There are four AppleScripts (Convert Documents, Mail Merge, Print Documents, and Remote Slide Show) that you can use to automate some complex ClarisWorks procedures. The scripts are in the ClarisWorks Scripts folder in the ClarisWorks 4.0 Folder. In this document only the procedure for Convert Document is described.

• System 7.0 or later
• ClarisWorks 4.0
• AppleScript 1.1 (available from Apple Computer, Inc.; included with System 7.5)

Use the Convert Documents script to convert to ClarisWorks 4.0 format documents that were created in different formats-such as previous versions of ClarisWorks, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, MacWrite, Word Perfect, text, PICT, GIF, and others.

1. Click to select one or more files or folders.
2. Drag the selected icons to the Convert Documents script icon.

The script converts the documents, including documents in folders inside the original folder.

The Convert Documents script opens the original document (using its best guess as to which type of file it should be-Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet, Draw, Paint), and then saves a copy of the file in the same folder as the original. The Convert Documents script appends the suffix ".cwk" to the filename. For filenames longer than 27 characters, the script truncates the name so it can append ".cwk".

Please note the following:
If you are converting documents from previous versions of ClarisWorks, turn off the old version alert so you don't have to OK a warning for each document. To do so, choose Preferences from the Edit menu. In the Preferences dialog box, click the General icon and deselect Old Version Alert.

If you plan to convert large graphics files (especially bit-mapped graphics), it's a good idea to allocate more system memory to ClarisWorks. To do so, click the ClarisWorks icon once and then choose Get Info from the File menu. In the ClarisWorks Info dialog box, double-click the Preferred Size box and type a larger number (try 2000 or 3000). Close the ClarisWorks Info window.

You may get unexpected results in some cases. For example, a tab-delimited file may be saved as a word processing file when you expect a spreadsheet file, or vice versa.

If you are converting large batches of files, make sure you have enough disk space to hold all the new files.

You can modify the script to automatically move the original files to the trash and delete them when done. The code is in the script, but it is commented out. Activate it at your own risk.