Sergey,

Setting the Sparse to .F. solved my problem. I've only changed this setting a few times based on recommendations that I've read (like yours) but I really don't understand what the property controls so I will do some reading on the subject.

Thanks a million.

Robert Wright

>Did you set Sparse=.F. for the column? Where did you set alignment? It should be done on the column.

>I know this should be easy but I can't seem to be able to TRIM character data in a column grid so the data can be centered in the column.
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