Re: [SLUG] Open Office help

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Fri Mar 29 2002 - 00:33:11 EST


On Thursday 28 March 2002 10:12 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 05:19:45PM -0500, Seth Hollen wrote:
> > What programs do you have available? I'm assuming a windows
> > machine isn't available?
> > Seth
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of
> > Bob Stia
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 1:07 PM
> > To: SLUG List
> > Subject: [SLUG] Open Office help
> >
> > Hi Sluggers,
> >
> > Maybe not really on topic, but can someone advise me on
> > how to open a .BDB and/or a .wdb file? Someone handed
> > me a file that I need to open and print that was created in an
> > older version of Microsoft Office.
>
> I don't know about .BDB, but I'm betting that .wdb is a Works
> database (.mdb is Access). Works is like Office Lite, but that's
> where the comparison ends. Works is not well supported by
> Microsoft, but a copy of Works should be able to open the file.
>
> Paul

Seth & Paul

Welllll..thanks guys. Yeah a Windoze machine is available but it
doesn't have anything on it that will open it. (I'm pretty sure) Has
Microsoft Office on it but Word barfed on it.

I guess that means I won't be able to open it in Open Office either.

Bob



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