How do I convert an Office 2000 WDB file to Office 2003?

25 Feb 2005 4:45 PM

Fairhaven

I have an Address database that I created in Office 2000. I cannot access it
since we upgraded to Office 2003. It will not open in any of the programs.
Does anyone have a solution?

25 Feb 2005 5:14 PM

Rick B

What error do you get?

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"Fairhaven" <Fairha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have an Address database that I created in Office 2000. I cannot access
it
> since we upgraded to Office 2003. It will not open in any of the
programs.
> Does anyone have a solution?

25 Feb 2005 5:18 PM

Brian

"Fairhaven" <Fairha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E904289-EBE7-4D8E-9FED-7D848EF0044B@microsoft.com...
> I have an Address database that I created in Office 2000. I cannot access
it
> since we upgraded to Office 2003. It will not open in any of the
programs.
> Does anyone have a solution?

A WDB file is not a Microsoft Office file (any version!) it is a Microsoft
Works file. I suggest you use Microsoft Works to open it. No version of
Access can open it.

25 Feb 2005 5:22 PM

Rick B

I was wondering about that. I assumed it was jsut a typo.

Good Catch!

Rick B

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"Brian" <bcap@IHATESPAMclara.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Fairhaven" <Fairha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E904289-EBE7-4D8E-9FED-7D848EF0044B@microsoft.com...
> > I have an Address database that I created in Office 2000. I cannot
access
> it
> > since we upgraded to Office 2003. It will not open in any of the
> programs.
> > Does anyone have a solution?
>
> A WDB file is not a Microsoft Office file (any version!) it is a Microsoft
> Works file. I suggest you use Microsoft Works to open it. No version of
> Access can open it.
>
>

25 Feb 2005 6:00 PM

John Vinson

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:45:04 -0800, Fairhaven
<Fairha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have an Address database that I created in Office 2000. I cannot access it
>since we upgraded to Office 2003. It will not open in any of the programs.
>Does anyone have a solution?

You may need to get a copy of Works and use it to export the addresses
to a text file (which can then be imported into Access).

Access itself cannot open or use Works .wdb files (oddly enough, since
they're both purportedly database products from the same company!) Try
using Excel instead; open Excel and use File... Import, and choose
..wdb as the file type.

John W. Vinson[MVP]