Hi I use appleworks 6 with my ibook clamshell and also claris works with my 5xx series which i think is an early version of appleworks on my pismo i use office 2004, and on my desktop i use both apple works and office. if you save all the docs the same they can all be read by each other, I am just trying out open office1.1 on a linux configured pismo to see if that is readable with other macs also . vicki On 25 Aug 2005, at 09:16, Mark Bennett wrote: > Hi > > What are the must have and poss public apps you keep on your > powerbook. > > And on that note does anyone use Appleworks? > > M > >