Hi, Melanie

I'm using Windows XP and Excel 2002 and Excel 2003 (American versions).

I guess the difference between needing to enclose the * symbol in single quotes
'*'
in the Like operator must be one of those differences like commas versus
decimal points or spaces versus commas in the European versus American versions
of Excel. To make sure, could you ask one the American Excel MVP's to confirm
this
quirk?

-- Dennis Eisen