[AccessD] Access on Macs

Macs have a native version of Office, but it doesn't include Access,
which is strictly PC-based.  They can run Access on a PowerPC, but I
don't know if that requires using an emulator.  I have seen Access
running on a PowerPC notebook, but I quickly ran in the other direction
and didn't ask for the ugly details.

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Capistrant [mailto:scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:12 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Access on Macs


I met yesterday with a prospect for our Access-based software product. A
fifth of their computers are Macs, the remainder PCs.  Based on what I
have assumed for YEARS, I noted that it won't fly with the Mac users,
unless you buy some third party emulator, and even then I've heard about
flaky behavior.

Yet they assured me that Macs can run all MS Office applications.  No
emulator.  Am I in the dark here?  Do Macs have a native MS Office
version?  If so, does it include Access?  And if so, can they work
seamlessly with an Access file generated from a PC, or is there some
format conversion that is required to create a Mac-enabled file?

Steve Capistrant
scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
Symphony Information Services
7308 Aspen Lane North, Suite 132
Brooklyn Park, MN  55428
763-391-7400
www.symphonyinfo.com

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