Stephen.....

Noticed the above symbol in some of your macro examples which
you provided in the forum. Did a Google search and found plenty
of Excel tutorial sites and while some showed the symbol, none
described its' purpose.

So, what does it do/represent/enable ??

I would like to get an Excel instructional book to better understand
how to work with this program. Any suggestions for a particular
author/title ? I used to work with Lotus 123 (v 2.1a) and am
familiar with a lot of the concepts; it's just the command names are
all new. Need examples to help me wrap my head around this
program.

thanks

ray

On a normal worksheet, you can refer to other cells using one of these methods:

A cell on this sheet:
A1

A cell on a specific sheet:
Sheet2!A1

A cell on a specific sheet in a specific file:
[File2.xls]Sheet3!A1

On a macro sheet, there is an additional method to refer to other cells, like this:
!A1
this means a cell on whichever sheet is the currently "active" (visible) sheet.

Thanks...

ray