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- From: wixer!cactus.org!wixer!pro-lep.cts.com!nighttripper@cactus.org (Joseph Litherland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: AppleWorks to AppleWorks GS info
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 02:14:45 -0600
- Organization: The Texas Leprechaun BBS, Austin, Texas
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- > Is there a way to get all of my AppleWorks spreadsheet formats,
- >layouts, and
- >formulas to read into AWGS?
-
- In AppleWorks GS, I would just open the original Appleworks file in DB and
- WP formats, and AWGS would convert them automatically. I'm sure it can do
- this with spreadsheets as well....
-
- Aha! In the "Using AppleWorks GS" book by Douglas L. Brown, in Appendix A,
- it says that classic Appleworks files can be opened by the analogous AWGS
- applicaton. Basically, in AWGS, at the "opening menu,"
- (1) click on the name of the file to select the file
- (2) click on the open button on the dialog box (or just simply
- doubleclick on the file in step (1). But there's more:
- "When you open a classic AppleWorks spreadsheet file, the contents
- of the SS are displayed in a new AWGS SS window. The following list is
- the formatting retained in the document:
- Cell formatting
- Default cell format
- Column width
- Titles
- THe most important changes are seen in classic AppleWorks formulas. A
- crucial change applies to relative and absolute references in formulas. In
- classic AppleWorks SS, no information is stored with the formula to
- indicate if references are relative or absolute. All references are stored
- as relative references." As a result, when classic AW formulas are
- transferred to the new doc, all references must be displayed as relative
- references. This won't have impact on the values displayed on the original
- SS, but may have serious consequences if you copy or move formulas from
- their original location in the SS. Carefully check all formulas in the SS
- before copying or moving formulas!
- There is more in Appendix B, but restating all that info could take
- some time. Mail me for more help, if needed.
- .get
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