I'm not sure it makes sense but I'll re read it this weekend and see if = it does. My co worker makes changes to the item in question so I'm guessing this would have to be set up on her side....? Thanks Lexi Hi Lexi. I've been loosely following this thread and started thinking how I might handle such a situation. If it were up to me, I'd probably try to use Access. If that's not possible though, perhaps... I'm just thinking out loud here but I'd probably create a new worksheet = in the same workbook with the fields equal to the fields on the original so it's true if the fields match and false where they don't. Then, if they don't, use a formula to help find any changes. Here's how I just did it: Create two worksheets named Original and Track In Original!A1 the value is abc In Track!A1 the formula is =3D3Doriginal!A1 In Track!A2 copy the values from Track!A1 In Track!A3 the formula is =3D3DB1=3D3Doriginal!A1 and the value is TRUE In Original!A1, change the value to 123 In Track!A3 the value changes to FALSE In Original!B1 the formula is =3D3DIF(track!C1,FALSE,"change") Then all you have to do is find all rows identified with change and = color code them. For your users, you can hide Track and the change column. Hope this makes sense and hope it helps. /g -----Original Message----- Oh man! Oh well I'm out of luck then and will be stuck going through the whole = =3D =3D3D list each time to check for updates Thanks Lexi **** ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************