I would import the tables as themselves then use append queries to put the data where it belongs.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Robert Carneal [mailto:carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 04:41 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] How intelligent are Access imports? I have a potential problem. Suppose in Excel Sheet A I have the following at the top of each column. CemeteryName-address-PhoneNo-City-zipcode-state--status But on in a different file I have the same data, but in TEXT and in a different order, say: CemeteryName-address-city-state-zip-PhoneNo-Status But a third file is worse. It has: Status-PhoneNo-Zip-State-City-Address--CemeteryName And a fourth file is just CemeteryNames alone. No data yet. Will Access import them, and keep that straight? The files are too large for Excel to reorder the columns without losing something at the bottom. Thank you. Robert ************************************************************* 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************