why excel 2007 does not support dbase file type?

[InuyashaTSL]

Why excel 2007 didn't support dbase, excel 3.0, excel 4.0 and others file
type as excel 2003?
Since the excel 2007 didn't support dbase file type, what can i do if I want
save the dbase file type?

 

[Jim Rech]

MS's only explanation for dropping support for so many file formats in Excel
2007 is here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2006/08/24/718786.aspx

You will have to use an earlier version of Excel or another application,
like OpenOffice, that may support the older formats.

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Jim
| Why excel 2007 didn't support dbase, excel 3.0, excel 4.0 and others file
| type as excel 2003?
| Since the excel 2007 didn't support dbase file type, what can i do if I
want
| save the dbase file type?

 

[Ed Cones]

Access 2007 says it will export to a dBase file. So, if you happen to have
MS Office Professional you could link the Excel file to Access and export it
from there.