Appleworks alternative?

[john.hood]

Greetings all.

My Dad, a fairly savvy Mac user, is wanting to get away from using
Appleworks, and find a nicer word processor. I turned him onto
Abiword, which is great, but he now has hundreds of Appleworks (CWS)
files he can't use in the new wp. He either has to convert all of
these files manually by opening each and resaving, or live with
Appleworks forever. Such is life in the world of proprietary formats.

Researching it: Abiword CWS converter isn't available for the Mac. I
checked OpenOffice, (and it's Mac variant called NeoOffice) no CWS
converter.

Anyone have suggestions other than manually open and save each one?
I'm still researching. If someone can point me in a direction I'd owe
you one.

John H.

 

[Michael Laplante]

Just saw this one. . .

Perhaps one workaround. . . if he only needs them for reference could he do
a bulk printjob and print them to PDF using one of the many freeware PDF
virtual printers? I believe PDF is universal between Macs and PCs.

FWIW

M

 

[john.hood]

Yeah, I was afraid of that, thanks Michael.

John H.

 

[(ProteanThread)]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

Yeah, I was afraid of that, thanks Michael.

John H.

if the abi word converter isn't available for mac, then why not copy the
files over to a pc and then convert the files and then port them back over
to the mac ?

 

[Réjean Dutil]

Good evening,

I use AppleWorks 5.03 without problem with a Windows XP Pro.

Réjean

 

[Mike Dee]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in

My Dad, now has hundreds of Appleworks
(CWS) files he can't use in the new wp.

Anyone have suggestions other than manually open and save each
one? I'm still researching. If someone can point me in a
direction I'd owe you one.

My feelings are that AppleScript will be your father's friend here.
However...

A Google search on "batch convert appleworks" (no quotemarks) got me a
big bunch of possibilities, but the 1st hit looks promising:

<http://www.tandb.com.au/appleworks/batch_convert/>

But perhaps the following link will be even more use (assuming your
dad's AppleWorks files are mainly the WP variety, and his Mac runs
OS X)...

<http://homepage.mac.com/wade_mcdonald/downloads.html>
**/
cwk -> doc

An AppleScript to batch-convert Appleworks files to MS Word format.
Requires Appleworks.
/**

 

[johnhood]

Yeah, but convert them with what? I can't find a non-appleworks program
that will read them.

John H.

 

[johnhood]

Mike-
I shall sing hosannahs and bow at your feet. This is perfect!

John H.

 

[domsters]

Mike-
I shall sing hosannahs and bow at your feet. This is perfect!

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Nice expression!
Domsters