opening file with different extension

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I have a .wdb file from my moms old computer, its a address datebase i believe created with works, I cant figure out how to open it on the new computer and cant use the old one since its gone. I tried using word, outlook and access, none of these programs allow the .wdb file to be opened. I can import the file into the envelope maker in word but I cant open the database to make changes. Any ideas or suggestions???? Thanks for the help
 
You may have to install Works to open this, but if you haven't tried Excel,
give that a shot. You might also try Word's "Recover Text from Any File"
setting or try opening in Notepad.

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Mike said:
I have a .wdb file from my moms old computer, its a address datebase i
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believe created with works, I cant figure out how to open it on the new
computer and cant use the old one since its gone. I tried using word,
outlook and access, none of these programs allow the .wdb file to be opened.
I can import the file into the envelope maker in word but I cant open the
database to make changes. Any ideas or suggestions???? Thanks for the help
 
If the envelope tool can use this database, then create a directory/catalog
merge to produce a table with one column for each field of the database.
Merge the database into the table to a new document. Add a row at the top
and name each row to match the original field names. The Word table can then
be edited normally and used for merging or imported into Access/Excel etc.

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