Jason - thank you!!! That worked perfectly!

Breathing easier,

Marika :)

"Jason Morin" wrote:

Enter the 1st day of the month in A1 in the format
m/d/yy, then customer format as mmmm yyy.

In B1 insert this:

=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)-1,1)

and fill across. Format the cells as mmmm yyy.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to create a spreadsheet whereby in cell A1 I
enter in any given
Month and Year ("January 2005", formatted as a date),
and in cells B1:J1 the
previous months and years show up (December 2004;
November 2004; October
2004; etc....) If I type in "April 1985", the adjacent
cells would read
"March 1985; February 1985; January 1985; December 1984;
etc...

I've thought of a couple laboriuos, crude, potentially
faulty ways of doing
this, but it seems like there should be an eloquent
solution.

Very much appreciated!!!
Marika :)

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