Rmember that Access isn't my strong point BUT... If you name the columns/rows as a range in Excel, I know when you import Excel spreadsheets from Access, you have a choice to just import that range...so maybe you could try that? Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenda Wells Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:12 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Excel - MS Query Hi All. Please forgive if you've already seen this email. They moved my account to a different server and I've lost a lot of stuff. They are trying to rescue it but for the moment... I get data via MS Query through Microsoft Terminal Services. I don't know if that's significant information or not. The workbook has several spreadsheets. Each spreadsheet represents a specific bit of information. The information is placed into Access. If I link Access tables directly to the worksheets, a query can take a LOOOONNNNNNGGGG time to run. I discovered that there are columns and rows in the worksheets without no data in them. For example, a worksheet that would contain 20,000 rows links to Access with 60,000 rows and where it should have 4 columns of data, it shows up with 9. My solution to this has been to copy the data on each spreadsheet to a new Excel spreadsheet which is then imported to Access. There's about 30 of these worksheets in three workbooks. Is there a way of having Access link to or import only columns and rows containing data? Information, direction and advice appreciated. /g ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************