Hi thomas

thank you for the help so far.

When i create a macros and enter this in. it does actually seem to work,
however it copies the data twice.


The other issue I will have soon is that I need to data to be show
horizontally; its hard to describe what i am after without sending you an
example. can i do this?

Further issues I think could arise in that the Master file with all currnt
data on it will need to be updated daily and edited. So therefore this new
summary file will also need to be updated without having a user to do it all.
is this possible?
I do feel that what i am asking is getting beyond excels capabilities is
this right?

For example

Worksheet 1 may contain
Name DOB Job Addres

mr X 19/09/08 cleaner 137 marther rd
Mrs C 01/01/01 teacher 5 nowhere
Mr D 20/09/08 admin 65 somewhere
Mr A 16/08/08 driver 12 park

work sheet 2 may contain further info such as

Name Qualifications telephone no
status

Mr
x................................................. ...............................................
Mrs c...................................
Mr D......................
Mr A..............

Finally to summarise all of this, i would like a summary sheet to show

name DOB job address qualifications tele no
status





So all data is present horizontallty and can be updated automatically in the
correct fields.

I do hope this makes sense?

Thanks once again.

Gareth