You're welcome !
> now if I could only type
but why type ? <g> ..
when you could always do a copy and paste direct
from the posting to the target cell(s) / dialog box(es)
(but you would need to watch out for any line breaks
in the pasted formulas - especially long ones - and remove these)

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