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chaley 
absolutely fabulous mate.
I should print the template language bit of the manual and sit the garden and read it - if it stops raining.
Am I right in assuming that one cannot attach multiple icons to a single column - be good if one could.
Whilst doing this and a couple of related changes, I inadvertently ticked a long text column in the Preferences->Custom Columns dialogue. I was under the impression that such columns cannot be shown in the spreadsheet so I was shocked to see the column name sitting in the column titles.
Obviously you cant see much of the content, but if you hover on it then its content shows as a 'tool tip', and if you double click or F2 on it you can edit it in a free standing comment editor.
Now I can edit everything, except Comments, from the spreadsheet
Which begs the question, if custom comment columns can appear in the spreadsheet and be edited from within it, then why not the built in Comments column - why should it be an exception.
Thanks again.
BR