Have you tried this:

ToolsOptionsGeneral tab
Check: R1C1 reference style
Click the [OK] button

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"misterduck" wrote:

this is so that you can do calculations in your head about the number of
columns between two columns.

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