Larry,

Get rid of the last & " and the spaces within the quotes. E.g.,

Range("A" & new_start & ":D" & new_rows ).Select


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
www.cpearson.com


"Larry Levinson" wrote in message
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Range("A" & new_start & " :D " & new_rows & ").Select

ok, where are the `"' and `&' in the wrong places? I promise to try to
get it correct from now on. sigh ....


Larry Levinson
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