After installing the AppleWorks 6.1.2 Update, you cannot read and write Microsoft Word and Excel files.

If you have recently performed a clean installation and a Previous System Folder exists on your startup volume at the time you run the AppleWorks 6.1.2 Update, the translator files will be installed there instead of in your active System Folder.

Follow these steps to utilize the translators:

1. Use Sherlock to locate the MacLinkPlus for AppleWorks extension and drag it on top of the active System Folder. It will automatically be routed to the Extensions folder.

MacLinkPlus AppleWorks extension

2. Use Sherlock to locate the file DVZ C++.PPC.DLL that is in a folder named Translators. This folder is in a folder named AppleWorks. Drag this AppleWorks folder from its current location to the Application Support folder within the active System Folder.

Sherlock search for DVZ C++.PPC.DLL

3. Locate the AppleWorks folder in the Preferences folder of the active System Folder and drag it to the Trash.

Dragging folder to the Trash

4. Restart your computer.