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| <h3>Can OpenOffice.org Base use Microsoft Access databases (.mdb)?</h3> |
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| On Windows: yes right now, Other OSes, supported by OpenOffice.org, require the MDBtools library that is in development and has not been released at the time of preparing this item.</p> |
| <p>So under Windows, while you cannot open them directly via File > Open, you can access the data. For this, you need the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), which are available from Microsoft for free. NOTE: Windows XP already includes these.</p> |
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| <li>Use File > New > Database to start.</li> |
| <li>Choose "Connect to an existing datbase"</li> |
| <li>Select the "Microsoft Access" database type from the list.</li> |
| <li>On the next page, select the .mdb file you want to access</li> |
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