Billy those are special Data Base Back up Files. He would have to be using the same program as the previous secretary in order to import them. All he needs to do is find out from the previous secretary which program he was using and where to get it. . Cy On Mon, 13 May 2002 18:57:49 +0100 "Billyus" <billy.e@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > hello all........our new secretary has been given the cong records on > floppy disc from the outgoing secretary, and has asked me for some > help as he cannot open the files. he is running win 98 and office > 2000. when the a drive is opened and the files double clicked, the > only one that will open are files ending in dbf files and these open > in excel. > > the files that will not open are files ending in ........ inx and > in properties, file types uue wps wks. > > anyone know how to open these files and which programs to use to > open them. > > Billy > > >