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How to save OlderThis tells how I saved some older Mathematica Files With Thefiles with the .ma Extensionextension.

In order to use them I needed to convertfound some older (1995) mathematica files I found in a CD in a used book. They had extension '.ma'. To use them I needed to convert them so that they would run on 11be recognized by V11.1. They had extension ".ma".

To do this I did the following.

  1. Download the Mathematica CDF program. To find this look under resources in the Mathematica start-up window.
  2. Place the files to be modified in a theretheir own directory.
  3. Change windowsWindows folder options to show all extensions.
  4. Change the ma.ma extension to nb. With my ".ma" files ifIf I did not do this CDF would not read them.
  5. Read the files into the CDF program.
  6. In the editEdit drop menu down, choose Select All then Copy.
  7. Open a new notebook in Mathematica and paste the text into it.
  8. Save the file. I added the word reworked at'reworked' to the end of the filename but before the extension. Example Chpt1.ma-->Chpt1.nb->>into CDF->>copied text to new file in Mathematica --> saved as Chpt1reworked.nb.

Example

Chpt1.ma --> Chpt1.nb --> into CDF --> copied text to new file in Mathematica --> saved as Chpt1reworked.nb.

There maybe problems the reworked notebooks in V11 as some instructions haveMathematica have changed, but this will get you started.

Good Luck

How to save Older Mathematica Files With The .ma Extension.

In order to use them I needed to convert some older (1995) mathematica files I found in a CD in a used book so that they would run on 11.1. They had extension ".ma".

To do this I did the following.

  1. Download the Mathematica CDF program. To find this look under resources in the Mathematica start window.
  2. Place the files to be modified in a there own directory.
  3. Change windows folder options to show all extensions.
  4. Change the ma extension to nb. With my ".ma" files if I did not do this CDF would not read them.
  5. Read the files into the CDF program.
  6. In the edit drop down choose Select All then Copy.
  7. Open a new notebook in Mathematica and paste the text into.
  8. Save the file. I added the word reworked at the end of the filename but before the extension. Example Chpt1.ma-->Chpt1.nb->>into CDF->>copied text to new file in Mathematica --> saved as Chpt1reworked.nb.

There maybe problems as some instructions have changed, but this will get you started.

Good Luck

This tells how I saved some older Mathematica files with the .ma extension.

I found some older (1995) mathematica files in a CD in a used book. They had extension '.ma'. To use them I needed to convert them so that they would be recognized by V11.1.

To do this I did the following.

  1. Download the Mathematica CDF program. To find this look under resources in the Mathematica start-up window.
  2. Place the files to be modified in a their own directory.
  3. Change Windows folder options to show all extensions.
  4. Change the .ma extension to nb. If I did not do this CDF would not read them.
  5. Read the files into the CDF program.
  6. In the Edit drop menu down, choose Select All then Copy.
  7. Open a new notebook in Mathematica and paste the text into it.
  8. Save the file. I added the word 'reworked' to the end of the filename but before the extension.

Example

Chpt1.ma --> Chpt1.nb --> into CDF --> copied text to new file in Mathematica --> saved as Chpt1reworked.nb.

There maybe problems the reworked notebooks in V11 as some Mathematica have changed, but this will get you started.

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How to save Older Mathematica Files With The .ma Extension.

In order to use them I needed to convert some older (1995) mathematica files I found in a CD in a used book so that they would run on 11.1. They had extension ".ma".

To do this I did the following.

  1. Download the Mathematica CDF program. To find this look under resources in the Mathematica start window.
  2. Place the files to be modified in a there own directory.
  3. Change windows folder options to show all extensions.
  4. Change the ma extension to nb. With my ".ma" files if I did not do this CDF would not read them.
  5. Read the files into the CDF program.
  6. In the edit drop down choose Select All then Copy.
  7. Open a new notebook in Mathematica and paste the text into.
  8. Save the file. I added the word reworked at the end of the filename but before the extension. Example Chpt1.ma-->Chpt1.nb->>into CDF->>copied text to new file in Mathematica --> saved as Chpt1reworked.nb.

There maybe problems as some instructions have changed, but this will get you started.

Good Luck