Converting from a previous version of Access

Access 2013 (version 15 of Access) can work with the data and tables in a database file created by Access version 9 (Access 2000), version 10 (Access 2002), version 11 (Access 2003), version 12 (Access 2007), and version 14 (Access 2010). You can also open a version 9, version 10, version 11, version 12, or version 14 database with Access 2013 and modify any of the objects in the database.

You can convert a version 9 database file to either the Access 2002-2003 format (versions 10 and 11) or the Access 2007-2013 .accdb format (versions 12, 14, and 15). Before you begin the conversion process, make sure that all Access Basic or Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) modules are compiled in your ...

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