Jerry : Tnx for the response, but I do not get a "read only button" showing, nor do I get a "notify when ready". As soon as I select the "Save link As", I get the Save As box for My documents and when I save it, it comes back as read only. I use Excel 97 and am a real novice at bringing stuff off the internet into my files, and I do so want to get the X-DEV into the files to try and work with them. I know you guys are busy, but thanks for helping me. Goodbug