hi
no. the sheet number is how excel keeps track of everything. even if you
change the name of the sheet to a non-number name, excel still keep the sheet
number in the background.
but people have aways gotten around this problem with macros. what problems
are you having?

Regards
FSt1

"ysam4440" wrote:

is there any way of inserting a worksheet that does not have a sheet number
on it. would be handy for using in macros.