Although Access Files will not show as an option when
opening files (and therefore cannot be imported that way)
there is another way to get Excel to bring in Access
tables. From the Data menu choose "Get External Data" and
then "New Database Query." A list of Databases will show
with MS Access Database as an option. Choose this,
specify your file location, and you will see a list of
your tables and queries. Choose the table or query you
want to import and it will bring it into Microsoft Query,
where you can either import the entire table/query or use
your Access data as a basis for a new query. See MS Query
help for details if you can't figure it out. When done,
you choose to "Return Data to Microsoft Excel" and specify
where to put it. Then the option "Refresh Data" (in the
Data menu) will update the data any time you need to
reimport it (and this can be controlled by a macro).
There is a lot more detail to it, but it is not too hard
to figure out and help or the MSDN library/Knowledge Base
or these newsgroups should help if you run into any
specific questions.
Hope this helps!
Ken