A good evening / morning to you too.
Thanks for that test very crucial feed back.
The auto format is a nicety but can manage without it.
I am confused about the file format in the 2011 reference it does not seem to support the Excel 9795 file format but from what I gather from you the following line is good for 2011
+ 'save workbook as filename (POSIX file "' + macXlsFileName + '" as text) file format Excel 9795 file format\r'
Either way his is not a big deal as I can Just call up the saveas dialog as in script 1.
In summary the winning script is script 1 with the typo corrections and removing the autofit line.
Thanks again for all your help
Regards to all,
Trevor.
P.s. If you get a chance to run the 3rd little date script that Vamitul tested for me (connection needed) I would appreciate that.