rtf), ASP and ADP become .csv files that
> can be loaded into Excel.  The current version does not have a "plain text"
> mode, mostly because it hadn't occured to me to have one -- you lose most
> of the formatting.  Easy enough to add.
> 
> http://www.faddensoft.com/ciderpress/



How do I make an image of the Appleworks disk?  My PC can't read
ProDos disks, and I don't know of a program for the Mac SE that will
make images of ProDos disks either.

Do you mean, instead, to copy the Appleworks files via PC Exchange to
a PC formatted floppy and then use that on the PC for your conversion
program?