You can use "paste values" (edit -paste special-values) instead of paste.
That should solve also the color issue.

Miguel.

"voyage2000UK" wrote:

Thanks Miguel. You are right, copy and paste is better then cut and
paste. That solves the boarder problem. Unfortunately, the cell
colors still change. It's not a big deal to change the color. I was
just hoping there was a way to tune up the spread sheet so that it is
easier and faster to make the moves. Talk to you later, John