Keyboard shortcut,
To Group:

Select the entire Column A:C,
<Shift <ALt <RightArrow

Select Column E:G
Do the same thing

NOTE - You *must* leave a row or column between groups,
Otherwise XL joins them together as a single Group.

To Ungroup:
Select Columns or Rows:
<Shift <ALt <LeftArrow
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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"bob sacco" <bob wrote in message
...
I already did this in an old excel worksheet but I CAN'T remember HOW I DID
IT.

The result is a (plus) + and a (minus) - sign at the top of the worksheet in
row 1 at the location where you want your selected columns to either expand
or collapse.

I need to once again implement this handy formatting trick but for the life
of me remember how I did it....so frustrating!

Anyone out ther know how to do this?