I believe that Excel will do this with the proper OLE or DDE driver. Depending on the serial port protocol a driver may be available already or you may have to roll your own. Bob > >Is there a spreadsheet that offers direct real-time input from a serial > >port? > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >John -- 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