Hi Newcomer,

In addition to Paul's advice, see MSKB Article # 272729:

'How to import data with more than 256 fields or columns into Excel'
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272729


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Regards,
Norman


"newcomer" wrote in message
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Hello everybody:

I am urgently looking for the answer to the following question. How to
increase a spreadsheet's totalcolumn number from 256 to a larger one(346,
for
example)?

I would be very appreciated if anybody can give me some hints

Thank you very much