Works ver 3 - .WDB files
I have some files, important to me, on my old desktop, running Windows XP, which I plan to stop using. However, even though I have the original disk for Works ver.3, that created the files, it is not ...
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wildtoad wrote:
On your XP machine can you export the Works file to another format? I read somewhere that you have the ability to export the file into excel 4/5 format which the new versions of excel might read.
I would agree since you still have your XP machine.
From Microsoft:
You can't import a Microsoft Works database (.wdb) directly into Microsoft Access. You must first use Microsoft Works to save the file to one of the file formats that Microsoft Access can import.
- Open the database by using Microsoft Works.
- On the File menu, click Save as.
- In the Save as type box, select dBASE IV (*.dbf), and then click OK.
- Import the dBASE IV .dbf file that you created in step 3 into Microsoft Access.
