Sure, I understand that. What I read her to say, though, was that she had a pair of files named this way. It's possible to do but it isn't possible to work with the files once they are named that way. The ":" character is reserved by the file system. Since I misunderstood her and you didn't, now I know what was REALLY going on there. Otherwise, I was going to have to guide someone through renaming a file that the file system won't give oyu direct access to.<G> Greg Chapman http://www.mousetrax.com "Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11! With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?" > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:27 AM > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Re: Excel 97 - .xls:1 and .xls:2 - how did this happen? > > > > Yes, Greg....when you make two copies of one workbook, by > going to the Windows menu and choosing "New window", Excel > names them :1 and :2 > > Linda > Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers > Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop > http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm > Author/Teacher ~ > MS Office EBooks/Classes > http://personal-computer-> tutor.com/services.htm > ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //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. *************************************************************