OK.. maybe it is originally an excel file, but has been converted to text... so, change the extension to .txt and try to open it in excel using the open text command. Paul On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 12:53 PM, patdart wrote: > I tried that, but when it didn't work...gave me a formatting error, I > called and sure enough the fellow had received it via email and not > having Excel, had saved it as a word doc. He just sent the email to > me and this should work. > > Thanks to all for your help!