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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 01:51 AM
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Database help......converting from Works.
Me & my big mouth I volunteered to build a simple database for the historic society. I use MS Work 2000 to do one I have. Is it possible to convert from Works over to Access or Excel.

Or are there other program out there. I'm running Windows 98.

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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 08:23 AM
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1. Should be easy...
Export the works sheet into .xls (Excel native) or at the very worst comma or tab-delimited format.

Both excel and Access import all of those formats, including fixed length, so you can do it.

The trick part will be "normalizing" the data from a spreadsheet-run system. Prepare to butt heads!
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