I'm pretty sure not Kathie. I just looked at the list of compare operators and discovered Like and Not Like are not on the list. I'm suspecting that's the problem. I'm wondering now if I could make my selection using VBA. Surely Like and Not Like can be used there. /g From: Katherine Driskell Felts [mailto:subscriptions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 ...forgive me if this is a dumb question, but could the problem be the format of the phone number, i.e. (###)###-#### or ###.###.#### or ###-###-####? Do you see what I mean? I couldn't begin to tell you how to fix it if it were the problem, but maybe the cool kids on this list could? ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************