Listers, Thankyou for the suggestions, I still cannot import the data but I can actually see it now (only on my father's computer, it still doesn't want to know about mine) At the very worst I print it all out and then double check it against my May 2001 DB. I would like to ask though, I now realize that I was working on a very old version of FO. I saw a review of FO 9.0 Deluxe in February and thought it sounded pretty good. You are all waiting anxiously for version 10.0. Is it worth the wait ?? Elizabeth Marshall libby@emunet.com.au