>I don't know either:( Other than autoamting from VFP I use Excel itself seldomly.

You got me thinking here... and after thinking of what do I do I can only say: so do I. My few spreadsheets (gas/mileage-->l/100km, a few text-only sheets where I was not willing to build a table, and my billable hours and billing) are done in OpenOffice's sCalc - even though I have a regular Office. That one is there only for automation testing :)