When I tried to export a table/query from Access 2007 to Excel 2007, I was getting this annoying error:
You selected more records than can be copied onto the Clipboard at one time. Divide the records into two or more groups, and then copy and paste one group at a time. The maximum number of records you can paste at one time is approximately 65,000.
Access 2007 Export to Excel Error
I was unable to understand the reason, because I thought Excel 2007 did not limit number of rows to 65,536. It turns out however that it is the clipboard limitation.
Solution: If you check off the “export data with formatting and layout” option, Access exports successfully.
You can export successfully using Transferspreadsheet (VBA) option too.
Solution Update:Thanks to Brett, it looks like that only if you export table/query using right click > Export and have the checkbox cleared, then Access will export succesfully. That is what I always do, and it works for me. I have never tried External data option for exporting.

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