>Any ideas on how I can bring a hex file of a RAW image into Excel ? I >thought of using it too since it would be a good choice in terms of all the >functions it offers. How would I be able to import a hex file into Excel and >after that how would I be able to parse the data fields and translate the >contents to ASCII ? Joseph Believe me, it's simple. You keep talking about the Mac. Now I'm assuming the VBA (macro language) is the same on both the Mac and a PC. What I don't know is if Macs can read spreadsheets produced by PCs? 1) I could easily Zip-up and mail you the spreadsheet I have open right now that does a hex dump straight to a spreadsheet. All you have to do is provide a legal filemname. (Or if anyone else want it I'll upload it to a web site). 2) I could send you a text file containing the VBA code and you could paste it into your own code module. Example output: Byte Dec Hex Char 1 255 FF 2 216 D8 3 255 FF 4 224 E0 5 0 00 6 16 10 7 74 4A J 8 70 46 F 9 73 49 I 10 70 46 F 11 0 00 12 1 01 13 2 02 14 0 00 15 0 00 16 100 64 d 17 0 00 18 100 64 d 19 0 00 20 0 00 21 255 FF 22 236 EC 23 0 00 24 17 11 25 68 44 D 26 117 75 u 27 99 63 c 28 107 6B k 29 121 79 y 30 0 00 31 1 01 32 0 00 33 4 04 34 0 00 35 0 00 36 0 00 37 30 1E 38 0 00 39 0 00 40 255 FF 41 238 EE 42 0 00 43 14 0E 44 65 41 A 45 100 64 d 46 111 6F o 47 98 62 b 48 101 65 e 49 0 00 50 100 64 d .... .. ..