Notifying forums of where the previous discussion occurred is a common courtesy that is expect on all forums. In this case, without the links, no-one would see the advice you were given re Excel, for example, that you've yet to say whether it meets your needs. Furthermore, the marking of a thread as solved at VBAX does not close it.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]