can't find access though word created file for a mail merge

[Guest]

I created a mail merge file of addresses which got saved as an access file,
now when I try t open the file it says that it doesn't know which file
created it, when I look for access in my programs I can't find access.
How can word create a file in acess and then not find the program, more
importantely how can I access my mail merge database

 

[John Nurick]

If you don't have Access on your computer, you can usually still get
data out of an Access database (i.e. an .mdb file) by using Word or
Excel. In Word, start a mailmerge and select the Access file as the data
source; in Excel, use the Data|Import External Data command.