Hey Group; In my passed good life I used a datebase called filepro. Filepro was a very good simple to program UNIX based DB with creation and runtime modules. It had a function that allowed a person to test "while entering field". I would like to use this function on a MS/OO spread sheet. Example - If cell "G2" (formatted-DATE 05/29/05) set to =TODAY() then every time I call up the sheet it changes to todays date. Not desireable! I would like to make a test on cell G4 for "while entering field" G4 ; if G4 equal "" - make G2 equal to G4 ; if G4 is greater than "" do nothing (or stay with G4s value). Example - "=if(G4>"";G4;G2)" NOTE:I may have the result backwards Anyone know of a way to do "while entering field" with a spread sheet. I have tried "=if(G4>"";G4;G2)" and it fails. ERROR:544 (as I remember) By the way OpenOffice 2 works well in SuSE 9.3. -- 73 de Donn Washburn Hpage: " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB Email: " n5xwb@hal-pc.org " 307 Savoy St. HAMs: " n5xwb@arrl.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 BMW MOA #: 4146 - Ambassador LL# 1.281.242.3256 " http://counter.li.org " #279316