Definitely Robert. =20 Once you import your data, you make a form for viewing data. The form can have controls that allow viewing only. You could also link Excel to the "new" file so others could see the data in a format they are more comfortable with and they wouldn't be able to change it either. =20 There are several options.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Robert Carneal [mailto:carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 02:43 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Make records in access editable, but NOT allow new records? Hello. An Excel (Excel 2000) file contains records that are beginning to get out of control for me (too many!), and I wonder if is possible to do this things in Access: Can the Access data file be kept at "editable" but *no* new records can be added? Possible? 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 *************************************************************