To NBVC: the addresses has changed, because the work sheet I was working from has a lot of other info that I garnered from this fantastic web site and it's even more fantastic people who take the time to help me and my fellow noobs. I cut and pasted only the one item to work on. I tried your formula and since it didn't do anything I removed it.

To VANE0326: thanks for the info, but according to Excel and I quote: "You may not use unions, intersections, or arrey constants for Data Validation or Conditional Formats" unquote. So, I'm back at the same point, not that it matters much, my last 2 hairs fell out last night, so I guess I'll have to try it from another direction.

Thanks for all the info and I'll keep looking.