Enable a previous-version database in Microsoft Access 2000

1. Click Open Database on the toolbar.
   
   
2. Click the previous-version Access database you want to enable and click Open.
   
   
3. In the Convert/Open Database dialog box, click Open Database.

Microsoft Access enables the previous-version database in Microsoft Access 2000, without making any permanent changes to the previous-version database. An enabled database can still be opened with its original version of Microsoft Access.

Note   You can enable a secured database.