One option I think I would explore would be to only import columns of
critical need to the task at hand......most import utilities allow you to
decide whether or not to import each column.......perhaps that would wean it
down below 256....

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"John in Boston" wrote in message
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Is there another utility, application, or program that can read in a file
larger than the Excel maximum?