Appleworks sudden closing

Barry as usual has some great ideas.  “Hi,

The first two steps I would take are to:

1. Delete AppleWorks’s preferences files.
Go to yourname > Library > Preferences.
Locate and delete the file com.apple.appleworks.plist
Locate and open the folder AppleWorks.
From this folder, delete the following files:
AppleWorks 6 Assistant Prefs
AppleWorks 6 Assistants Cache
AppleWorks 6 Preferences
AppleWorks 6 Translators Cache
The file AppleWorks 6 Button Bars may be left in place if you have made changes to the Button Bar AND are having no problems that appear to involve the Button Bar.

Step 1 removes corrupted preferences files and allows AppleWorks to build new, clean versions. The step should follow any crash of AppleWorks.

2. Delete most or all of the Recent Items.
Go to yourname > Documents > AppleWorks User Documents > Starting Points > Recent Items.
Delete all items in this folder that you do not expect to open soon. (The items in this folder are aliases to the actual files. Deleting the aliases does not affect the actual files.)

This step should be take anytime a significant number of items builds up in the Recent Items pane of Starting Points.

Regards,
Barry”