Hi Fran

definitely not useless ... but yes, in Excel XP you should be able to select
non adjacent cells using the control button -
process is
click on the first cell with the mouse
hold down control key
click on the next cell with mouse
keep holding down control key
click on other desired cells

what happens when you follow these steps?

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Cheers
JulieD
check out www.hcts.net.au/tipsandtricks.htm
....well i'm working on it anyway
"fran" wrote in message
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Can somebody help me? I am using XP home and I cannot select non adjacent
cells using the Ctrl button , does XP home have this function or am I just
useless ?