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!
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: 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 Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
