"jstocka" wrote in message ...
What is the proper application of a wild card in an "if
then" statement. I am trying to select by the first three
letters of a field. using the asterik after the three
letters does not work all my resources do not show any
examples. Any ideas??
thanks

This may not be what you need but you can grab the first three letters
of a cell w/ =Left(A1,3) This will give you the first 3 letters of
whatever is in cell A1 & then you can go from there.