Microsoft Office?

[Zoidberg]

Hi,

We at work are using a database that runs on Access 2 (we cant do anything about that at the moment). Now the database got screwed up by someone and I was hoping to have a look at it here at home. Only I'm using Office 2003 and it wont load up. I guess the database is way to old, but is there a way around it so I can view the database at home?

Thanks

[Scarecrow Man]

Q. Are Office 2003 Editions file formats compatible with previous versions of Office programs?

A.

Yes. Since document formats in Office 2003 Editions are the same as those in Office XP, Office 2000, and Office 97, they are compatible with those versions.

Specifically:

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Binary File formats for Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003 remain the same and are compatible with previous versions dating to Office 97.

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An Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) can now be saved as a new binary format, which uses Unicode and increases the storage limit to approximately 20 gigabytes (GB). An Outlook 2003 .pst file is not compatible with previous versions of Outlook, but the old format is the default.

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Access 2003 has no change to the file format as previous versions, so you can open Access 2003 files in Microsoft Access version 2002. Note There is an Access 2000 file format, in addition to Access 2003 and Access 2002 file formats. The Access 2000 file format is the default, but users or administrators can change the default to Access 2003 or Access 2002 formats.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/p...fo/faq.mspx#EQD

Here's what Microsoft says, but can you please explain what 'Access 2' is? (Access 2002?)

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... can you please explain what 'Access 2' is? (Access 2002?)

Access 2 is a very old version of Access - way before Office 95. We had until recently an application that ran with Access 2; it was eventually completely rewritten to run with Access 2003.

I *think* Access 2003 should be able to convert any older database formats to view it. Do you get an error message when trying to open the Access 2 database?