Since you posted in 2 groups and got a response also in the other group just
post there if that code sample isn't what you need or you have additional
questions.
"Jim" <Me@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Thank Ken ... I'm sure those links will be a great help
> To answer your questions
> I will select the items to be saved as a txt file
> ... and since they will all be in in an identical format I will be using
> Excel vba to transfer some of the data to a spreadsheet
>
> Regards
> Jim