skint, you may also want to look at Chip's row liner addin here
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm

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"skint" wrote in message
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Hi all

When I have lists in excel numbers down the left and numbers across the
top, is it possible for the active cell i.e say 5 down and 4 across to
be highlighted when that cell is selected?
If so how?

Many thanks