Appleworks wp to Mac Word 2004

[kmoch]

I often write articles using Appleworks wp because it's easier to use
then convert them to Word to get them to the editor. I can convert
using Save As, but sometimes the format isn't very well preserved,
particularly if I use a graphic. I can also convert by opening the
Appleworks file with Word which does a much better job of preserving
format. The problem I have is that when I open it with Word,
spelling/grammer check doesn't work. Sometimes I get a message to go
to the Edit/Replace menu item and look for no proofing item which is
not there. I can also change the language using one of two methods,
but neither makes spellcheck available. Any hints on what I can do
within Word to make this accessible?

Thanks

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

By "doesn't work" do you mean "fails to launch" or "doesn't find obvious
errors"?

How do you change the language? I assume the message said something like
"text formatted as (no proofing) has been skipped" and you got it after
running Spellcheck which suggests that you should be able to apply a
language to all the text to get it to spellcheck. Did anything change after
doing that?