Keith I checked my version of MS Works (It is Ver. 9) and it saves in WDB, CSV, or TXT. I will try Dan Lewis's suggestion thanks DeWayne McCarty
________________________________ From: Keith N. McKenna <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, November 29, 2012 1:20:25 PM Subject: Re: Data Base Conversion Dan Lewis wrote: > On 11/29/2012 08:00 AM, DeWayne McCarty wrote: >> I have a data base file created in MS Works. Is there a way to convert >> it to >> Open Office data base, without doing a new OODB design? >> thank you >> DeWayne McCarty > Probably not. Anything created by MS Works has to be converted to > either a MS Office program or to AOO. > The first thing to do is to save the database file as a CSV (comma > separated version) format. Then you can use Base to connect to the CSV > file. > > --Dan Dan; If I remember correctly some versions of Works could convert to dbase which if I remember correctly can be accessed by AOO Base. Dwayne; Check if your version of Works will save the database as dbase format. If I can find it I will dig out my old copy of Works 4.5A and check it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
