Hallo Hilmar,

Thanks, that did it. I did not know that I could copy a sheet this way.
Once I did it in Excel, it was easy to do in VFP

Thanks again


Peter

>>The quoted messages did not address my problem of copying sheets, just workbooks
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>>The quoted messages did not address my problem of copying sheets, just workbooks
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>I was also misunderstanding the original message.
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>How about:
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>1. Creating a worksheet, based on a template.
>2. Using the Excel feature of copying a sheet. That seems to make an exact copy. This can be done by right-clicking on a sheet, selecting "Move or copy", selecting "Move to the end", and selecting "Create a copy" (wording may vary, translated from Spanish).
>3. Optionally, renaming the resulting spreadsheet.
>4. Optionally, deleting the entire contents, so as to only include formatting.