On Wed December 28 2005 01:02, KAREN RICHEY wrote:
> Please excuse my ignorance.  I downloaded Open Office today.  I am having
> trouble opening MS Access files in the database.  It is telling me the
> connection to the external data source does not exist and the driver is
> probably defective.
>
> Can anyone point me to a FAQ or other info that might help?  Thanks!

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On Wed December 28 2005 01:24, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
>
> Have you tried the Database Wizard?
>
> File > New > Database
>
> On the first page, select "Connect to an existing database" and
> choose "Microsoft Access" from the dropdown list (you may have to
> scroll up in the list to see it; it's at the top).
>
> Click Next, and continue through the wizard.
>
> If you did use the wizard, and it didn't work, then someone else
> will have to help troubleshoot the problem.
>
> Chapter 10, "Getting Started with Base" in the Getting Started
> book, has some information that might be of interest to you,
> though not necessarily directly related to your question. You can
> download it in PDF from here:
> 
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase.pdf

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