> In addition to my thanks, you have made me feel like a complete
 > fool. I looked in the Help files under Stock spinoff, nothing,.
 > I swear I even looked in the index. But sure enough there it is.
 > I'm sorry for not finding that myself. I must have been tired.
 > Believe it or not I have given classes on Quicken and I'm the
 > one who gets questions.
As the old saying goes: "The only foolish question is the one you don't ask." 
 I'm just glad that I could be of assistance.
 > Again I really appreciate your time and effort. I do have access
 > to the Internet and I will go out and read the discussion you
 > cited.
I have found the information and education at that site 
(http://fool.web.aol.com) to always be interesting and useful.  When you 
asked about the Lucent spinoff, I suspected there might be something on the 
site about it.
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