a quicker way is to place your cursor where you wish the new column inserted. press control numpad plus then alt c ----- Original Message ----- From: Salvas,Michel [NCR] To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:15 AM Subject: Re: excel problem, insert a column Hi, Kren and all, 1. Put your cursor on the column you want to be preceeded by the column you want to insert. 2. Press the Application key (the key on the left of the right CTRL key. 3. Arrow to Insert and press ENTER. 4. Arrow down to Entire column and press ENTER. Hope this helps. Michel -----Original Message----- From: K Hughes <khughes8@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 12:19 PM To: Subject: Re: excel problem, insert a column how do i insert a column in excel. thanks, karen __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4780 (20100117) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com