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Thanks, that works. I know this was a newby question, but the key problem for me was that this works when I have the entire first line selected, not an insertion point in the first line. (wrong terminology I'm sure). Its a simple, not used to the tool, problem.

Actually, its quite excellent for this trace (requires a bit of processing between the generation and paste, but that's fine) ... now to figure out how to do some more fancy editing of columns.

thanks for your help,
Mike.