ClarisWorks 3.0, 4.0: Making a Calendar Past 1999

This article describes how to create calendars starting after December 1999 using the Calendar Assistant in ClarisWorks 3.0 or 4.0.
Symptom

Calendar Assistant in ClarisWorks 3.0 or 4.0 does not allow for the starting date of a calendar to be later than December 1999.

Solution

With the Calendar Assistant feature of ClarisWorks, you can create calendar documents, which are essentially Spreadsheet documents, formatted to look like each month of the year that you specify. Creating a 12-month calendar using the Assistant creates 12 Spreadsheet documents.

The Calendar Assistant included with ClarisWorks 3.0 and 4.0 do not allow the starting date for calendars to be later than December 1999. However, there are a few workarounds.


January through December 2000 - use 1972
January through December 2001 - use 1979
January through December 2002 - use 1991

Note: Apple has provided templates for the years 2000-2005. These templates can be downloaded from the following Web site: http://www.apple.com/about/year2000/y2kswtests.html .

These are standalone documents, simply double-click the document to open the calendar.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012