>>>>For your first problem you have to set Fomat property to be "Text" before (not after) entering a value.
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>>>Nadya, there is another - and slightly simpler - option: To put a single quotation mark in front of the text. Something like this:
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>>>...Cells(nrow, ncol).Value = ['] + MyField
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>>Thanks, this worked.
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>>Unfortunately, I still don't know how to fire Record Macro option from Excel 2007 - could not find this menu option anywhere.
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>rtfm, perhaps that helps.
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>Fortunately for me <g>, I don't have Office 2007 installed on my computer.

Yeah, I did :) After considering for a moment sending an e-mail to someone and asking this question :)