Cindy,

Thanks so much for the offer. It's actually two files, and I'll send them both off to you. Any "standard" format would be great - CSV, DBF, Excel, whatever's easiest.

The work is for a local environmental group which I'm involved in. I'm managing their database of contacts for use in mailings and such. This is a list from a fundraising drive.

Thanks again,

David Marlin

>David,
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>If it's a one-time thing, can you email me the file and I'll try to open it and save it to Excel or .CSV or maybe even a .DBF?
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>>I have a MS Works file I need to import to a database. Excel doesn't recognize it as works, and when I try to IMPORT a type WKS, I'm told it's not a valid 1-2-3 format. I'm guessing that this is a new version of Works that Excel can't read. Any ideas on how I can convert it to anything else without having a copy of Works? It's for some pro-bono work I'm doing, and unfortunately the person who gave it to me has trouble even turning the computer on, never mind saving it in a different format. I just can't get her to do it. And of course, she "killed" her computer so I can't go over there to help her.
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>>I know that there is data in the files she gave me, because when I read it's binary data, there is clear ASCII data interspersed with all the binary stuff.
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>>Any help would be appreciated.
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>>Thanks.