Thanks for your input - I worked out a solution to the problem from the
suggestions given


"PC" <paulm dot c @ iol dot ie wrote in message
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I'm using "Selection.Count" to count the number of cells in a range. How
would I do this without actually visibly selecting the range i.e. I don't
want the active cell to change from that selected by the user when they
started my procedure.

thanks

..pc