Robert, Try entering =I3&J3&K3&L3&M3&N3 *in* cell O3 Failing that, =CONCATENATE(I3,J3,K3,L3,M3,N3) It occurred to me that with such a huge list of names it would be more appropriate to use Access for the task. Excel is fine, in my humble opinion, for the small and simple database. Although yours appears to be simple, it is NOT small! Andrew ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************