Convert a database

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What do you want to do?

I want to use an existing database with several versions of Microsoft Access

Use an Access database with several versions of Microsoft Access

I want to use an existing database in Microsoft Access 2000 without converting it

Read about opening a previous-version Access database without converting it

Open a previous-version Access database in Microsoft Access 2000 without converting it

I want to convert an existing database to Microsoft Access 2000

Read about converting a previous-version Access database to Microsoft Access 2000

Read about converting a secured Access database

Convert a previous-version Access database to Microsoft Access 2000

I want to convert a Microsoft Access 2000 database to Microsoft Access 97

Convert an Access 2000 database to Microsoft Access 97

I want to read about programming conversion issues

Read about compatibility issues when converting tables, forms, and reports from previous versions of Microsoft Access

Read about compatibility issues when converting macros and Access Basic code from previous versions of Microsoft Access

I want to troubleshoot conversion

Troubleshoot converting a previous-version database to Microsoft Access 2000