i am just looking for a short description, no code, on how you would proceed
with this task. i have an idea, but just wanted some other input before i really
got into it too far.

looking to summarize spice blends. every blend is in a separate workbook whose
name starts with a unique number then has some text description then .xls.

the range of cells for the spices needed for that blend is always the same in
each workbook.

so in the summary workbook, if the user wanted to schedule a particular blend,
they would just enter the numerical part of the filename then i would just find
and open it.

then i would need to populate the columns with the spices and the number of
pounds needed.

with multiple blends scheduled, there would be some unique spices and some that
are reused, like salt, for example. so i would need to add to the number in that
column, but if the spice hasn't been used yet, i would need to add a column for
that spice.

would you import all of the blends for the week in a "work" sheet, sort, then
delete the dupes and then populate the actual schedule sheet?

just looking for some ideas here, i know it's not much to go on.

thanks for reading.

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Gary