While I think that the "FAQ" as outlined by swanoir was presented tongue in cheek ('the humus'), many of the subsequent comments and/or links to threads that could/should be included in a FAQ were presented in a more serious tone. And maybe they do make sense as a foundation to a real LD forum FAQ. But I've also sensed something else in these comments that may contribute to the apparent lack of communication between new posters seeking advice and those that regularly frequent this forum and offer it. And that is that the long checklist provided by Miss R must be (or should be) answered in detail before posting. Well, of course not! But it is definitely something worth reviewing and giving some thought to. This checklist, or something very similar, is what most designers utilize when first meeting with a prospective client. It gives them a feeling for what the client wants to do with the property, how they intend to use it, what they hope to get out of it and how much effort (time/$$) are they are intending to put into it. Hopefully, reviewing an outline or checklist such as this could help to refine and focus some of those blank slate questions and even educate those new posters totally unfamiliar with the process the degree of complexity, the number of variables and exactly what is involved in the formulation of a landscape design. Even DIY landscape texts intended for the homeowner with no previous design or landscaping experience offer similar checklists to get one started thinking about the process. Obviously, this is overkill for those questions that are more issue-specific, but I think very appropriate for those that are much broader and far less focused.

Thanks for inspiring me, homebound. :) I didn't see it under customize, but doing a search of the "help" menu led me to it! BTW, the solution is to hold down the alt button and drag the icon to the desired location. Pam

=sum(L11;L12) for the range of L11 to L12 or =sum(L11;L39) for the range of L11 to/and L39 (the '='-symbol helps excel to understand you want to do a calculation) Or to simply add two cells: =L11+L12 When you type the '='-symbol, simply select the cells you wanna add and hit the enter-button. This works for excel2000, but i dont think it will differ in XP. Good luck, Niels. P.S. Actually this is a question for the computer-help-forum and not the HTML-forum ;-)

You're just being paranoid.