If you have versions of Microsoft Access that are earlier than Access 2002 on the same computer on which you install Microsoft Access 2002, when you create a new database in Access 2002, you may see templates that are used for creating databases in earlier versions of Access. When you try to use a database template from an earlier version of Microsoft Access in Access 2002, you receive the following error message:

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Database templates from earlier versions of Microsoft Access are not compatible with, nor can they be used in Microsoft Access 2002.

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Use only Access 2002 database templates in Access 2002. To create a database by using an Access 2002 database template, follow these steps:

1.	Open Microsoft Access 2002.
2.	In the "New from template" section of the Task pane, click General Templates.
3.	Click the Databases tab.
4.	Click the database template that you want to use, and then click OK to build the database.

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The "General Templates" feature is common to all programs in Microsoft Office XP. Other Microsoft Office XP programs can create documents by using earlier versions of a document template; however, Microsoft Access 2002 cannot.

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