Support for many file formats was eliminated in Excel 2007, including DBF.
I'm not really familiar with that format so I'd don't have a specific
suggestion.

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Jim
"mona" wrote in message
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| How can I look at dbf in Excel 2007 and save type as dbf ? This was
possible
| in Excel 2003. I can open it with Access and then save as a Table but it
is
| linked somehow and cannot be joined to GIS files. It no longer is an
option
| in ArcMap.