COREL HAS STOPPED MAKING PARADOX AVAILABLE AS A
STANDALONE APPLICATION THEREFORE I MUST CONVERT MY
APPLICATIONS TO A NEW DATABASE FORMAT.  ANY OLD PARADOX
USERS OUT THERE.  IS ACCESS THE ANSWER??

I have just created my first Access data base and I need to print addresses on envelopes and letters.  Can I use Access to do that, or will I still need to do this manually???  Thanks so much!

When I try to open either a table or form, I get this error message:
"Selected collating sequence not supported by the operating system."
Does somebody know what is wrong?
I use Access97 and Windows98/ NT4

I'm confused about how to connect to my back end database tables. I set up table links in Access. However since I'm using ADO connections specifying the path to the back end, do I even need these links? Which is more efficient? I'd like to minimize connections to the back end
Also ...

I would like to set my database up so when the typist uses either upper or
lower case when typing in a name it changes it to First letter Cap and the
rest lower case.  I found that if in the table I use this > symbol, all the
letters are capitol...If I put it in the format field in ...

I am going to set up a new database and I need help with the tables.  I also
need help with setting up everything else so I'll be asking questions the
whole time I set it up.  I want to do it right from the start and this seems
like a simple enough database to start with.

I am creating a database that will keep up with patients and their doctors
and prescriptions. Each patient can have multiple doctors and multiple
prescriptions. What would be the best layout for this scenero?
I have tried the following, but gets to complicated.

I have set a personal goal to teach myself Access.  Is
there a particular book that stands out to anyone that you
would recommend?
Thanks!

I am a new user of access. Can any one tell me how to get the previous record repeated with a single key stroke. I am looking for a function  similar to  Oracle  shift +F6.

Could sum 1 pls tell me how to make a form maximised when using it on the
startup facility within database utilities. The form is my menu for
accessing the rest of the database.
Thanks in advance

I have the following query
SELECT AVAILABILITY.BookingDate, AVAILABILITY.Period,
AVAILABILITY.Room, AVAILABILITY.Day, AVAILABILITY.BookingID
WHERE (AVAILABILITY.BookingDate >= StartDate AND  

I get:
2046 The command or action 'send object' isn't available.
*You may be in a read only database for an earlier version of ACCESSDATABASE
*The type of object the action applies to isn't currently selected or isn't