Hi Val and All on the list :) Val, If you want to open it and read it - you can try using a program called OpenOffice - it's backwards compatible with pretty much everything MS made as far as stuff for Windows 95 :) Failing that, if you just want it converting to something else, so everyone can view it, please forward it onto me, and I will happily convert it to a different format. Warmest Regards from a very chilly England, Thor Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:06:55 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: can anyone open Microsoft Access 2007 files? To: [log in to unmask] Val, I don't have MS Access 2007 but I may be able to do something with it. Bill On 12/12/2011 11:44 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote: SignWriting List December 12, 2011 Hello SignWriting List! Maria Galea from Malta has an exciting database of classifiers in Maltese Sign Language, written in SignWriting, which she wants to share with all of us. But the database is in old software…Microsoft Access 2007. I cannot open the file. Is there anyone here on the List who has access to Microsoft Access 2007, and could possibly create a PDF or other kind of file from it? Or help me learn how to open it with other software? I am on a Mac, but I do also have a Windows 7 computer here... Val ;-) -------- On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:32 AM, MARIA GALEA wrote: Hi Val, the program is microsoft access 2007 - thanks a lot, maria Hello Maria - I was able to download it. Thank you... But I cannot open it because we use different software. What is the program you used to create the file? Does .mdb stand for Microsoft Database? I tried opening it with Excel 2008 for the Mac, but it did not work…. Val ;-) ------- Val ;-) Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 SignWriting Read & Write Sign Languages http://www.SignWriting.org SignPuddle Online Write SignWriting in the Clouds! Documents, Dictionaries, SignMail http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle SignWriting Wiki Wiki-style Articles in Sign Languages http://www.signbank.org/wiki SignWriting List Technical Support: Ask questions... http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist SignWriting Literature Project Writing Literature in Sign Languages http://www.SignWriting.org/literature SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects Writing Encyclopedias in Sign Languages http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia SignWriting Sponsors Forum Help Educational Non-Profit Organization http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors SignWriting Shop Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services http://www.SignWriting.org/shop Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing a US educational nonprofit organization PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA Tel: 858-456-0098 Skype: valeriesutton SignWriting on Twitter http://twitter.com/signwriting SignWriting on YouTube http://youtube.com/signwriting SignWriting on Facebook http://facebook.com/SignWriting