Opening a document within AppleWorks

To open a document when you're working in AppleWorks:

1	Choose Open from the File menu.
2	Select the document and click Open.
	The scrolling list shows all AppleWorks documents in the folder specified above the list. To see only one type of document (such as AppleWorks drawing documents), choose it from the Document Type pop-up menu.
	To see documents in file formats other than AppleWorks, choose a format (or All Available) from the File Format pop-up menu.
	Tip: For more information about controls in the dialog box, choose Show Balloons from the Help menu.

Tip: If the Recent Items preference is turned on, you can open a document you've worked with recently by choosing Open Recent from the File menu and choosing the document from the submenu. Or you can use the Recent Items tab of the Starting Points window (choose Show Starting Points from the File menu, then click Recent Items).

Tip: If you always use the same formatting or want the same information (like a letterhead) in a document when you open a specific document type, you can create a default template for that document type.

If you don't see the AppleWorks Open dialog box when you choose Open:
You may not be working in AppleWorks. Make sure that AppleWorks is checked in the Application menu (in the upper-right corner of your screen).

If you don't see the document you're looking for in the Open dialog box:
You may not be looking in the right folder. AppleWorks displays the contents of the last folder you used. Use the controls in the dialog box to navigate to other folders. If you still can't find the document, choose Sherlock or Find File from the Apple menu.

If a dialog box says the document contains fonts not installed on your system:
You can still use the document. AppleWorks substitutes fonts that closely match the missing fonts. Some page breaks and formatting may change.

Opening a document created in another application

You can use AppleWorks to open documents created in a variety of other applications, including documents in text-only and other generic formats.

AppleWorks attempts to preserve the original document's text, colors, layout, and other formatting options.

To open a document created with another application:

1	Choose Open from the File menu.
2	Choose a file format from the File Format pop-up menu.
3	Choose the type of document that you want the imported document to become in AppleWorks from the Document Type pop-up menu.
	For example, you can open an ASCII text or RTF file as a word-processing or spreadsheet document.
4	Select the document and click Open.
	The scrolling list shows all documents of the selected file format in the folder specified above the list.
	Note: For more information about this dialog box, choose Show Balloons from the Help menu.

If you don't see the file you're trying to open:
Choose All Types from the Document Type pop-up menu and All Available from the File Format pop-up menu. If you still don't see the file, the AppleWorks translators are not able to translate the file. Try using a generic file format. For example, use Text or RTF for word-processing files.

Opening a document on the Mac OS Finder desktop

To open an AppleWorks document on the desktop:

•	On the desktop, double-click the document icon. AppleWorks document icon
	Tip: You can also open a document by dragging its icon onto the AppleWorks application icon.

Related topic

Exchanging documents between Mac OS and Windows