You told me so (appleworks)

[Anne Keller-Smith]

I'm using Appleworks 6.2.7 for personal checkbook/budget,
and it's been going pretty well, although I certainly credit
respondents who reported frustration with clunkiness of
the program. Compared to Excel, it is indeed clunky.

Main problem I'm having is my file keeps corrupting.
This is a real no-go for financial data. I have had to
re-enter two weeks worth of receipts TWICE, and am
now pretty steamed.

Also, it seems to me that when you quit the program
doesn't prompt save, as does practically every other
program on the planet, because it keeps asking me
if I want to restore changes not saved on quitting.

Perhaps this is the trouble? Hard to remember when
the rest of the universe prompts me to save any unsaved
files.

The exact error is "the file appears to be damaged and
cannot be opened."

I was thinking pointing Disk First Aid at it might help
patch it up, but now I'm wondering if I should throw
out the program (and my $80) and see if I can get
an X copy of Excel, pirate or no. I just cannot have my
financial data giving me these damage messages
constantly.

I will have to call Apple about this because the Disk
First Aid on the Jaguar install disks bleats that it isn't
compatible with Classic (?) - Why would it be? We're
talking X here, all the way.

Thanks for any info, and if all this is too elementary
for you guys, I understand.

Anne Keller Smith
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