I should have added this is Excel 2003.

thanks.

Chip


"Chip Orange" wrote in message
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I understand from a web page I found that Excel does not allow you to
intercept commands (such as the file new command) as does Word, is this
correct?

If so, could I modify the action of the file | new menu choice to run a
macro (using a macro run at startup)?


thanks.

Chip