Microsoft KB Archive/29851

Works: Converting a Microsoft File Document

PSS ID Number: Q29851 Article last modified on 06-10-1996

1.00 1.10 2.00

MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

The following steps outline how to convert a Microsoft File document into a Microsoft Works version 1.00, 1.10, or 2.00 database:


 * 1) Open the File document to be converted.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Save Records As.
 * 3) Select the Text option.
 * 4) Change the name of the File and click the Save button.
 * 5) Quit File.
 * 6) Start Works and in the Open dialog box, click the Database icon and select the Import File option.
 * 7) Locate the File document and click Open. In the Separate Database Fields By dialog box, select “Tabs (Each Record Ended By A Return)” and click OK.
 * 8) Select each field.
 * 9) From the Edit menu, choose Change Field Name to restore the field names for the database.
 * 10) Delete the first record that contains the field names as entries.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: macworkskb

= Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 mwksdb mwkconv =

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