Re: Converting Appleworks to Excel

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Ben Yates wrote:

>mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message
>news:<20040221051902.15108.00000110@mb-m18.aol.com>...
>> Bill Garber wrote:
>> 
>> >"Johnny B." <striderlirr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:AHwZb.22500$ac.2431732@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> >: I have a Apple //gs that I have used for years. I have a few
>>  very large
>> >: files made by Appleworks and saved to a Prodos 3.5 floppy, that
>>  I would like
>> >: to convert to Microsoft Excel or Word on my Win XP system. Does
>>  anyone know
>> >: a way to make this conversion?
>> >:
>> >: Thanks in advance
>> >
>> >CrossWorks or CiderPress come to mind.
>> 
>> And CrossWorks can automatically convert the files to Microsoft Works
>> format, from which they can be imported into Excel or Word.
>> 
>> The conversion is not perfect, but it's pretty good.
>> 
>> -michael
>> 
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>
>For spreadsheets, can Appleworks save in SYLK format?
>I had an Excel sheet that I had trouble loading in Works SS, due to
>names too long, etc. Just for fun, I saved it in SYLK and loaded it in
>Microsoft Multiplan on my TI-99, and didn't get any errors. But of
>course all the pretty formatting was gone.

No, Appleworks does not support "standard" spreadsheet
interchange formats.  But some software supports the import
of Appleworks files.  CrossWorks helps get it to Microsoft
Works, and there are several options from there.

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.

Early versions of ClarisWorks (for the Mac and the PC) also
had the ability to import Appleworks (for the II) files, and that
would be another possible bridge to more current spreadsheets.
These file format translaters were dropped from later versions
of ClarisWorks, unfortunately but expectedly.  (The final irony is
that current versions of ClarisWorks are now called "Appleworks"! ;-)

-michael

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