Microsoft KB Archive/62247

Word: Transferring a Data Document to Works 2.00 Database PSS ID Number: Q62247 Article last modified on 08-17-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

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MACINTOSH

Summary:

When transferring a data document from Microsoft Word to the Database module of Microsoft Works version 2.00, follow these steps:

  The file must first be converted to a tab delimited document with tabs between each field. If the file is comma delimited, do the following:   From the Utilities menu, choose Change.   Type a “,” (without quotation marks) in the Find What box.   Type “^t” (without quotation marks) in the Change To box.   Click the Change All button.    The file must then be saved as a text file. To save a file as text, do the following:   From the File menu, choose Save As. </li>  Click the File Format button (Full Menus only). </li>  Click the Text Only button, check Default Format For File, and click OK. </li>  Click Save. </li></ol> </li></ol>

To prepare for the transfer, close the data document and exit Word.

To import the document into Microsoft Works version 2.00 do the following:


 * 1) Open Microsoft Works.
 * 2) Click the Database icon and click the Import File check box.
 * 3) In the file list box, select the document that was saved as text from Microsoft Word and click Open.
 * 4) In the Separate Database Fields By dialog box, select “Tabs (Each Record Ended By A Return),” then click OK.
 * 5) From the Format menu, choose Show List to see the transferred data.

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