[X-Newbies] Appleworks not responding

[Robert MacLeay]

I checked two copies of AppleWorks which I happen to have.

The AppleWorks 6.2.2 folder measures 56 MB; the application inside it (which
is really another folder) measures  23.7 MB.

The AppleWorks 6.2.9 folder measures 60.4 MB; the application inside it
(which is really another folder) measures  23.6 MB.

By placing the mouse cursor over the icons in your Dock and holding the
mouse button down, you will get a pop-up menu, one of whose options is to
show the application in question in the Finder, where you can examine it.

If you have anything substantially less than these numbers, I would guess
you have a crippled copy. This happens.  Clever people tell each other
"AppleWorks is way too big because it contains all these resources you
never, ever use. Here's how you can Save Lots of Disk Space by throwing out
the non-essentials."  It was a popular sport about the time the PPC chips
came out, and enjoyed a renaissance during the OS X switchover as well.

Certain applications require certain fonts. IF these fonts have been removed
from the system or replaced with different versions with the same name, you
can also have weird troubles.

HTH,
Robert

On 9/3/06 4:10 AM, "Keith Mills" <4.oiseaux at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Thank you to everybody who came up with solutions; I am grateful. I
> tried to follow your instructions and can now use Appleworks again, but
> not without some heartache, and probably not as you all anticipated.
> 
> Perhaps there are some of us who just shouldn't be allowed into the
> 21st Century!
> 
> The current situation.
> 1. I now have two Appleworks 6 symbols on the dock; the orginal and a
> much larger (?older style) version.
> 2. When I start up in the morning, I cannot go straight into a document
> (letter/data-base); all I get is the spinning beachball. The only way
> out is to Force Quit
> 3. Each morning, I have to start a document with the larger, newcomer
> Appleworks symbol; then save/discard, whatever. Then I can use all my
> Appleworks documents as normal - until the next time I switch off and
> restart; when I have to do the same thing again!
> And one other thing. If I use spell-check, the document quits and I
> have to get going again as in 3. above.
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thank you
> Keith