[X-Newbies] Appleworks not responding

[Keith Mills]

Thanks Al

I have an eMac. The install disk is 10.3.3. Does that makes things 
easier for me? As I said the other day, it is only very recently that I 
updated to 10.3.9.

With thanks
Keith Mills


On 18 nov. 06, at 16:42, Al Poulin wrote:

> Keith:
>
> I just reviewed this thread going back to August 30 or so.  What 
> machine do you have?  What versions of OS install disks do you have?  
> Answers here could help folks give you better answers.
>
> If you have a consumer Mac like an iMac, eMac, or an iBook, your 
> AppleWorks came on the machine and is in the machine's original OS 
> install disk(s).  If so, the experts here can advise how to use the 
> install disks to dig AppleWorks out of it.   Then you can fetch the 
> latest update from the Apple web site.  Even if your OS install disk 
> is for OS 8 or 9, you can get going and update to the OS X version, 
> provided your machine is still able to start up in the older OS.
>
> If you do not have an iMac, eMac or iBook, then your AppleWorks likely 
> came off a specific AppleWorks CD-ROM.  You can get one from some 
> vendors.  Try Other World Computing (OWC) or the AppleWorks User 
> Group.  Sometimes you'll receive an e-Mac applications disk with 
> AppleWorks on it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Al Poulin
> Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, 
> proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
>
> On Nov 18, 2006, at 5:18 AM, Keith Mills wrote:
>
>> I know that it's a long time since I promised to respond - first of 
>> all holidays, then hospitalisation intervened! Sorry.
>>
>> To update :
>> a)  I've very belatedly moved onto version 10.3.9.
>> b)  Tony suggested that I should abandon Appleworks and invest in 
>> iWork and use Pages instead. And I might just do that for most 
>> things. But it does not seem to have a database facility which I 
>> need. So I shall have to continue with Appleworks for that. So (to 
>> ask a very basic question) J :
>> c)  You advise me to reinstall Appleworks. How do I do that? I don't 
>> seem to have an Appleworks disc. Should I have? If not, what?
>
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