You need to design a form for your splash screen then use VBA to call and
close it.

The following should help.

Create a form
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...userform1.html

Splash screen
http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/m...ash_Screen.htm

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Steve

"John Calder" wrote in message
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Hi

I run Excel 2K

Can anyone tell me how I can create a Splash Screen for when I open a
spreadsheet?



Thanks

John