you beauty! that looks like the kiddy. really appreciated, thanks. reuben ============================ > The term you are looking for is "sheets" I believe. > > You'll find a pretty nice class here: > http://www.bettina-attack.de/jonny/view.php?path=/projects/php_writeexcel/ > > It won't be as simple as dumping a CSV but this class works well. > > -davidu