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Access 2003 and 2002
I have prepared a database in 2003 and have tried to pass it on to someone with access 2002. They say that it cannot be opened. Is there anyway for me to save this as an earlier version? Must they have the latest service packs installed?
How do I make this work? Thanks Ray |
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Access 2003 and 2002
The feature should be in the Menu Tools / Database Utilities / Convert
Database ... -- HTH Van T. Dinh MVP (Access) "Trilogy" wrote in message ... I have prepared a database in 2003 and have tried to pass it on to someone with access 2002. They say that it cannot be opened. Is there anyway for me to save this as an earlier version? Must they have the latest service packs installed? How do I make this work? Thanks Ray |
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Access 2003 and 2002
I know of no reason that a database saved from Access 2003 should not be
able to be opened with Access 2002. To make certain, I just now created one by opening Access 2003, making certain the Advanced tab of Tools | Options indicated that the database was to be saved in "Access 2002 - 2003" format, importing the objects from the Access 2003 (Office 11) version of Northwind.MDB, closing the database, then opening it (successfully) in Access 2002. Both Access 2002 and 2003 are up-to-date with all Service Packs and patches on my machine, and they are on the same machine, which could affect the situation. Note that there is NO separate format for Access 2003... just the "Access 2002 - 2003" format. Perhaps there was a copy error, or a media error, or the user's installation of Access 2002. Have you tried making another copy? Have you tried opening the copy that does nor work for them with someone _else's_ Access 2002? Larry Linson Microsoft Access MVP "Trilogy" wrote in message ... I have prepared a database in 2003 and have tried to pass it on to someone with access 2002. They say that it cannot be opened. Is there anyway for me to save this as an earlier version? Must they have the latest service packs installed? How do I make this work? Thanks Ray |
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