Do you have at least a blank spreadsheet open in Excel? You can't do this if there isn't a spreadsheet open...in that case Import Data WILL be greyed out. Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Willingham Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:55 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Excel and Access Import Data is grayed out. I even installed. It is stilled tryout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- In Excel, go to the Data menu and choose Import External Data..then choose Import Data...browse to your Access Database and double click on it...then choose the table that holds the data Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************