[discuss] Re: Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 20.12.2010 12:14, Tony Pursell wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 17:24 -0600, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 12/16/2010 5:13 PM, Bob Dennison wrote: I have some database files I created in this format. (.wdb) What can I use to open these files in Open Office so that I can edit them? Bob D...

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 12/20/2010 12:42 PM, Tony Pursell wrote: I think it may be possible for Base to connect to an Access database using ODBC but I'm not that technical. However I do have a program called MDB viewer on my Ubuntu system that will open and export Access tables to .csv files that can be opened in OO

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 12/19/2010 5:44 PM, Ugly Ƨǝɒɳ wrote: Bob, If you don't have MS Works any longer, I can possibly try to copy the sucker over for you. Barb, May I ask why OOo can't import files from MS Access? One of the things that appeared to be a "selling" point of OOo is its compatibility with MS Office

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Zaphod Feeblejocks
On 20 Dec 2010 at 18:47, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 19/12/10 23:44, Ugly wrote: > > I've always looked for a means to import files from MS Publisher. I > > Publisher is the bane of many peoples' lives. It's not compatible with > ANYTHING other than Publisher! There's nothing in MS Office

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 19/12/10 23:44, Ugly Ƨǝɒɳ wrote: I've always looked for a means to import files from MS Publisher. I Publisher is the bane of many peoples' lives. It's not compatible with ANYTHING other than Publisher! There's nothing in MS Office that will open pub files either, except err Publisher! Mo

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Zaphod Feeblejocks
Hi folks, You might want to try LibreOffice - a fork of OpenOffice, with better Works import/export. However, I'm pretty sure the LO filter concentrated on text/s'sheet files. There's further discussion here - which doesn't mention LibO (or, Go-oo as it was then) as an option: http://user.servi

RE: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Tony Pursell
I think it may be possible for Base to connect to an Access database using ODBC but I'm not that technical. However I do have a program called MDB viewer on my Ubuntu system that will open and export Access tables to .csv files that can be opened in OOo Calc and copied to Base. Possibly, there are

RE: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Ugly Ƨǝɒɳ
Bob, If you don't have MS Works any longer, I can possibly try to copy the sucker over for you. Barb, May I ask why OOo can't import files from MS Access? One of the things that appeared to be a "selling" point of OOo is its compatibility with MS Office. I've always looked for a means to import

Re: [discuss] Microsoft Works v4.5

2010-12-20 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 17:24 -0600, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 12/16/2010 5:13 PM, Bob Dennison wrote: > > I have some database files I created in this format. (.wdb) What can I use > > to open these files in Open Office so that I can edit them? > > > > Bob D... > > [Bob (bob...@yahoo.com)