The SAS Tech Report sent out a week or so ago has a link to a usage note that lists new SAS tools that speed up the process of importing Excel workbooks or Access data bases. The title of the note is Usage Note 13348: Using SAS(r) autoimporterv9 programs to automatically import all worksheets in a Microsoft Excel workbook And the url is http://support.sas.com/kb/13/348.html So far, I have not tried these tools which have to be downloaded from the SAS Institute site. Nat Wooding Environmental Specialist III Dominion, Environmental Biology 4111 Castlewood Rd Richmond, VA 23234 Phone:804-271-5313, Fax: 804-271-2977 Cel Phone: 804-205-0752 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message contains information which may be legally confidential and or privileged and does not in any case represent a firm ENERGY COMMODITY bid or offer relating thereto which binds the sender without an additional express written confirmation to that effect. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.