[DM-MUG] iMac G5

[Bill Davis]

My copy of Word for Mac (v.X) allows you to do this.  Have they removed 
it from Office 2004?

I just pull down the File menu, pick "Open", then in the Open dialog, 
select the Works 4.0 document.   You might also just drag-and-drop the 
Works 4.0 document onto the Word program icon, but that may not work 
for file conversions from some other formats.  I don't have any Works 
documents myself or I'd try it.

Note: In the Open dialog, you may need to click on the "Enable" popup 
menu at the top and make sure it says either "All Documents" or  "Works 
4.0 for the Macintosh".   Choose the latter should filter out 
everything except Works 4.0 documents.

If Works 4.0 doesn't appear on that popup menu, then they may have 
dropped support for converting them.   You'll need to use an older 
verison of Word to read them.

Or you might also try MacLinkPlus from DataViz 
(http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html)  if all else 
fails; they specialize in document conversion products. Apple used to 
bundle some of their converters with their various products like 
ClarisWorks.

Tip to all: It's wise not to leave your documents in old formats; 
convert them all ASAP. [Now if I just had time to actually DO that 
myself...] Also,  keep old versions of software around; you may need 
'em years later!  Software companies may stop supporting old formats at 
some point.  Some friends of mine had some ClarisWorks 1.0 and 2.0 
documents and AppleWorks 6.0 would not open them when they upgraded to 
an iBook with OS X and AppleWorks from a PowerBook G3 with OS 8 and 
Claris Works 2.0.   Fortunately I still had a version of ClarisWorks 
3.0 or 4.0 around (see what I mean!) that would open the old documents 
and save them in Clarisworks format that AppleWorks would read.    It's 
also wise not to overwrite your old files when converting; back them up 
somewhere before converting them in case the conversion doesn't work 
right.

It'd sure be nice if software developers supported old documents 
formats forever.  In a perfect world they would, but realistically, 
they don't and often really can't afford to beyond a certain point.

  - Bill

On Jul 17, 2005, at 9:14 AM, John Turnage wrote:

> I have an iMac G5 at work running Tiger and need to convert some old
> Microsoft Works 4.0 documents to Word (Office 2004).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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