Turn off "Headers" then in row 1 col's A and B, type A & B. The select both, A&B in row 1. Drag the handle in the right of the selection box accross the sheet. You now have only column headers. Build a macro to hide and un-hide row 1, with a hot key. Now you can turn On and Off your custom header. Note: You can format the font and cells of that header row, with more options than you can with the real header's. JSW