i know nothing about writing macros in access. i inherited my database here at work. my macros perform a very simple task, running a query and exporting the results to a worksheet in excel. i recently had to convert my database from 2000 to 2003. superficially, the macros seem to work ok - but as soon as i open the worksheets, excel freezes up and tells me i have run out of memory. it's as if every single cell in the worksheet contains data even though they look blank. can anyone help???