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FIGURE 2.5The new MyCollectibleMiniCars database is created.
Note
Access 2010 recognizes all previous versions of Access database files. By default, the 2007 format (with an
.accdb extension) is used, but you can specify Access 2000, 2002–2003, or 2007 as the default format.
Choose File ➪ Options ➪ General, select the Default File Format option, and choose whichever format you pre-
fer. For example, if much of your Access 2010 work is performed on Access 2000 databases, you should
choose the 2000 format to preserve backward compatibility. Users still working with Access 2000 aren’t able
to open Access files created in the .accdb format.
If you choose to use an older Access database format, you won’t be able to use the features that are only sup-
ported by the .accdb format.
This book uses a mix of Access file formats for its examples. All the Collectible Mini Cars files on the CD-ROM
are in Access 2010 format, but other examples may be in Access 2000 or 2002–2003 formats.