You can get some information at John Walkenbach's site:

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip87.htm
Playing a Sound Based on a Cell's Value

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip59.htm
Playing Sound From Excel


If you need information on events in excel, see Chip Pearson's page on this

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/events.htm

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Hotbird" wrote in message
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Am looking for a simple way to make Excel play a midi or wav file, so that
spreadsheet can make reasuring sounds, or helpful comments at appropriate
stages. Has anyone tried this?