Hi Paul, Try this, When in excel, press keys, "control + letter G". When the go dialogue comes up, type in the following for example; A2:a7 And then press the enter key. Now you have this range of cells selected. Now repeat the above process again and type in a different range of cells you wish to accept and you have your selections made. Paul. From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Halligan Sent: 01 October 2008 11:48 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] selecting alternate rows in excel hi folks in excel i want to select a range of cells, say from a2 to a7 and i also want to select the range c5 to c10 , in other words without doing anything to the b column. any help on this action? thanks aforehand Paul H _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter for Personal use. SPAMfighter has removed 5102 of my spam emails to date. Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now! The Trial and Professional version does not have this message in the email ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************