I think more clarifcation on my part is needed.
I am using Appleworks for Windows 6.2.2 - I believe this is the current version.
I receive a file from an external source. I believe this file is created in the Mac version of Appleworks version unknown.
My only options within Appleworks 6.2.2 from the saveas dialogue is Appleworks, Clarisworks, Ascii text.
Ascii text was the first format I tried. It failed miserably. It is hard to define failed, and I realize equally hard to troubleshoot a description of "failed miserably". The ascii text option was used a sorce to import into ms access, excel, and any other option I could think of.
The end result was always nothing I could work with. Text that appeared in a single column in appleworks would be splayed across multiple columns. There are too many error conditions to report here.
Recieving the source in DB3 format was close but the the convert didn't convey the original data format or structure. ms access also reported a missing link table which is odd since there is only one table in play, or at least only one table came over.
The only way I've had any any success so far is for the source to be saved in DIF format (not an option for Appleworks for Windows), then the source is sent to me, then export the DIF into a properly formatted ms excel template of sorts, then subsquently imported into the ms access database.
I was hoping there was a cleaner less complicated way
Or the same saveas options in the windows version the mac version has.
Thanks for the assistance.
