Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 - Manual (Page 206)

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Important Make a backup copy of your AppleWorks database before you
insert from another document.
AppleWorks supports these formats:
Note You can import a FileMaker Pro database document into AppleWorks.
To do so, export (save) the FileMaker Pro document as a DIF document.
Then, import (open) the DIF document with AppleWorks. You can also
import an AppleWorks document into FileMaker Pro. To do so, export
(save) the AppleWorks document as a DIF document, and then import
(open) the DIF document with FileMaker Pro. When you import a FileMaker
Pro or AppleWorks database document from the DIF format, the field names
are preserved.
Printing a database document
You print a database document in Browse, List, or Layout mode. In Browse
or List mode, the Print dialog box gives you the option of printing the current
record or all visible records.
To Do this
Import a database Choose Open from the File menu, and then choose
Database from the Document Type pop-up menu. Choose
a file format from the Files of type pop-up menu, and
then click Open.
Insert a database Create a database, or open a database to insert into.
Click
on the Default button bar, or choose Insert from
the File menu, and then select the file to insert.
If you selected an AppleWorks database, AppleWorks
inserts it. If you selected an ASCII, DBF, DIF, or SYLK
database, choose the fields to insert in the Import Field
Order dialog box, and then click OK.
Supported format Used by
ASCII text Most applications
DBF dBASE files
DIF Some spreadsheet and database applications
SYLK Spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel