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Access Replacing Table Info with right primary keys

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I have an Access table called "Manufacturers". It has an AutoNumber column called "ManufacturerPK" and a text column called "Manufacturer Name".  I am constantly being given new lists in Excel that must be used to replace the entire table in the order that it appears in Excel. This creates a nightmare because
the key values in the "ManufacturerPK" column are already being used all over the database so I need to make sure that the same "ManufacturerPK" matches each "Manufacturer Name". How do I reload the table with new information without losing these matches?
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Thanks for the guidance. I will do everything mentioned. This does need to be handled in Access with only new values added from Excel and sorting can be done by adding an additional column