Description: 1. Appleworks/Clarisworks used the same extension .cwk for all file types: writing, drawing, painting, spreadsheet, database. 2. LibreOffice opens these as Writer files, usually a safe bet. 3. LibreOffice doesn't allow users to open these as Draw files. Or once opened in Writer, to save them as Draw files. 4. Manually changing the file extension doesn't work either. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take an Appleworks drawing. 2. Open with LibreOffice. 3. Try to save as odg instead of odt. 4. Save as odt, quit. 5. Manually change extension. 6. Open with LibreOffice again. 7. Try to save as odg. Actual Results: 3. find that odg is not available. 7. still not available. Expected Results: 3. an option t save as .odg 7. or at least to open as .odg after manually changing the extension Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: 3. some other save as options should be available, for when LibreOffice misreads file types. And possibly for other uses.
Confirming See also this post : https://macintoshhowto.com/software/open-old-clarisworks-appleworks-documents.html where the limitations of the import / export are already mentioned.
In fact, currently, LibreOffice must try to open: - text and drawing cwk in Writer, - spreadsheet and database cwk in Calc, - AppleWorks' presentation cwk in Impress, - painting cwk in Draw. Concerning the conversion of drawing, years ago, I chose to convert them in .odt mainly to retrieve the linked text boxes (also as I first wrote the text cwk filter and reusing the same code seems easier). Now, I am not sure that I want to rewrite this filter; ie. this filter is pretty complex because each document can contain a mix of drawing/spreadsheet/... and also because creating odg for drawing cwk may still have some disadvantages.