Thanks for that update and info. Please let me know if using the Compatability Assistant cures the leading hash character problem. I seem to remember that same think occuring ages ago with a Sidekick (Yourway) version -- I'll think about it, look through my notes, there was some simple fix.
I think that if you double click on the event cell so that it pops up the window and then start typing, instead of typing directly into the cell, it works - I have run into that too. Extra step but no leading hash....
Thx for your response.