Right Paul, for your example: In Excel press ctrl-g; then type into the edit field: A2:a7,C5:c10 and your two ranges (two areas) will be highlighted (or selected). (A comma between the two ranges.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Halligan" <tigerone@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: [vicsireland] selecting alternate rows in excel Blankhi 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 =========================================================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org