Thank you Naomi, for your response. You have helped me several times before, and it is always appreciated! I was actually able to obtain Office 2010 and installed it just a minute ago. it solved the problem.

Thanks again.

>>Wow, OK, I am trying to do what should be a very simple import of data from an .xlsx file into SQL 2012. I have tried it using the SQL import wizard by:
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>>creating a new table
>>creating a table then trying to append to it
>>saving the .xlsx file as a .xls file, then as a csv file then as a tab delimited .txt file
>>in each case the import it failing.
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>>I have installed Office 2007 (the only version I have at the moment) so that SQL has the import tools it seems to need (not sure why they did not put those IN SQL)
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>>I can create an Access DB and import the sheet into Access just fine. I tried creating an Access Project, tying it to the DB in SQL, and doing an import into SQL through the Access project, but that also failed.
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>>Is Access 2007 not sufficient to support imports into SQL Server? If so, since I dont have Office 2010 or later, what can I do so that I can import this file??
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>>SOOOO frustrated at this. Any and all help with this will be greatly appreciated.
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>What is your SQL Server exact version (are you up to date with Service Packs) and what errors you're getting?
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>I also suggest to try this forum
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>https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/home?forum=sqlintegrationservices where you may get your question resolved quicker. If you post there, please add here link for the reference.