SirJB7,

May I request you to remove the second last post from the thread you've posted above. We don't offer a Black Amex or any money for helping the MS-Office online community. You must have noted that we give help not just in Excel, but also most of the other applications in the MS-Office Suite.

We have no disregard for the site you're associated with. We'd expect the same in return. The way I look at it, OP has received three different solutions to the problem, and as solution providers, it should be considered as a win for yourself and us here.

PS: OP posted the query here at least 4 hours before posting it at the thread you mentioned above. And since most of us are at +5.30 GMT, we were only able to provide a solution in the morning.

The reasons why we expect someone to register is just for the sake of a figure, that may give us a sense of pride to have X registered members. If you look at Rick Rothstein's Corner, you'd notice that one doesn't need to register to read the thread. We have our own ways of doing things, and I am sure you have your own. You are free to give a thumbs down to what you deem should be 'thumbs-downed', but as a fellow Excellian or as a fellow online help volunteer, we'd expect you to maintain a sense of respect for other communities that are only trying to help others.

Kris (Admin), and I, we are two different people. Both of us are part of many other forums, and have been helping the online community for many years, having well over 15000 posts between us. Most of the solution providers here are our friends and volunteers who we've come across at different forums and work places. Admonishing someone not to post a cross-post link doesn't come from 'greatness' or even from 'keeping forum sanity in check', but it comes from a sense of contempt and highhandedness.

On a more regular note, we (and I personally) welcome you to the ExcelFox community. Glad to have you here. Feel free to post MS-Office related suggestions / posts whenever you feel like. Even with your vast experience and knowledge, I am sure there may be fractions of a percentage that we can add to your knowledge.

Happy helping.

Regards,
EF