Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 44
Importing and exporting documents
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2-18 AppleWorks 5 User's Manual Importing and exporting documents In the Help index,* see: E exchanging data You can share AppleWorks documents with other applications by importing to or exporting from AppleWorks documents. To import and export documents, the AppleWorks application uses translators, special files that translate information for many popular software applications. These files, which come with AppleWorks, are in your AppleWorks Translators folder. (The AppleWorks Translators folder is in the AppleWorks folder, which is in the Application Support folder in the System Folder.) To Do this Export a document so it can Choose Save As from the File menu, and then choose a file be read by an application format, such as HTML, from the Save As pop-up menu. other than AppleWorks (If the application you want to use isn't listed, try using one of the commonly accepted formats-Text, DBF, DIF, Microsoft Excel, or SYLK-to save the document. You can then open the document in any application that supports that format.) Import (convert) a document Use one of the following methods: created with a different application 1 Choose Open from the File menu. In the Open dialog box, select the appropriate document type from the Document Type pop-up menu. Select the file, and then click Open. The original document is unchanged. 1 Use the Convert Documents script. See "Converting documents" on page 2-19. 1 Create a document in the AppleWorks application format by converting one from a different format. See "Converting documents" on page 2-19. 1 Use drag and drop. Open the AppleWorks document to receive the information and then drag the icon of the document that contains the information to import into the AppleWorks document. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.