Teddy, thanks for your reply. There will only be 1 front end on one computer connecting to the data at any time. It's a very basic app. nckdryr, I actually had found that link after my last post haha, it is pretty much what I'm looking to do, I just need to figure out the code to get word to talk to access. Hopefully they code they give will work with 2003 as well. Thanks!