Hoi, Open Office does not support Access.. Thanks, Gerard On 12 December 2011 18:52, Thor Malmjursson <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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 <http://twitter.com/signwriting> > > SignWriting on Facebook > http://facebook.com/SignWriting <http://twitter.com/signwriting> > > >