MAGIC WORD CONVERTER ...because most people have never heard of Appleworks
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Magic Word Converter is an Applescript created for the purpose of converting an entire folder of Appleworks documents to Microsoft Word and Excel. The program does not require that you have Microsoft Office installed, only Appleworks 6. |
When run, the script will:
1. Ask which folder you would like to convert.
2. Convert all the Appleworks word processing and Appleworks spreadsheet documents in the selected folder to Microsoft Word and Excel format.
3. Make sure all the converted document names adhere to Windows naming conventions such as file name length and proper extension (.doc and .xls). This step insures that there will not be issues sharing your new documents with folks using Windows.
4. Create a "Converted Files" folder within the same folder you originally selected and put all the newly converted documents into it, leaving the original Appleworks files intact.
5. Display a dialog box telling you when the script has finished.
The script will also alert you if there are any errors along the way. The most common errors being:
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You do not have full privileges to the folder of documents you wish to convert.
b) You are trying to convert a folder on an network volume. I have yet to figure out how to get the script to work over a network. This includes using the script while logged into a network home folder.
Please Note:
Appleworks draw and database files will be ignored by the program.
Magic Word Converter has only been tested to work on Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4.
USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN RISK! |
