Re: open access2003 files in access97 or access2000

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Care to name some? <g>
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Joe Fallon
Access MVP



"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> By default, the file format used by Access 2003 is the Access 2000 format,
> but there is a separate Access 2003 file format as well. Access 2000 can
> (usually) work with an Access 2003 file in Access 2000 format, but not
> with files in Access 2003 format.
>
> The reason Word 97 can open Word 2003 files is that there was no file
> format change in Word between 97 and 2003. If there had been, then it's
> extremely doubtful that Word 97 would be able to. Few applications are
> built with prescience...
>
> --
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://I.Am/DougSteele
> (no e-mails, please!)
>
>
>
> "datastatisticsonline.com"
> <datastatisticsonlinecom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:0C72244D-F187-4646-B9EE-17634CA2297B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> well, i guess as the saying goes, it's a "feature," and i suppose i'm
>> spoiled
>> by word2003 just openning up without sequelae in word97, for example. i
>> am
>> aware of saving within access2003 as access97 format, but the ambiguity
>> from
>> the ms website i wish to clear is now this (you answered the office97
>> part, i
>> thank you!) - can i merely open an access2003 file within access2000, or,
>> do
>> i need to specialy save / export / convert the access2003 file first?
>> (the
>> ms website only states that i can do this for access2002 and implies
>> access2000, but not explicitly clear.) thanks again, i appreciate it!
>> dean
>>
>>
>> "Lynn Trapp" wrote:
>>
>>> >i wish to continue to use windows ME as my OS, therefore i cannot use
>>> > office2003. office2000 or office97 are acceptable - can i open access
>>> > 2003
>>> > files in them though? access97 does not allow me now, but maybe there
>>> > is
>>> > a
>>> > fix to this annoying bug. it seems from the microsoft website that
>>> > access2000 fileformat is the access2003 and access2002 defaults, but i
>>> > wish
>>> > to verify before i proceed...
>>>
>>> First of all, it isn't a "bug." While it's possible for later versions
>>> to be
>>> made compatible with previous versions, it is not possible to make older
>>> versions compatible with, as yet, developed features of a future
>>> version.
>>>
>>> You can convert the later versions to Access 97 format, however, if you
>>> have
>>> access to one of the later versions.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lynn Trapp
>>> MS Access MVP
>>> www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
>>> Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
>>> Jeff Conrad's Big List: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/JCReferences.html
>>>
>>>
>>> "datastatisticsonline.com"
>>> <datastatisticsonline.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:375DD94E-2824-4394-A8E5-5DF96145817B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >i wish to continue to use windows ME as my OS, therefore i cannot use
>>> > office2003. office2000 or office97 are acceptable - can i open access
>>> > 2003
>>> > files in them though? access97 does not allow me now, but maybe there
>>> > is
>>> > a
>>> > fix to this annoying bug. it seems from the microsoft website that
>>> > access2000 fileformat is the access2003 and access2002 defaults, but i
>>> > wish
>>> > to verify before i proceed...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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