Dana,
"Excel 2007 is simply the worst program I have ever seen."

I see in the news today that Dell has started offering Windows XP as
the operating system on six laptop/desktop units instead of Vista.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...c=news_ts_head

Maybe there is hope that a "classic" version of Office 2007 is being held
in reserve by Microsoft?
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware




"Dana DeLouis"
wrote in message
certain there is an easy way to do this in excel . . .

One of a few ways...
Under Data Analysis, one can select "Random Number Generation."
Select a "Normal" distribution, and set a mean (83%), and a Standard
deviation of your choice.
Takes about 2 seconds in Excel 2003, and over 1 hour in Excel 2007. That's
how long it took me to find it. Excel 2007 is simply the worst program I
have ever seen.
--
HTH :)
Dana DeLouis
Windows XP & Office 2007