What version of Excel are you using?

It's an AutoCorrect rule that's causing this. You'd have to go into
AutoCorrect and delete that rule.

In Excel 2002:

ToolsAutoCorrect Options
Replace: hte
DeleteOK

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Orange&Blue" wrote in message
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HTE is an acronym I use frequently and it won't let me put it in a call
without converting it to the article "THE"