no i havent tried it as yet ... if it doesthe same thing as my noob code, id replace it with yours .... im all about learning. trying to maximise my vba learning experience.Hi. Glad to hear you got it working. No use in explaining the code I posted, I think, if it didn't work or you're not using it anyway. It would have been nice to know, though, if it worked or not. You didn't try it at all?