Ok this sounds like a possibility. Thanks Lis, I will investigate this. cheers, tim On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 04:54 AM, Lisbeth Zachs wrote: > > söndagen den 17 augusti 2003 kl 02.11 skrev T Molnar: > >> I created a simple database in appleworks, because there is no >> database in office for mac. > ---------- > Not quit true. You can make a similar database within Excel even if > not as intuatively as with AppleWorks. >> >> Is there a way to translate the appleworks database to office >> database for use on a windows platform? > ---------- > The best you can do is to start Excel on your Mac and in the Data menu > choose Get External Data (or something like that. I have a Swedish > version :-) ) In the alternative you'll choose "Text import" and find > your AW database in the Open Dialog Window. > > Excel will feel that your database is suitably divided and you will > get each post on a new line and each field in a new cell. After that > you can add an additional line on top and enter the field name if you > like. > > This Excelfile is now easily transferable directly to Windows and > there possible to import to FileMaker Pro or you can make it to a FM > Pro file before forwarding to Windows. > > Please let me know if you need further assistance. > tim.molnar Digital Tao http://www.digitaltao.ca 306.585.3666 tam at em.ca