Hi Deon, I believe that you need to have an empty line or two at the bottom of the file, which Excel may not like to do. I have used ATOM (https://atom.io/) to save changes back to an SPD file in the past. I believe you also have to clearly specify the number of points you are adding coordinates for in the $SPD_NUMBER_OF_DATA line. 1 $SEM_DATA_VERSION 1 2 $AP_NUMBER_OF_DATA 2 3 AP_COMMENT%0 4 $AP_STAGE_POS%0 37.84210000 -36.38150000 11.39200000 0.00000000 0.00000000 5 AP_COMMENT%1 6 $AP_STAGE_POS%1 -1.52640000 35.19440000 10.45800000 0.00000000 0.00000000 7 $SP_NUMBER_OF_DATA 2 8 $SP_COMMENT%0 UL Screw 9 $SP_STAGE_POS%0 22.8372 -42.7729 11.0000 0.00000000 0.00000000 10 $SP_COMMENT%1 UR Screw 11 $SP_STAGE_POS%1 -35.5499 -41.8745 11.0000 0.00000000 0.00000000 12 -Dan Daniel M. Ruscitto, Ph.D. Senior Scientist - Microanalysis Structural Materials GE Research -----Original Message----- From: JEOL-Focused Probe Users List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of D. van Niekerk Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 7:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: EXT: [PROBEUSERS] how can you create custom *.spd Stage Map file for PC-SEM, with Excel Hi All, I'm trying to create and upload a Stage Map file (.spd) into the JEOL PC-SEM software (JXA-8230; Working with Win-XP version), by using Excel to modify an existing .spd file. When I import the existing .spd into Excel, I have to specify "space delimited" to get the values separated in columns. However, I'm not having success in finding a format to export the resulting modified file back into .spd. I've tried exporting various txt formats but nothing loads back into the PC-SEM software... Does anyone know how to create and import spd files from Excel into PC-SEM Stage Map? Thanks, Deon. **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask], Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask] On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/jeoluserlist.html * **** JEOL Probe Users Listserver Moderator: Anette von der Handt, [log in to unmask], Electron Microprobe Lab, University of Minnesota Post a message: send your message to [log in to unmask] Unsubscribe: send "SIGNOFF PROBEUSERS" to [log in to unmask] On-line help and FAQ: http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/jeoluserlist.html *