Depending on the OS you're using, it may be very easy to write a program that just brings data in on the serial port and rights it to a tab delimited text file. Linux at least is a piece of cake. Once you have a tab delimited file, Excel will import it, no problem. I guess it's not really real time, but there you go. Mike H. >Is there a spreadsheet that offers direct real-time input from a serial >port? > >Thanks in advance > >John > > > > > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads _________________________________________________________________ Learn how to choose, serve, and enjoy wine at Wine @ MSN. http://wine.msn.com/ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics