Excel 2003 not understanding Access 2003 "like"
 

I have a number of Access queries linked and displayed in an Excel workbook
by way of Data, Import External Data, Import Data. Some of the criteria and
select statements in the queries use the keyword "Like" (e.g. Like "*Smith"
to pull up all names ending in "Smith"). These statements seem to be
completely ignored by Excel so that records I should see are not appearing in
the workbook. This worked fine in versions 97 (from which we've just
upgraded) so is this a version 2003 bug? If so, is there a fix?