Hi Herbert, I felt a bit guilty so I put the following together. It should get you started. It will process the selected cells in a column and separate them out into the next column. HTH Lisa Sub subSeperate() Dim rlCell As Range Dim ilN As Integer Dim ilM As Integer Dim slIn As String Dim slOut As String Dim slArray() As String Dim rlLastCell As Range Dim ilThisColumn As Integer Dim ilNextColumn As Integer Dim ilCurrentRow As Integer Dim slWhat As String Dim ilDash As Integer Dim ilLow As Integer Dim ilHigh As Integer ' Find the "next" cell in the next column. ilThisColumn = Selection.Column ilNextColumn = ilThisColumn + 1 ilCurrentRow = 1 Do If Cells(ilCurrentRow, ilNextColumn).Value = "" Then Exit Do End If ilCurrentRow = ilCurrentRow + 1 Loop ilN = 0 For Each rlCell In Selection slIn = rlCell.Value If slIn <> "" Then ' Get the first bit and chop it off slArray = Split(slIn) slWhat = slArray(0) slIn = Trim(Replace(slIn, slWhat, "")) ' Split the rest up by comma. slArray = Split(slIn, ",") For ilN = 0 To UBound(slArray) slIn = Trim(slArray(ilN)) ilDash = InStr(slIn, "-") If ilDash > 0 Then ' Range. 'Get the first and last numbers. ilLow = CInt(Mid(slIn, 1, ilDash - 1)) ilHigh = CInt(Mid(slIn, ilDash + 1)) For ilM = ilLow To ilHigh slOut = slWhat & " " & ilM 'Put it in the next column. Cells(ilCurrentRow, ilNextColumn).Value = slOut ilCurrentRow = ilCurrentRow + 1 Next ilM Else ' Simple. slOut = slWhat & " " & slIn 'Put it in the next column. Cells(ilCurrentRow, ilNextColumn).Value = slOut ilCurrentRow = ilCurrentRow + 1 End If Next ilN End If Next rlCell ' ************************************************************** End Sub ************************************************************* 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, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************