Is there a way to tweak Excel 2007, with an add-in perhaps, to enable it to save spreadsheets in the dbase IV file format?

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I know one can open dBase IV files with Excel 2007, but, unfortunately, you cannot save files to that format. It is only possible in Excel 2003.

Is there an add-in one can use in Excel 2007?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '09 at 16:49

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Seems to be various converters to/from dBase here: dbfView

I see options for Excel 2003, 2007, and CSV there.

answered Sep 03 '09 at 16:49

Sanjay Sheth

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '09 at 15:43

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I doubt this. But you can export to, let's say, csv file, and then use converter to get your dBase file. I believe getting CSV (or other open format) to dBase converter is much easier than trying to convert directly to dBase from Excel.

answered Sep 03 '09 at 15:43

Andrejs Cainikovs

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '09 at 08:58

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I have found an add-in for Excel 2007 that does the job, on this blog. The add-in is called SaveDBF.

answered Sep 09 '09 at 08:58

Geoffrey

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Is there a way to tweak Excel 2007, with an add-in perhaps, to enable it to save spreadsheets in the dbase IV file format?

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