Hi, There is one adidas database in staroffice 6.0 & staroffice 5.2 which works like access database. U can try with that but i am also not sure whether it converts access files. rgds girish wanted help/info about how to run (access like software) under linux using star office. currently the aplication runs under win98/MS Access . I wold like to migrate to linux. pls help. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com