You might want t check out the Actual ODBC driver for Access. I transferred a large, complex, multi-table database into Filemaker 8 without any issues. It also works with any ODBC compliant program such as Excel. <http://www.actualtechnologies.com/product_access.php> For me, it was definitely worth the money! Norm --- Norman A. Cohen nacohen at mac.com "Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other." Unknown On Jun 19, 2006, at 05:21 AM, Jan Melichar wrote: > I would like to access a Microsoft Access 2003 database file on the > mac. > > I have tried this via Open Office but without any success. I > suggested to the owner that he exports the data which I could then > import into filemaker but he has no idea how to do this. I have > never used Microsoft Access 2003 and so without it in front of me > cannot begin to make helpful suggestions. > > Suggestions of how this can be achieved would be welcome