Thanks Dian and Linda: You answered my question about =rand() and how it works but I would like to Know what I might have been doing wrong when trying to use the help topics to Find help on this function .... I tried the objects librarie in the VBE editor and found All kinds of interesting things but could not find the correct information about This function ... and I also tried inserting the pointer in rand ... ?? Clear thinking .... 01 + 01 = 101 *||:^) Bill Scott ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************