Yes, it's an Access database.

I know you can use an Access database it as a data source in Word 2003
if you don't have Access installed since Word now uses an Access
database, instead of a Word document, when you create a new data
source in Word.

I *think* you can use an Access database in Word 2002 as well since it
used the OLE DB method to connect to the data source by default
instead of DDE which is the default used for previous versions.

Since I've always had Access installed I can't say for sure, though.
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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An .mdb file is (I think) an Access database file. It can be opened
in Access and possibly in other database programs. I don't know if
it can be used as a data source for a mail merge if you do not have
the Access application. Access comes in several of the Office suites
including Office Professional.