I have found that the database in OpenOffice will not read in my MS Access data files. You might have to convert Access data tables to Excel spreadsheets (not hard) and then import the spreadsheet files into OpenOffice. How you would rebuild the relational aspects once in OpenOffice I don't know. I'd be interested in hearing how that works, or if anyone as gotten the OpenOffice database to read Access files directly. Jim Shields in Westfield, Indiana USA At 09:32 AM 9/19/2009 +1200, you wrote: >re OpenOffice I never realised there was a database in the OpenOffice. >Thanks Leo! Now to find my way around it. It has everything which >could possibly be wanted. Wonderful. > >Ina Crossley Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA