This article explains which Access file format you would use based on your needs, and why you might want to use an earlier version file format in some instances.

Access creates databases in the .accdb file format. This format supports features such as multivalued fields, data macros, and attachment fields. You can convert databases that were …

Access continues to provide some support for the file format used in earlier versions of Access. This article explains why you should use the new file format whenever possible, and why you …

When you create a new, blank database, Access asks you to name the database file. By default, the file is given the ".accdb" extension — it is created in the Access .accdb file format for your …

Learn what file name extensions are, which extensions are common in Windows, and how to view them in File Explorer.

This article discusses key benefits of the format, describes the file name extensions and discusses how you can share Office files with people who are using earlier versions of Office.

This topic introduces the various ways you can save your Access database objects and ways to save to different Access file formats.

Databases created in the Access 2007-2016 format (which is also used by Access for Microsoft 365, Access 2024, Access 2021, and Access 2019) have the file extension .accdb, and …

Find the extension you'd like to add and select Get. At the prompt showing permissions required by the extension, carefully review the permissions, and then select Add extension if you wish …

En este artículo se explica qué formato de archivo de Access debería usar según sus necesidades y por qué es posible que desee usar un formato de archivo de una versión …