There definitely are colons, and there is a 'comments' field and semi-colons may appear there. However I think I will include a note in the help file for the admin to avoid using semi-colons in this field. Seems the best solution. And you are right: A .csv is seen as an excel file, so opening the audit window then going to file > save as, and making the file Audit.csv, or something, avoids having to use the import wizard in excel. Saves several steps. Thanks so much! dave >> Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then >> what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in >> it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? > This might cause a problem because Excel will start a new row then - this > could also happen with a tab delimiter. At the moment I can't think of a > solution for this. Is it probable that your data contains semicolons? > Regards, Torsten