this does work, but i would like to reduce it (as it gets much bigger than
even this):

sub test()
ActiveSheet.Next.Next.Next.Next.Next.Cells(1, 1) = "ok"
end sub

i want to choose the 5th sheet down from where i am now. i will not always
be on first sheet when running this, nor will i know the name of the 5th
sheet down.
i was thinking something like:
ActiveSheet.Next(5).Cells(1, 1) = "ok" (this does not work)
thanks, mike allen