Hi Harry, I make the Excel columns wider manually by counting the characters in the widest cell in that column, adding 4 to the number so there's a buffer, and to make the column look good. Alt O, C, W, then type the value you want. Press Enter to exit. Francis -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx