Michelle, There are a couple of things that might be going on: 1. I'm assuming you're not making the mistake of copying and pasting cells that refer elsewhere (e.g. filled with formulae rather than numbers.) 2. Are you trying to paste call data into the actual text box rather than the cells? One way to avoid that would be to select a whole range before pasting rather than just one cell (the size of the range should be the same as the copied table, by the way.) Short of these two, there's no reason why the text box should interfere with the operation. However, if the problem persists, you could just move the box out of the way while you paste data, then move it back again afterwards. Ray _____________ This email is from Ray Blake, Head of Software Design, GR Business Process Solutions. It is confidential and intended for the addressee only. The contents are private and may be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error we would be grateful if you would advise the sender and delete the email from your system. For more information on the services that we offer please visit us at our website: - www.grbps.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michele Wong Sent: 09 October 2003 21:16 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Gradient Shading in Excel I had a question about gradient shading cells in excel and received an answer, but now I have a new problem. I have prepared the shaded cells in excel, but when I go to copy another excel table and paste it in the shaded area, I lose all my data. I try to bring it forward, bring it to the front and even send the shaded cells to the back, but nothing works. I end up having to type the data by hand into each cell. Is there a better way to do this? I will have to generate this table every two weeks. Thanks, Michele B. Wong Reliable Cyber Solutions, LLC ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************