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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!David.Empson
- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Converting MicroSoftWorks->AppleWorks
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:28:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.132826.12119@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Jul22.151043.509@whscdp.whs.edu>
- Sender: David.Empson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
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- In article <1992Jul22.151043.509@whscdp.whs.edu> alumn123@whscdp.whs.edu writes:
- > I was wondering if anyone out there had any information about converting
- > Microsoft Works back to Apple Works.
- >
- > The module inquestion is the database. A friend of mine would like
- > to convert from MicroSoft Works database to a AppleWorks Data base.
-
- Can Microsoft Works 'export' database files into a text-based format?
- AppleWorks 3.0 can import text files that have fields separated by TABs
- and records separated by RETURNS, or text files that have one field
- per line.
- If there is some way to get a plain text file out of the Microsoft
- Works database, the rest is straightforward.
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- David Empson
-
- Internet: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz EMPSON_D@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
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