Mark These are Access database templates. In Access if you click file|new database, a dialogue window will open. Click on the database tab and you will see all the MDZ files. There are to Access as DOT files are to Word. Ron Taylor -----Original Message----- From: Mark <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 9:05 PM Subject: mdz files >On MS Office97 Pro CD, under directory TEMPLATE\DATABASE are .mdz files >which I am assuming are dbase templates for Excel97. How do you use >these templates? How do you extract them? > >mark simmons PCSOFT: http://nospin.com or [log in to unmask]