URGENT - How do I save a database file I created?

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Len

Hi

I'm a new user of Access 2003 and I can't seem to save the database file I
have created. Can anyone help?

Len
 
What error do you get? Do you have rights to the folder, try to SAVE--AS to a
different folder.

-Dorian
 
An MDB file is created for you. As you create and change objects, they are
automatically saved in the mdb. There is generally no need to "save the
database file". The "save as" option in the file menu pertains to the
currently selected object in the database window.
 
Hi

I'm a new user of Access 2003 and I can't seem to save the database file I
have created. Can anyone help?

Len
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You don't NEED to "save the database". A .mdb file is not like a document or a
spreadsheet; instead, it's a *container* for multiple tables, forms, reports
and other objects. Each of those objects can be saved, individually, saving it
into the container; but the database itself doesn't need to (indeed cannot be)
"saved" as an object.

There is also no "Save As" option; if you want to make a copy of the database,
you can do so in Windows Explorer by copying the .mdb file to a different
filename or folder.
 
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