Binos,

You are right, if you don't go online, you won't get any viruses on the Parallels virtual (Windows) machine, unless they already exist within the Access database or any other data you put onto the VM.

Applemacster

Thanks Macster. However I've been sitting here scratching my head over the Access file which is waaaay more complicted than what I will need it for, and I've decided to just create a very simple database of my own in Works using a limited number of fields.

The club I am making the database for will have a PC, but I want to be able to amend the file at home on my Mac, so the next question is, are Apple Works documents fully compatible with MS Works as is Office for Mac? I fear the worst here, as they are *.cwk files, whereas Office for Mac files are *.doc.

(And in case you're wondering, I've decided that Boot Camp is a grossly oversized sledge hammer to crack my little database nut.)

Binos,

Sorry, I completely mis-read your post re. Boot Camp. Of course, the virus issue still stands if you go online under Boot Camp, as it would on a Parallels VM partition.

As for Appleworks, I'm pretty sure it isn't compatible with MSWorks. However, you might be able to get some joy out of it by exporting the Appleworks document as ASCII text and importing the new file into MSWorks. I'm not au fait (naturellement) with MSWorks, so can't be 100% sure. Certainly, you can export the Appleworks database as ASCII and import it into Excel or Neooffice as a spreadsheet.

Applemacster