[G4] Appleworks/MS Excel

[Mel Krewall]

Anne,
Appleworks 6 includes translators that will pick up the formulas in 
Excel. You don't even need to export the file. Start Appleworks and use 
the Open option and make sure you choose the proper file format at the 
bottom of the dialog. This should open all but the most complex 
spreadsheets with the formulas intact in Appleworks. You might loose 
some of the pretty formatting, though.

As far as Excel, 98 works well in Classic for me. I did pick up the 
Student and Teacher edition of Office v. X when Amazon had it for $100, 
as both my kids use it for homework. But as long as 98 still works for 
you, there's no pressing reason to spend a bunch of money if you don't 
mind Classic. Just make sure you have your computer backed up in case 
of corruption.
Mel


"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are 
still rolling."
  ~ Mark Twain


On Apr 6, 2004, at 8:15 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I've been using an old, old copy of MS Excel 98. I'd like to convert 
> to Appleworks.
>
> I notice that if I save out of Excel as a .DIF file, I can import into 
> Appleworks 5.
> However, formulas are all lost, imported instead as fixed numbers. Is 
> there any
> way to keep my formulas? Would a newer version of Appleworks keep 
> formulas?
>
> Other tack: buy a newer copy of Excel. Any way to buy just Excel, as 
> the whole
> MS Office is way beyond my budget? I just need to hedge against this 
> copy of Excel
> going belly-up, as it refuses to copy any more to my other machine. In 
> other
> words, if it gets corrupt I have no way to resurrect it.
>
> Or, perhaps, a not-quite-new version of Excel from Ebay ...