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Appleworks does not 'see' some files

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by paul.beaudoin

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I have an imac (os9) with Appleworks installed (as default). It is supposed to be able to import excell files (various versions) however when listing files in a folder (after selecting all types), it does not list .XLS files and therfore cannot be opened. The files appear in the folder when simply listing them.

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by tyger07

If this is Apple Works 6.0. There is no backward compatibility..Sorry that sone major downfall with AW6...Frank

by paul.beaudoin

Frank,

Thanks for the interest but I don't understand the answer... In re-reading the question it may not be so clear..
I can see the files when listing the folder but they don't even appear in the list when picking from AppleWorks. Seems to bea problem.
PB

by mikel~t

Excel 2000 format is not a supported format for Appleworks, but if you save the excel sheets as a previous format (excel 98 or 97) you should be able to see them.

There is a program called Maclink Plus that will convert the files to a format thatAppleworks can use though. You just double click on the file you want to open, Maclink Plus fires up automatically, and converts it for Appleworks, and away ya go....(it's probably more in depth than this, but as a general description, it works pretty well).

go to www.maclinkplus.com and it will redirect you to dataviz (the manufacturing company)....check it out...it's rather affordable.

Hope this helps.

Mike

by paul.beaudoin

Mike

Thanks, I haven't (yet) purchased the software and tried it but expect this is the right answer.

Regards

Paul

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