Hi Gregg,

Tools > Options > General > R1C1 reference style > uncheck > OK

HTH
Regards,
Howard

"Gregg Hillyer" <Gregg Hillyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm using Office 2003. Excel column labels used to be letters A-B-C etc,
> but
> somehow got changed so both rows & columns have number labels. I would
> like
> to go back to letters for column names, but haven't been able to find out
> how
> to make the switch.