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Wlt1lat ~{OM need] to ,d)o is sellect t~e: ,border or U~8 comrn;en~~~ so you~d ~sae ~he' aams of the corn men~ in thel namel box

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1. Seleot alii '~he cells YO[)l want to hide mese error v,alue-S irJi" 2, Use forf!il at1Collid~~onall FQrmettirJig,

3, Change '~Cell VsJllUe is" to ~!'FQrmula 11:~t',

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Se!l!9ctumig by 'text now W'Oir1Ilt do, b Lrt thi9fe~; a.ruj,ther ooa~!!ne of ~cel 2003 ~ find comrrN~iiid~ 'find! by format. N,01te the Format: button td the, tap:

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In thilS: dialogl, y10u cam! ,anter aU the propell1iesl of 1t~9 fmmatHing you ~we

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button, "'Choose f'cwrrLa1: F~oml Ceil". ." 'WI1;era you do this, -yQlill see a, slPooial oursor 'whiich 1',00k8· like thie ireg,ular cell-aeiletcHan cursor bUilt wi~1h an e~y!8,.drupp!l3( n~t to it

W~ern you: cllic k on the oell ciOnilainiiing -the fonma~ 'You W,lEillilt '~D f nd, you'll them :S€!>a a pre!Vh~!w' of the formattUng i'n ths diaJlogl box! andl you eM combine, -this wiitJh taxi to, Thind as 'wEll",

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In order F'Cr thi~ tip to work, 'Y{)U need to have the: ,Siet~irl!g check,ed for ToolslOptionsiEdliilf Allow Cell Dw,agl andl Drop murijed on (which i's the de:f.aJMlt s€ttirtgl aIlf'1Way.l.

To crn and paste a ran ge, s:el eet ~1 and drag the border 6h~ cursor wim 'Change to a CMIFsor VIJllth a 4=h eadec .aoow).

TOo cut 81fi1d insert a ra~ge~ dtF,ag a ralfilge by' its border sna the: Shift kiey held dawlfil. Ybu wlil ~ see sn ~ndlit~atioFil af wihere: 'U1l® range Will be i ns~rit)oo:

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If' you hold the Citrl key down wiit~ eifher ofthe two actlons abo¥e'i the cut becomes a iOOpV.

~Ilstiead of typ:iI!1QI' ·thE$: all ·out and then imporlliing to custom lists, you oar! enter:

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rifij)i'i'Il c: ~I M. "fi!"id 1"91 ~III '" bQ.¢~iAI-W::: GnG JIE iBIC ring! 'i2;y ~!7iIf-t""II'!' il! ~~!ii(;t ''iii s IQ!:'f r!J'N ~C«61'S ;:. tl'il/e!'ldi !:!l' IDf an 'I'M 'r.ar jji!Wr'lI~ r~iln, Fe $~I".::t i1~ ;: II II Ai Gt'Idl .tih4!'lgKig ; he (!j!l~P~iWllt'i'Q i'b::f CO h.ii'jiilii:" wi il 'flrlild ~Il!il: IOI'~ _ ~!!irt:dI G!)iI!Jmnl

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you use a. 'rQrma~ Q;f [h]~ mm .ss ~hen ytOUJ! wi~l[ get the 'fJJ~n!.!!tf' number of hours;

Th;e 'fi1Of1mullacs: iltJ1l 1136 ane C6 are ildentictil" Haw'ev'€r, 136 is) fionmsJUoo as h: IiTIm .ss whi)ch will not pefflfill~ t~e: ~I:~~II to be: abov"'e 23~ and t~€'.; fDlfmait ":Of cel[1 Ct), is [~J:lmliTI::;Sis."

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:s~ys: if th;e v.ah,J:l9 iln 'tlhle' oelll is <8t)l' make it, red ,and ,s~O'w tlhlel t:ext "1'000 LOW"'. I~ the value lin the 0011 is :>1 ,20! ma~'e It Ibllue ,arnd dl:s;play t~e t~;x,1t ~[lirOO IH I:GHl~,,, Otherwise, 1Torimat: iii as OUrirertlcy.

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You can hs!v'e parts; or text constanes ill om: (')e11 be! di'ijersmit sires';, fiOmS, CQI 0 r; by selecti ng the text and U15:iltlg the tools ~rO!f!ll1 the 'formt:litti'rliQ toolbar. (lhis w~11 not ~rlk flOr 'W:o!fflfi!ul as.)

Some functions take a. parameter Which changes:;, ~ilk~~ :=:IPM1{ratte~;per,npe~;[plv:;:I\I',type)

Tt!:e "per" :ElJrgumentt !UsuaJly difrfers. from [one row to' the next, Imaking it dii1Tfflioult to fill dow~; M05;tt people enter the senes 11 ;2;3;, ,'," ,down a 0'01- umn for ~he~ sole: purpose, of be:lng able to reterence ~t in the fQmnll[.d~t, Insteadl! use ROW:(A'O as the "per" arglijfi!1emrt

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Wlt1leril tlt1le fnrrri:ula li[il ce!1I 86 [Is 111[11100 down t- thl:31 part [oordainlingl ROW'(A 1} becomes ROW(A2}It. [ate" Thl\s IS, oJ ooorse, 1 iln B6~[ :2 liii'il 87 f. ete, giving thel inner s9riles;"

You can also USB COIUlffi[il(A 1 }~[ of COiljl\S1e~ lif' t~e' si;3rr1es [ileoos to [btl; flil[le:di Irl:ght

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Imlmedialt:elly after naJ1fi!~ngl ranges, 'Y1OO can e8S~~Y apply these names to e(.'l::jsting reterencee. F'o!f ex.arnip;le, iW' YDU have ::::;[B5~B6 in a cell

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t~ei'n ,aUer naming them :you C3Ji1 U]se In~e"t'lfNarrnelApply'~ a.fiId th;es6 willll] aM79adly bel sel:ec:b~',d in '~he diittl:og::'

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Yo:u'v€! seen the Skip 81 anks 'feature i n the P~.s1e: ,Spooi,al~ d~~Jog, but do you know how to IWSIi5' ~? lit rerers to the roaJng:e bel ngl copied b'lalfQk c€:l~s in the SO!lro~' wo~~t erase G€:~ls i n '~he receiving range",

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One way to get a random saJrlilpl:e iis. to use a corrputed criteria and [adlvEnced 'filtet

Suppose YDU walnt to ·tr~k,e a random 110%1 of the dsta. E~t~r the fOfmulla as shown ~~ C:2 [(k:ee;p C~ bll:a~k)" IBy ,e~teri~g the rorrnula :=:RANID(J<O, 1 ~ every '~jirn;~ t~is worksheet m.~.ICJldates~ the =RAM!DO wii~:I return anotber rand om number So IFtANIDO<O.11 wm return TRUE;, [about 1 0% ofr the ·tiime"

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Wiilill oreete a, random 5eheot~orn:

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A :oocoii'iid w,a.y '['0, sel)ect: a raJndo:m 1 I[] % of your data, i\s: tc ;stilill UlS6 the RAND' 'func~io~ but not UJS~ flilte:r1i~g. ILook, st tt~iis:;:

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Gelllls BL2 thru :En ,t],11 cQl!rtai!1l =lR}\N DO. Ami yo~ need do ts :S'el eet A2: 8101 and sort by coll~mJt1 8! Talke just 'the first 10 iterlil~s;, sod Y(lU have y'ol!llr' random] '110%, 0:1' the ds!t'BJom€:"

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If you use '~h~ '1[11] handle, and dr:agl with the, fiighf:~'m~use' dowLl1~ YOIl] w~I]I] be presented with {I, dialog COril[;aJiinuriig ;s~eJ',aJ options, when you

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W~at thei origi'naJ 81eliactjioit1l cotJiitai'ns yii III delL-ermine w~at opnons are ,i3!\{,8ii lab,le in t~e, dliaJog:.

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Notice ittllat ill'll the ftirs.t e,xample! datles were seJlemedl so tthie' middle seetlon o,f the diaJlog (filii ~Iliig dett,es;} iiS; a.vailalble'l but the second e'xan;ip le has 'the midd~e ,seot~OIl1l Id isablled because (~.arttes; werern': sal acted. TIlle IFm 'Weelkd1ays o;ption w1ith dates se~ei01ted can be' qll,Ji~:)e U$e~jjl.d:

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If A 1 :A3000 oorrtajnB, dlepartm€rlIts (:slOr~,ed~ and you w,ant: a v~LJal bni$ak betw€@tI ,depaJrtrlfl:ent;s. you CBriI cl1ang:e row hel'ghts on tlh@: 'fi'rs1 row of each n~w one. I--Iow can you S~~€C~~ t~!;5 Cll8lnged d@pat1rli1:erilt? In the ,8lbov!B exam ple, in c~'11 13.2:, € .g., enter a 'formula suc~ as

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The o~oices il m tIIsiing am ~~y Iw"O of' INumber~ 'lext~ Logical, Error because Qf' th~s;:

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AB8Mmijngi 'IN'€; choose the 'first -rQmliuia" t~€n the NAO'i~, win show an ,every new d€partm€ot

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Thils; is usefu~ ff,or IFearran;ging col umns and ls Qftt,emi easier '~lhatt: cu1llirllsert paste to move the columos around.

You ma,y have to UJSB 8, t.!dumlmy;;o row to eflJt'er the sort sequence,

In '[hi's wor~.shoo1, a dummy row WR'5; inserted (row '~) to enter 'the sort secuenee. We w.afilt [Nlame~ therii Address,· tthlen oiitv, $tca1e" and ,~n,.,

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then p'iCk the row oontailiiliing '~he [dlesilredl OOlul'ifl1iiI ,seql!,!lence~, amid [clli:ck OK:

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There are! rn a~y toolbar butto!1s which can be made' to ftIoa~:i' ,SlO you have q t!!ick€1 access to their oo:mems. Sorne iof these awe Fo~t; Fi[m'i' Bo,rrya~ [)I"'aW •••

. U"'~I~:I _ ! t+ll _

To make the rm ~o8l)t'ing, "'cil~ow these steps:

1, Click on the arrow next to the, b~H:.on (they all have! them) to !lTI8Jk~ the COfli~eWii~'S d rQP down.

2. Slow~ move the OlU'SCW down to the tool is "border" Ullti:l it gets hiif'lhliif'lh~oo and 'lIO~ :800 the! tin 'In this; examole, i~' savs ~!Dr,af:l to

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4. f'rom the dlrawing tool b:ar, 'You can a.OOMS t~e tlowchamtilng dr,awi ng objects to Imake' t~em ffloat as well;

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u- ,_ILl IY ''lJ1IUI;i ~ ,!-V ~~'i _".' v.. _ rp_' tI..A1"~UJJ'· I!IJ., '. ~·_.tlJ __ , [~!IJ~' ._~ _'-' -.JI _~~~. ~ ~y"" ill! rI'VY' !!I'~

,i:iJ,b:.IA] jmif1ltJ V'BA .h.;.,..""o~J'C"~ :fi1aI!'.CiTc .'~ .hll~n ;t,ih,':"t whn V'BA~i:iJi""llj,j,.,;tit:i.C), ~~~v y~_. ",~' _ ~ __ ~~)!.;!-~ ~_ ,_I;L-lI-!I!I:i I~ g uu~ ~~-,ra~ __ ,r~L. _ ~ = _ ~ ll~~_.~Mm~v~"

,a~j (Jells wlth tna:f' niij'ffle' rele!' to the' active 'Womshoot.


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Ofdl sity~e Ex<oei 4, macros r~,XlLMjI'~eXJJel, M8tO~) are sti[I[1 around a~d u5ie:fuL

Tt!:e)I' ,mUIS;t' be UISOO as a deflned name, nat as ,a, wQ(ksheet function. IW y'Ou 'try' to use these as worksheet functions, Ex~ool[ wiil[1 giive yot!! an [error. [~Please note that p rilor to version 2003[; copyiiltlg B ce~1 whiQh U51es '~his name to anotber sheet will crash ~)JlEd,)

lhils; will retu~n a'll[ ~he n~e names: in the current diir~ctotJY" :=:FI[UESO

There are many more, and iw YDu·re I n1,erested.l, you can dowLl1l:oad !

them ~rf" t"i(ll ,ih,':'n .lif!1'~~i"in{ll'1' 'rnir;t'{llip{l!,j',jI~i"'\;i"i;~/0.r.1~"",.,,(i; 1'QI~'/: =.!

, II ~ "": ~ ~ II "'-'11 II u ,~~, 11-'..I,~ 0 U1,....p u'f ,~" ~ ! L .... J' '-""'-J U" I,. VV"I! ~'J'i iI'I-,-UI '"!!' ~ ;;:;,cu _ U v' -i;i

Elt!llTlple<: Denne III: lIB =LliIIKS(}. fh~n use =iNtlEX(ilk,11) to g~ nISI ~

!'il"ink'" j')~ ::::I!' t.rl[D-~Y~!·I~' ~,f'i(.~~rj{\l inr r'j')~;Ij~' 'iI :1), illil d 0~;Ij~n to eet :lJI!'11 ~'r~: li![i[k'. '0.

~'~ VII !"", i;.;._i'\c~l "'!I' V !I'll' \J} ~I I V ¥.¥.' II ~,II t~ 'U'¥.¥..~ ~ "v ;:::;p."'" ~! ~ ~,IIII'" ~Illl .~.

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1 ftDl!.l"!.')JIfti:jnd:<! !!I.;iw~ ~!:':lllli'l!;tl:A&I!!~ wm~ s\t'.;1v ~C:I4IJll'lem1tIfi!:(f$Jlt~l~ ::'JJ:t1tKl1!:l:H . Ill'!. [
:2 (;;~,Ol~m,.;l~ !J"1ir~~'1J ~el,!lYtteili1~~IJiSf~D~fijl~
Si C :'lirn.~t'JMemt.a. ;>;.1IiI SE"'il~iIi'l9a.ml!!b 1,jI.m1~ ~llD"!j]~urJVll<lli!t<l\Ew:.I\SlG\9J. :arrw.l!eiE:. m
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M }1'OU C:8Ji1 S~>9" ceU A 1 comains' 'the fi,ormu la as indica1f.ed!, andl it

retu rns the emr1tiin~ Imnlk path to the 'f~rBt !utJilk cI:ocum.em:, 'The W'C~kb-ook ~G) 1 ink~d to S workbooks, nilarm,ed de:ll.xl~" (~el\2 xts, ~nd del:!t::ds. Il3u~ the:

E)dlitlLlirtiks dlialog doesn ft :show tJlle wtJ10la p~ilh:

~!~ LfP!f'4w. ~~'

~.~ ~ ill ~fi1'

,1iIe'1oJ\..:d~ ~~I!ll: A ~I'ii

LD:~: n:,em~

~t)!l: m,~

I iltit~ ~;-, 'I

( ~t~y~ I~t~ ... ] ( Qpm_~~ J

[: ]

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Op~t1 [11~

q:!(Ei ~ N~ ~~" ~t re, ~ (fi:I!i WI"ii'., ,

a:e_~' ~ ~d. ~'"", 'L:iKr;i' ~"IMllf,;~l.!!I~." ~j;;i!!I, _~~~'_~:

~ 1m ~ E1Ilf~ WOI'.d

'?l1;J:l ~~!1:;@. ~"., ::!:II!.!!' HtiiMtft E'tIHiiI 'i'm' ... ~Z tEl 'j;b-M\ Ett1l!! ~ .. ;

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s,y' dsfiin'ing a namEEi lik~ Fl.. for exam pll,e~ to be = F IlESQ, you cam .Qet this {filrec~ty 'Into YOilJlf worksheet:,

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Another nii ce '~ea1ure 'o,f thlcs i1s that y'ou oan 'filtell' on Ute ffl,es. For example, i'ff you warii1ted to Il'e,rurn o:nlfy those, ti~es which have an !JlOIO E~ them, you can use' =FllES{~'ilO'~~') where the a5ter~s!k;s, are ~ldcaJd~r:

~In
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iF:t,
Il. [ d!.lE

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I~

.a

m

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1 IData:: 2:

I A 111:lI1 I c I D

I:!' II F I l~ I IFI I II I

Il ID:ata~ 25

n~i':Ii:l<'!'Io." ..,.""I.4i,;

r""ii'i"Ii.'" W'Qi . ..a,.

O~i':Ii'ta· ,.

'Qi,.' .1,;

D:il:lita····l':

~c._lP.

1 Ii IO:a:ta:: 12

:2:1 Data,:: 27

iC!:"i':II' Ig~1

'1 ICiam:: 14

1 '1 ~l 10 lata: 33 112

1 '14 lOlita: 31 I '1~

CIO. ~.l 1j"11~;al': ~... U. lelli. _ 1.

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Wa want to name ,tlhe cells, :001 Weil sel:ect: 'them 'first: I~ies easiMt U s'ingl EdlittlG~;) to Special) a~d maJk~ng this ,sel,ectiQJ't:

S:.tt ~---------o 'Q;i!'l"rt!e'~~ e·.~rd~~~'

I""" E......m·I.J ... ~ ~~l!_~~

~l~~; Vl~

lbIU..!.... __ .~

~L~_1s

~l~~l

IO~~

I~ ,fij.".e~' ~~o;Wfil

~ ~_~11,Il _J ~ ~~l!

10 'ru~ iJl .. i(r' IO,Qb.Je~:

, .bJ ~.et1Ide:~~

® ..... OAl~ Oll~tel OII~tlu~'Q. o Ib~J'!~(!u11 f,'-~~

~11F!i~-",,-,",i(-l"",""~~ Y 1..!"gMii ~i;II_~~J

®AI Os...

[~i;==I::::::::::Cifi:====?illl [r ICan~~ J

ThJaI: is, wfi re: ,sel)ec~lng cOfl1lS'tarilts: wlhtch are lfn~mlbers (tJ1Iot te(;d). 'I~eri we use InsefrtlNat1IlIe!lD\efli~e::;

[ 10K l
A l~
~Iose

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Notice the long t:at~ name is part ·of the deWlinitiQ~It. This part has a limiit, so we miglht: get ,8l message such as:

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De n n8 Nmllie IE!

~I OX ,ll

cJ~e II

~dd ]

~Igbl!!i: , . .::.rr-e '

The name lis ton !o~gl! Andl alISo rIlmice, that U'iU31 last mf'€l!N~nc:e in the Refer'S· to ,i n the above dia1logl box is to 013111 G5. Our os lis t~at neeltl nsrn ilng go down to G14. Wel~, ~his is not gQillilQ to wonK..


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Sflnoe the definltro n ;1 nch..Jdes th'9 tab name, Y'Oil can tl9mporarUy chang:e ~hE3 nam e to a SrD1gh9 Jcharact'€lT to get more cs ms d'efirllect

OK 1

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J

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DMa.: 100_ :~

ehaiiilgilf'ilQ t~e name, of thE;i~ tab to 'I'.x.'-I ~ Gnabl:es alill the cel~s; to n.e refer,anced. (I: :SOwoUed 'the linf'amati'on in the, Refer.s to bOl.< to tfJlE!' ~igh1: :SO you can 'sea ~hm: 1ft. does: end in G 14.)

By' ohanging the ~:ab namel ba,ck, to tt~e, origliliiiia,t. it suilll maintain~; all t~e .references.

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Name.: In .tt.booR:
I~JI I ~oF Jjl
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[ ~cl ]

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[ ·!!!;!~rt]Jp:.ut2:J~~tsl· i~ P.erhaps the best wa.y of all. 'in most cases, IS to. name 'the oEd~5; lJy s~m p:ly' typilng the name h"~ the name bux;

"1' "

4

5

S D:da.:

- -,

Dati::

Data: 60 Dua~

I

89

e~":Ii ~

70

w~ich seems [:0 work even Witil a long v,81b name. This Ilast. 'technIque 'r·8i·1 G1 on \IlE RY ma~y oe:lll:s r. around 224 or t~@fIfII! bUit yQ~ cen then f1@= vert to th~ tip above· to name them ~n secaons an d comlb~ne them a<s: ~9hown I'n the: d®f~n'ltl:oo .of '[01 AJI~~.


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25~ Whs,t' is ,th's"' :1, ,:2~,,~ ~ " see in' the wO'rkboo,k' title?

You can use n 'to:

Vligw S€]paratt€, ~he~t~ ,af the ssme workbook Bit "~h~~ seme time,:

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'To. mJcin 'th~ wUiI'lIdQws, closs ~h€! \1'!iindow by' the "x" iin' U~9' upper right, not by Fillil3</CI OO~! b ecau~e tl'Ile ~epan~tB whwows' WQt.lidi ~av~ ~i1d reap en thst w.~'. You can do WinchlwJNew Wli nd:Qw m,8jrrlY u mss and Ige~ as: many wlind10iWs as yOilJi wish ,of Ute work'book.

~ Th~Ii'ilk: ,of i~: as ~f you war€! h'10king 'OUt yDUt' phy:s!ical wind ow and. !5e~

m i ng park®d C~ffi. Now mQvel to another windoW' and look at the sarna

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C cam. YOtl Ihi:lV'e ;8J slightJy (fi1ffEln~nt p®rsPelcti~e of t'h~l sama o:bj:!act.

i Thaf'S: kind QJ wh~t~ goiiililQ on hem,,,

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~f' }Iou lUSell'ool&OpticmS/View 'ta;bo," you ~villl see mM.y' ,opti'OlilS' at 'tih®

benorn ;tj;rn"" ... ''i1I· ... ~,III'jj "'0-: "r" 'W' u '11''''d'r,i;~;C!o ir""'''i~' '~~ .... -1~lb""""~:,~ , .... *. W,""rr'I~':. ... I\o"",,",,~,,,, ILIUil,[',_ iOlt"CILoAil ~'L!~,/' ,_,; , II~, !ul''''~~ I ~UIL. '!o'Mull/\ !!,.I'U'J\;;:;I! L!'~ U'iI ~u ~";;II;:.IIL;;:;I!.

~,~Ioos

D p. ~~ ~ FlJillW t.; ~iTIA ~cl'M!i

o '~~QS It:] ~ :ii~M!!Iilil~

~ ,§.l1i!1n;:,:;. 0 E:~rQI y~~

Gr:f~'iriM ~~-: L~_:-·_·· ----1...1""'...:.11

~ ~:q\!l1"~ b.!Jr ~ 1t~~ 5lrolllb.~ ~ '9!1!!;~t: ~~[r;

AlI1y"ofthes€! settings CEliri be soon ,silml!Jltaneo!Jjslfy' Wlii~h o~her WiiliildO\fIl,s' ,settings!


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27. Doubl'e-clicking tools I

DOMble-dl,iok the format pa.initer keeps i~ ~aJliive,l~ to diak on s;@\I'@n3.1 ~

(~aliis wiithQ:ijt~ having: to cllitk t~e' 'tadl r3,galn.

S[hiWc~idk '[he Open tt:oO:bar button becomes 8.w'e; SlhiWdidk '[he Pirii!il!t 'toollbaw btrt.ton becomes Print Preview~ ___ ,S·;A;H: 'l:iJ?iFia:nr4li ~if1 1~a.nf'ilnil9~ d ;[!j~;f'·"·n~liilillll'l·

_ w _ •• v _ ~ Ilrl--"Q~"". ~. ~ l~~ b!~~. _ '-f~~ _'V~'!.;.iv. _'U .. _~~

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a •• ,alli'gn lleflllbooorn:es ri:ght;

"' .lnorease dednnal becomes decrease decimal,; Una e~ill:e becomes dotJIbl€: l!nde(Jl~oo,

DOMble-dHok a drawiing tool {rectangle'!1 for erJCamplle) to ,dlra\i!,/' se:veraJl wialt1lout lreviisitlng the t()oll..

"]"';h,,,: ';'"'I"i',~~ ,[:""',.....",~' ~f~"" ,~,jf',..,.I't,i\0f III ,~~' ,r,~ i'.!'o' ~o~ ~ L ;GJ!;,vr;:r,r, ,I'~, a' i'l!',rGt~' ... " I;J\;..!'

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URI"'" i'oI!' [U.i'f"i~~", r11i.!'1f.'-" ~·I~. ~~·V~ fl';)~

Fin3;tt, 8, brief diSiGu~sion of the COIJ mlF formula, T~e syntax iis :=GOUINiTIIF(Range.Crit~riaJ, It om .. mts the number of items, in 'the range:

W~I· eh [FIj1)l!];e[t"~h~')Q ~ri~~:rnQ _ ,r;::;;n ~ in ;f'i;ilf F"'x:a.m' 'pICi:~ :=,C~' :~O'., .' IU~~NlIIF~Rn~ 111\ 'W\RI] lid ...

__ ~l! ~ __ ~!I!~. ~ ~ ~ v. ~ .. ~,~L ~v~ _I! V~_ ~w~. 'V:J1 .... w _ .~ \ __ ;:gp.,--Vj. ._V~_.~

return 3~ because there 8!i'e :3 4:i'$ in the: fang e. SiimilaJrI~'~ :=GOUINJTIIF(Rgjo} 'would !f€tlll!i'in "7 became: there are (' 51~,;,

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IW' the 'Wo~r!illU!!la, in the [pf1eceding tip were~ entered without C~Jrr+Shift the oel~ wou~dl ooo~a]n ,,33333; as meotloned,

IW a ~ajnn:e (say' ~!'uni;q:ue'i~[ is de~~ined '1[0 be ==SUlM{1 fCOU Nil F(IK;g; RgO [and you enter ='Unique, w~thout: plfess:ing 01~I+Sh'i1i1t. lh e oelill wDul;(j contain '2',"~

vv.,. ~t+I LJ !!!! ~

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[ [CJ~~.:, ]

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[ !~ ]

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It ~!~~~

So lit seems; all ~aJ!'med formllias are '~IPeated the sema as if y'O~ entiered it as an Brr.Qy-,fonmulla.

However;, here's an oddii1iy', If you enter ,--A.'i1 ;A2 i~ ce:1II ,A3;, yOli'[d see '#YV~LlJ EJ, If yo~ arnIM,=erlltter it. you see what[e\i"er rs; in c.~111 A,'1 , 1W"i' while, the cursor lis, in celli ,AS'i' yOU!! define, a name, to be =A1 :'A'L.:i, then [enter .... , ling ~hajt: name, irii A3 stlilll prodoces U-VALUE! 111 you array-'emlter tha~

na: 'fi!'l] 'e'''' t~lll·k~ e ,I[.'='!I-]' '€$J"') the bra 'c"e""s' '5::Up" p""11 I':;e" d-I Ib,y-' , iI"": ..... ['o e 1-')' '!I-]' hen I "it' re-'''''ur''':s' 'll "1 's

- I ," -IL [L, 1L, - "I - , "- ,"" " eft;., - ,IL " I "Ii. ' II II F\ -

". - I., ~'. ' .. ~'. ~-. '."' r". ' •• " ~ - r· •• ·.···~ ." ~ .•..... ".:. ~-"- ~'." - .••• "" .••...

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vaJ_ue", :'0 ~ __ ese tech~jqu:es; seem to 'Oo:ntr.adlfct one anotnes

J Us<t ne arware that your named romnllijlas mar be, diffeFEmt fr'Om what yQli! expect on1y because, ifs like~y ii~~'erp!feted as [arr[Ely'-eriitered.

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so: A,u~,~,t- ,!'O·:··:··,,-n[u~':m'b··' ··.·9,' l"fU-:··'~':e:s·,'~f' #o'nsc

~ ~. '_' •• _ • ",. '~_' •• ~ - - ~ _ •••••.• - ,., •• ~ ,"'. J_" •• ' __ ' ••

IW' you [have a rllUJ!mbeFedl questioHnaJi[re., it can be cumberscrne to move ~tems eround or delete because the !fiiumberingl or the: qt!!es~jioris has t ..... be F1e4iA1~a_ l[n~;t,eQd-- Ir~\i3 'I;!! ~millll~IQ i~ A2 '~'u~h Qi;!' :=MA)«(AI'1::1 ~

".Y~ ~I:w! ~ ~ ~ VV~I!~:- .!hiI~·"·Y-'~lI v.r .... ~ t+ll '!U.'".wY.Yl .~l! ~ ~ ~.~v .. ~&";I _~~.'"_ w\-.~.~

A 1)+ 1. This means the Ila~:est: number frorn celill A"11 '~D the Ceil II above, plus '11. In cell A 1 t, this fvrmula reads; =1MA:XJ(A$11 ~A'~ O}+ 11 "

A

8 I c

I

7!

BI:ah !b:lah blah bl:ah bl

s

I

11

L1'2 EUah 1b:lraJh blah bliah Ib.I

['31 SI:lh 1b:I.h blah blil1'11 Ib.I

1. I

~ ,4, EII:lh Ib:ll!h Dian bl:ah[ Ib:1

'Ui I EUah 1b!lalh blah bl:ah [bJI

YO'U ean see that ,t~El' Ilargest -# Ii [iJ A 11 ~A'11 0 i~; ,2:" ,2+ 1 ls 3~, :SO A 11 [00111- tailiis 3", Ilf II ,d acided to [remove question 3, I coul d deJlet[e [f"OWS: 1 0: 1 ,3 h)ii' i11 : 14) and U~al 4, Wihi:ch is now in A1 ;5 wouldl [become 3! ,As a mat-

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b~r of fa;ctj iff [I lnsertad '3 ro-w.s aft [row '10 and iir1lserlt[edl a N[EW ques-

tlon, as I:ongl as I mJlmbere,d itt wUh time same 'folffiflulaj alill 'tihs, [iJumbers bel:ow would ,al~o renumber.


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31" A' t' '~'S"'" --, "'P.!", -I #' ,,-~,t· ,- -, '-, , ~ .. , ", -: U '0. '.um ,100_ , [es' _u~e,s

Sup pose 'lOLl h8Vle a block of cells lii~e ill1 ~his iUustraJtiol!;, QCi(!1tainii~g Ill! rnbers w~ic h )lQ~ warn to is mer the totals both on the riglht snd below; th!8Jt -is-;, in E1 ;El' arnd M: Ea. You \1 pmbab I~t do iit so-meithi ngl likethvs;

A
1
:2
~1[4 69 '1~ -9'7
DB 42 11 Jell
i5 32 11 152
57 41 iSS[ :2
iO i iSS ~2 1. Click irii E-1 and 01 IQk the Sum tool and press enter {or double-cllc k the S~m tool).,.

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2. Click. 'the friU hand lei n E1 an d dn~g to E7, or double cHok t he fri[l~ ta

hand le in E1. "!

3. Select oem AS" olick the su m tOiQ~" errtm' U~€~ form ul ail seleoi the ·rIU E

hand le, dra,n," _ 'to 68.- .......

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Ho~d on 00 ¥lOur hats. I~' can all be: done iml one click:::

Make~ ~hjg selection as shown i n the niu.s.twat'ion (A 1 : E.8):

- A B I c I D I E
1 65 :541 30 46
2 8' OS B:r 14
----=-- -14 69 18 91
3
T" as 42 7'1 6
~
6 '5 32 1'-1 6l
-
fi 57 4·7 65 :2
-
t 50 5 63 92
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8 Se1ect an extra b~ank <column and !"Ow. cnc~- ,Alf~QS urn 'Todl once, an d you're done!


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IBOil aOil
!54, is'
':, 1
!5'el: 28:
!5'1' '1116:]
!91 41,4,
~ 911
·34, 291
1QI ~
16.'2:
~ '7]
16'6: ~~:
i51 ffi
'716i 41,Si
~ i4l
·32: 7101
1Sl A B

IELO 166 :21 16 1~

.2:31 :91~

~--tJ--...;::;.:;.o:.I

~ :29

'1'0 ~6

~ 320

10 7

M Ifla

95 '71

1'6 13

46 :8'A

32 '10

551 19

11 331


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The f~rnt d6~ ofr ne.xt month iis; =DAllE(YEAJ~~XA 1 }~IMlONillHI(A11)+ 1 'i,11')j so the day before th~t ls ~astt dSiY of thls month. Thererore, iins;ttead of us<i riig 1 as 'the day p~n;}lme;ter; IExoel1 has no problem with usiing 0,

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If-,~ N·~I iI!~1'! ~ L ~,V''i:r",rl! [IJ!:] ~' ~~,I'Q~~_r.'l.r.l. l u

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~~, 'C-'h" ··a~· ··'n~····g······~··e·····~ot· L·e·· - ·S·.··~.,·~l'~·e···· ~~I"W'I"~

I~ .... ~ •• [_.~.:.~_ -. ~._ •• _ •• r ..... : UU.,,, .. ·.'·~1 If.·l,ft·.· .. : ~~~'VI

ro on :>e::C'V:·~e~.I': ~'~'IJ,~,' II·U::' :·n.-,~e-rs,,·~··::,t·,':!!!!I'·'""r:I·,::·~'"

..... :. :',. &;~A/'''' .. r ~ .. l. ..:l U~ .. t ~iI· •. _ .

.suot1ooe \J\QlI af'e Ilook!i na 8!] a W"Qrkshoo1 whiOch oon1airn~, dates w~~c:h

... ~tr'I"" .. .. .~ .. ~ . . . . ~~.,., . ~ ~ ~ .. ., ~ ~ . ~ .. ~ ~ .. ~ .. , .~.,.., ., ~

I"""!lil[i ~t· if.;o form Ci~~i[£i;dJ as ""IF''C01 iU' d ,i!J;I[-,CliD: ~;e,£i'allill eo ,,,",:f; t'h~rlf pelt~ U"+1I .. It'D;· v.~~ II u~ Ilv. ~ ~~Ll~t~.. ~ '~~ _U~I~'Oi ~!I!UI~~0i'~ V I ~!JII ~~lll~" _ I ~~

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S~oot thle da~'£'iis~l, {'}tlid use Dat:afle('.i(TI= T~()Qlurm[IfiIS whiich briini'i'IQ. ~lr1l

. . ... .. - . . - - r.I{~, . j.!1 . - _. ~ - . . ... I. - _. ~ ~~ . . . ~. - - - - - - . ~ - ~ - _ .. ~ _. ~ - ~ - tJ.

the 1€i~i(t;~'b,')~Golurmn8 wlrzwd:

WieJ'fe:of1,l,l'l!~ hM ilk'km~m£lIhr.Ii:'!/I!D"~' l:i;~oJ,

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ct-.:.~lIhe Fik: ~b'"rnt ~~~:~~

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~f!..~~'V.cJ:~tJ~ ~!~.II.l~_y.rJ~~~~~:,.J~~ P.. ~.~r. .~.:..

~W~lT!tilt; ~ ~~~ri::;~ ~ [t~.IFCflIWi,

~~~t.::.~.¥~p:J~1::15-~ ddb ,,~to. d'~" oHI"Id ,IIl!r~~ ~ to t~.

cdtim d.rt.:o!! fOO'NlC O~~

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If yOJ..! dial< IFii!'liis~ WlO\I'j~\ the ~e9:ult wl"lll replace the d8!b:s". You OEm

select another destii~ation 001.1; ~

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~l:..!Imn d~t;a format ~

o G~Il~~al i:

O~xt ®i~i;··;l I VMD

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You C8tJl1 see this '~ffect ~)y draggitJllg the cursor across ,11\ 18:,~~::i&A2 itJ1l t~e f'OlFl'iI1iula, ,and pmsslimlg tne IF9=l(ey, Be SUire t:o press the~ esc lkiey

/ft··· r ',' ..•.. "·11' .. t"1A -' 1~0i=lk' ·.·c ..••. :, ,joh·'...ur t-IA .. :, ". ,' .. ,'.,' " .. ".' ""cr' ~;h" ,'~"'''' - -II,. ""1'1'1 '~'

,8 . lEt press rilg . ·11 II@: I~ '5! . ,flt!j 'so " 'B~ . ·11 1113, e.c<panslon a, '" , e, Io:rmu J3. W I. nQ~,

be IPSrm8J18nt

Compruhilg t~is sequence of [1Iu[mbers-(7~;1 ;2';S} - to a ,4, dhaillges t~Ma numbe'ris; to ,8 se:ri:es of TltielfaJlse, v'aII!Uas~

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-e'xpandilrl\]1 the ":ormuh1 [bar {clidkin;g a.n(~l;whaml in the formuh'9l bar and pr'98s'ingl 'tihe F9-key] show,s;;

'~h' 9fElIUEc, 11' '" """""""'d[~" ~~l""dl' ',"...I'"

" "" IL e II n "', ~ va lues oanespo:n' ll'O'l'!fI:::' n€lSu ilY.S;,

The N tuoetlon [chang;es; IF,alse to O~ lir~a to 1 ;;; Th;e[i] the Sum F'u[i]ctiion adds thsm alii up.

Alrray-entaring ~SllJlM(N(WIEIE:K[)AY~ROW'(IINI[)IIIR:ECT(A 11 &,!! :~~ &A2))~4)) [ghJ'les 9~ Inn eaningl '~!hem1 are 9 Wednesda:ys Ibetw·aen '11/11 f(]5 ,~~md

3/ .. ':,5/',0' L'5 ..

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A 8 C

f I I~

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1I:Ii:['o .. ICb, 'W" ,'::lrlclicl~m'- [~

~"'-' "j,""~ ,[ 'Q

I!'red Wililiiamfs

'"1 Jo,h n S:mlith 89

and etsewnere in '~nl rr" W', '.t"\.'!'it;,'ir- ..... ok 'L/;A;i I[ h !a~~'a a iF":i ... ...,.,.. anA IC'I:!IO:-+ ",,![!Ilmo "",,hl- ;r;lh' , [~!:! ~ .,.. ""'''-"~~ ~ I!"",.,.. __ • ,T .... '!.;!, ' •• ' ""'" !i\!iJ'I;.!"",,~, .J ..... '!.;! ,y'l,! ...... lA, IU~.;,~ IA~!U ~'i<li~~ ! !'-'Ii, • ~"" ~~ U IL'!o.!l, •

yOU! 'd I iike to flnd the ammJ!!!rt value, lhat is, you bave Bob Wiil] Iiams iin F2:G~ and 'you need to pick up th~ vaJlue f'rto:m 001111 C6, VOl!! cen't use [any of the lOOIKU P' 'f~l!1atiofiiS~ and yu~ cerrt dir-ec:~ly' use the MIATCH n . .!!riillio:n eiither: 'Wha-!t: to do?

"Th',,: ';'"''''i',~~ .[:""',......",~' ~f~"" ,~·jI',..,.I't,i\0f III '7,~'

,r,~ i'.!'o' ~o~ ~ L iGJ!i.v...-,r, ,I'~, a' i,.,.,rGt~' ... " " .....

Copyrig hted al...

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2 [fi"jftt [B,II) b S~m'ilJll [Fwed 'w\illiam9 [e,olb ICh~i\l\Otiil [10 it) 'Wlilliaml9:

JIQliJn $:mJI1h C!llnt-o-n

J'"'" ... , .. I ~I!IIIQi~

M~CianhlY

F\I'lI'~G. ,', 2' b eoomes '+ho :O~r~r;ll !Ii ~,""Jb',WiUii,a'mc'i;;,alfil:4 this i:o; b'<e.1no m'or!i', ..... hI .... --!i

~ ~t.JlJ _. _ . \7.'u!v.~ lll~a. 'L ~~ ~ ~I_ I!!! I;~ ~~. __ .L .u. _!.['IOJ.! II uU.U ~ _~ _. "~L_ ~~ U __ u~~u .5'U

10I'1'OliiIfl'Cet. A11 :11.2'1 'l1c 8,1 : tpn'1 ~;Ij~hii,.,.,~ ~il'~£!i!n ~;e,JIiCif!:ii'o.-.l1 il"ln the ('n1ffY111 ~Iei ip;:or eiln'd,,:.']

~;:::IfU_II~Q.' _ ~ ~ _~ _ ~u _ w~~ y.~. __ ~u._ -!l ~.~ __ ~ _ ~~1!~~l~U _ .~ll~ llv~~ II~_IWIJ u~_ ~_

th;a IFt1i 'ka\l iio If'j;l!"CIieo' .... .4 OVlf'j;Or;....:iO *"n" .11 ~~ ~ 'I:i! _",~].' _~ ~:II[~O--!Ul~'11 [~I\~:~~ IU~ ~v~

,and you OaJll1I ~OO th~t: tt[he 'oombiirnatiiOlli [Bob'Wli[lliaJIllJ$; is the 6~1) i~:e:m in the list! so 'this; fOflmUJla reduces 'tOI ~[I N[DIIEX!(C:ClI6j, 'Whi:c~ is 06, so, the r;esl!,!ll~: ,341 iis reitII"Jnlned,,"

M' , ," I ~ k··· ;II! ~.~ .~.. ,~ ~ t: I ~ ,,~, ~,!lil ~,~, ~ "f' ,~~, ~ ~ ,~, ~

, '[ 1", 'I,. j. ..".,' ." t, .", J [' ." ••• ~ ... ,: f" .' .... .. '\'. "'1" 'i. 1 •. ", '.' " .' ;1 .". I ( .'1." ,:

, ·,8··· ,l1g. ezscr COfJles 0, ranges

•• •• ~ [!II! ~ _ ._ ~ _ ~ ~ ~'.". • :"":.l._. ... . _," . ~. . •. ~ ~ .. _ [!III! ~ '. ".' • • ••

W·' ··.·'{'~,h~:~, ·~·I,~,gct·"'1~~re~ ": [D~lr" 'm···~···~,I.~''VerJ< ·~~e· ~ ·re;: nees

... 1'1: . I' 'iiiij' . a ... I. ...' .' I. I .... A. .'", I .J "iiij'1 ~ . t. . . I. '". .' ~'IIiJ.II

"'1i,1~;!111 II.~C."" t~hoCl; ... Ibo"ii!o'~ r[Q'~<:!i;i'CJr-.-.":",,c. ,(!i,C;: o:!ii"i ~f.v,QrYI n;1 . .:::. '~'I'l!:Il .. IUIOC ,lllll!:ll aJ U'M''O '01'01 '[;1,1 1 .... 100 a>::l ICU II l!:I.f1;,C.I,1 1111~' .10.

Tn copy A:11 :[82 to C2:D3, an;dl not dhan:ge, M,¥, ~'8fere:nces ii n tfJ1la resulting Ir:ange,,,


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He'I'J"9''S the fonmljj~as 'Vjl~f m· ·staln1:·i:ng Mth~ ILIs<i111 gl mlative! m~xoo, ,an(~ ,i3lbsohJf,e ir,efeoonces:

A 8 I e D
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7 aJb~' dlef
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s [91'11 1Ikl
~ 1. !Use,~ .2JJfl VLCD rk$Jleet ~n grol!Jp ,edlilt mode. To do ithat CtrVoliiok a seeond (!!.!Il1Il!JIsed} sheet tal):

Copy righted

:2. 8~16ct At ~ :,132~ uss Edib'FIiIIVAcroos VIJOr\l(shee1fs (this ls dumme.d! W~€ln YOilJl11m, not iill g~iJJP ,edli~ :mode)~

FI @~.tiil

0;:,.;.;.

Ogrm!:'.J~

OFofm~

or J I C~I

Now, ,Sheet2 oomains the ,exact s:arnl€i references 'i fill A 1 : B.2 as Shoot1l ,oontailllS,.

3. AotiV8ite 2nd wQr.k.$he'ett' (i!10f' in gro~p, edi~y'Q;U do thl:S; o~' Sij]ifit/ ,oih?ki:ng on She<et2'$ tab. 8i'I'il(H~ we didn1 'cop~f' 07: De, as wen'l you ,an~y sea II) 1:5; in Sh,eet:2, out that's: fine.

C2 .. 11 =(;1
A S C c
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You Ciami see i n the fOr1milJlla bar '[halt cell G2 sti III contai ns the mfeJamiCB to C7" 1ihis, is Ibeci3J[jse the re;t:e[13n Des don "tt Ic~aJng;e in a CtfIJp'a.Ei,tre, (lnl~l in copy/pillste"

C2 I· &~:=Cf
A I a c D
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A8slm"ll~ngl there: ~lre no "t~olf@st~ il\il 'lthil3 'fl tM oo;lumn of t~e, d~,tabM€l:, -I:-. . '.". ''''h' . ....II fi- '!Io'l .- .j. -', .... ,. 0'" EEC"lE"T't;t.A'~1 1\ 0 r» ourrr ... f(t; l!; ·.:;t;,;I'i;t ~~ e~ lange W' €I 'ere lIillLlon ItO IlJ'ES g ·.,n~QE;; I VilFli,{il I'U'~" 'uV C'. 1'\111 M!;.ioVft; ~.oiJ'1;

Thlits: miMiI'iIS startJfig witlh oell A 1, ~ (] rows down andl 0 columns QV~jlr;

in COUNfA(At:A) rows pY ;5. cohJ mns. (CiOI!JINIfA returns: tlhe nu mbeil' of l1oFtl-blank (9118).

Th[lS automla~uoolly wm include n ~ t'OweS add~d bec~usel t'he COUNffA ~'9SiJjtt~ will cfilange. If it 'W'ej',9 now A 1 :;:1~25~ Uaen thEl OOU NfA. f'~rl<f:~tion ~tu rns ,2.5. W~M yo~ Mlel a new imcord!, f~e OOU NfA mtun-ns 2~,~ so UIie.!1 n~ de1tnilioilil ils; =0 FIFSt,T(A'1' ,O,O,26,5.}~ or A:1 ':.152:8"


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3& U .. · REP··T't·, ,.' I"" t

,' .... S'lng .. '" '.-""-. ·'-or 1(1,'SUB.' e.' ree s

You can easily use a varia~l:on ,on = ~:E:~TrA'1l ,:5{~U) 'fOIr a nl"oe. en'ecl [~thatlS, a I folll o~d by a \)- Shown below, )!'OnJ! can see: the ~f1ieat of th e f'-ormu la €rrter1OO in 0011 A"'1 ;

l~:~] r~] [11 [ ~ [-D [~J [-] [-] [-] E-] ~:~] [~] [ -lJ [.~~ [.~ [-] [-] [-] [JL-lJ [ -~ [-D [~] [-] [-] [-] E-] ~:~] ~:~] [ .lJ [i [.~ [-I [-] [-] [-] E-] r-

·4 O<')o<><>oo·o·(:>o<'};<oooO·O<")o<-;oo<;IoO-OO-O-oo<>oo,oo·o-O'"l :5

n..... h.,.. .... i'<"i '<!::;'f-t I~ .or-.! '!,,;!j(.i Ll!o \:;.. !!::Ibll'!.l''o.

The spaoo lis as valid ,i1iril QP~mtor ~ +! - ~ / ~ or- * ...

=,~gt: GizJlillOO will ~l'iok up ~he' ill1iftar.sectioliil af 'tiha 2 Il'ang;e.s;, WMt andl GltzriflOS:

ss U'" til.. S t

' ~ .·.·s"ng tne .. ··:pace as' en ope,ra ,o,r

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SIUPlPose y'Ou have ~his ~n a celli ~ C;\MSOIFF'trC:E'JEXCIEL \JUBRARY\MS'OIJ ERY\MyFijle:~xJs, and you'd like: '~O p:iok out the ~astt piece, IMyFilR X;l5", Here's ~ow to do it

Fir:s,tt, tnere are a, 'few things 'y<C)4J need to know, The[!'~~ a LJEN f'url;c;ti:o:n which returns the nlL!!lF'!illoor' 01 characters lim! a :sttring i' or ce~ll" So if A ~ OOmaiLtlS, ABCAi' =:lEN:'A'~} would rett~rij 4,

AiI'P1i"ii = S.·····.:IJ- 1- G:i1~i'jFIJ- l-llG'iA-11 !JiAjj ~!:~!'j~ '~~~lf"llllld, - ratJl nn Qip:C" '.0-.-' ,'.. becai ~ii:'oa ~·t,"

~_-o.VI! .. UOlllll ·~L.v·U~ ,,-Ii II! Y 1- ¥'II!V~._ ~.Y~_ .ur .. _'?_ ~VOJ,Y~~.l

chances bafh AIg We?If€: 1f'V'i1no to take, ,adi\latl~'!:!ijO€: ot another oenon in

, " ~ " , , ,_" ",", I, ~...,""~ _"" _ ~" , . , " ,.u:~, ," "',' I, '...... " _ I "

troa S:I [iip'~i[fIU--ITIE~' rUin' ""'~i0n 'W".",'h-a:tI~ WP. ""Qn; eh .... ~ii'1~ ,01 n'~~:i""ni"'r,- ~"",('r;:llllr" II ~'!07 . U I:.,;I~ II "II .. " ,II _ "!;.;IlL V! II' " " ""'I'~ ~ ~ ~ ..... aI!I v! !-all II~~ ('I,,.......' ,~~ .... u.iIa ........ V' •• L

Okay. pif-ellimiinariiles. are done:. Let:1B 'go Mck, to wh~If€: ,A 1 Gontaiins:

C:::\M]SOFflICIE\.EX.cEL\LI BRARY\MSOIJ.E:IH:Y\MlyFile:,J(lls.

1, ~LEN(A,1) ls 44.

2, ~SUBS-lITUf~(A.1~, FofVm ~ I~~~} is C:::MSOFFI]C~EX.Ct:LLIIIB if1'AIR"tMlSi"

InlJ~EIiy' ,1l,.I'-'I~I'11 <'""'1:_ -~'h-' '1) c '- . " --'10-'1"-" -, "'·"-!Io'h- '.- Co ct 'th-·· ~,'I.#\I·'· - ..... -:.-

~ .. ' L\;.Ii1I, !~Iy I~ lie,,,,) 8-,,- ,IE! ,same; ~M1 ng WIlL J)U, , ,9 uacl'\.:S ,asllle8",

II LEINI~'A-lI'-). LIE'Nl'C>IUIBS'9fl1'T11 r9FE(."11 iIJ-\l~ IJi\J'~\ " . iIii:: - .. 11']' . <1;,1,1.,. . .. iIii:: "'t, g I;;,~, ,11,_·' .1;;, ',' ,~~ ',' ~'III I 'U II I;;\n.' ~ ',', ~ i! [IS ,i,ii r. tEU ng IjjS ~II 1l!l9;-ra are ,;,J

h,Ql;-.ll..-'i9II:Ci'CJ:h.::!i;i9! I' C:-:iI!:iJ, ~.ceoil!lJ, ".\~Ci!~ a· "'i9; t ......... :II,th ~p,e;Jr'ai'1l"i~,;;:;;-r 'i"i l~h·';;:;, ,S~,IIU~~p.--Trr~I[I'"F~ 1!Ja- ..... Il'..~. !CI:o:J, ,o-a<. ,II Woo U~'!:il ~,r ~l::IO( :OJ IIl'Ci "'t II n !l:'Illl 1'Ci1l0 I! II IL_ ,0 IU'!WI'!.JI ,,!U' I I;;

f[mctio;rl~ we willi Qnly dhang!l9: 'tile ,5'lj:) slash."

,5, ~SUBSlITIlJf~(A 1 ~,iIJ\lJ',CIHAA(222).th9' v:af.ue from step 4) c~angesi t~e last backslas:h to 8J CI--IAR(222:)I" {CI--IAIR{:222) Is Ikllnd of' ,a.mbitl',aryistiran:ge, char-acf,er. ",. ~a.Jtlg in there!}

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'1, = Mil [)~A.'1 ,the 'vai~ fm,m ,~f;ep 6'+11 ,2.55) ~rives ~ ust MyFilh!~.xjls, PlLltting it ,an t(lgetlher:

=MII D(A;11 ,SEARCH~C HAR(222)~S UB81'liTlJTE{A.4 ,~'\

I~ ~CHAR(2:22},lEN~A 1 )-ILEN(SIJ BSl'~irU1iE(A 1 , 1,\ ~/ "m~+1 ,255) 'Willi ifetu m MlyFi le.xls.

A2 I '" 11l ,I!!Mlo.(A1.~C:f!I(CI-!LAR(m).~~~nrruTE~\1.'\·'.C~(2~I,;l).

I iLEN~ i )-UEN[SueS,TITIU.!§A1,~" ,iijm+i ~

1 ;i!';. .~II;;lii:!! 'i""1I!"'[~II'i""I~u···"'''''i~lll !~In~ ,j\,I"M'AUII~""'1 Ir~!~!Iili'IIII~~z~I'-' ; -I" I "'"" .'II!O!~'" b!!F' IF "-o~.J:;::A!!g!l::::::iIb!NIb Gill'!iJ."!ll"li.,l !J,n~'IoI: ....... ~Il'!ii,r "'!O!II'fr~ e~,x s'

41' U,;iii' S-"UM~I" DR' O' "aU'C"T

.1Il >8:Ing '<I', ..•.. ,rl":"_~

In®t~d of tryh'ilQ to m,fljk~ ,S IJJM ~F Of OOU Nfl F work on m~tt~lPl€ cone H:~Q~S: (y(lU c,anft),,, use S UM ~ ~(H)UCT.

:2

3 11

~ I~SUMPR(j)IDU;CTill'A2 ~A11 ~.®MaB:2:8'11 !IIl"Ehobr'tlC2:C~~ ~

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6 ,;2

t ·S!uMPR~~ltcr~~:A2 ~A.t 1-2ji).4~"~:B'11·;;~Obl·;i) e

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1 i;lI IIii$UrarlF'~iJi!DUClrl-4:M::',M 1I~MJ ... ~[§2~~,1 ~ ii!·~QI;i!!,~~ .. C2:(11)

Ce 1[1 [Ll4, which ()O~ta~!iliS the' formulla shown 'i n D5,~ retums 11 '. 1111 is' is the sum of the: ernounts i!ili collL!!mo C wh'ich ootTespond t'O the year beii!aQI 2caCl~, ,and the nam e IbEdng [Bob. lhs.rtt occ urs on~' in rows :3 amid 1 ca, The '''cr.rmula wO'.rik:s; like, ttri~s~ The part of the formula whloh is A'2::

A 11 =2004 evaluates to (what yoU:'id see if yOUl selected that part of the f'Omfilula ,alia pressed 1F9)~

{FALSE:TRUI~;FAL;.S~p':A1LS~:mu ~'1FRU~: FALSE~FAJLSE:~IFRU E;~AlS~ Where the: TRUE's ioorre,sp(md to ~he, 20'lJ4O,s. 182:18·11 :=:'I~Bobii evaillu, ..... I!:!I!I;!' to:

g~~~ ~v.

Now t~~el are beiilng nrIlultipli;ad togerther" Om[ly TRU[I: 'oil" l'RIUE !:s; '11 , ,an(Y' (lther cDfil1[biinal:ioii1l ils o. {Ybu can try H: iillil a cell---e:!nter ~fAILS[I:'"TAlJ E, f:ar e~aiiTIpla\ Sol this prod[iLiCei$ t~), 1 ,O,O~O~IO~I~)II(]It.'~ ,O~ ~l where the 11,8

w I w ~I l~

corrsspond tOI a pair' o~ 'lRU~':8;" NoW" t~iis iimi turn is miJi[l~i ~Iiioo by t~e

range in C.2 ~C1'1 , or ~:'11 ~2:S:4:.5;16~:7 :S~9: 1 0],. T~is [mJ[Ji[ltiip[licati:on yields ,~O;2::0:0:0;IO;;O;;O~91~O}'~, and this is added UP to produoa thel '11.

~ l w w

CeJl[1 [Cn (formula, $howii1 iin 08) ,only ret~rmi$ t~el {O;;1 ;;Oi:;~)~(li:(]i:O:iQ~ 1 :[O}' part: of ~hel liTiulltiipl[h)aiiOmi t. and this us; added ~IP' to p:r(;tdu:ce t~el :21-, w~iC1h N)pr~seiii~S a COUINT of time nUliTibet of ~""€lcord$. for whh)~ the y~af iiS; 2:004 and the namel is. see.

You may [ha,v.e $001fi ,an:olh:er variatiion of tt~el fOnTr'ilul[a iili'ii [cell D4L Gell 010 oo:ntains the ffonllfi!Ul[la $~own in D1'; u 'What iiS; the " __ ,I'l befo~ [each set of par(elf1f~heses'? I~ you snter :::::::-llR UE i mi a, [oelt you!I[II[ soo ,.,'] ~[ ~·Ft\lSE \(ields 0, so '--'TRUE uields 1 ~ and[ ~ IFAL-SE :s~iil[l[ ~ields

.,- .1 .,'

0, llte,~ coerc.:ecS, the set: of llR UE/IFAiL8[E'$ shown ,above, to 1 ':$ 8-

O~s; ~not -,1 's 8. O~). 'so the fbn-nulla [real[ty reduces to ::::::SU fI;J1[PRQ[Cl., UCT({O~1 ~O;lO;'] ;';1 ;O;O~1 ~Oh{O:;:'] ~:O;:~)t;:(Ji;(Ji~1 ;O~1 ~Jl)};{'] ;2;3;4;5;6;7;,8~,9:;:'] On

Wll-.[ •• ~hc' acain beoom ~ e~ ;f1' P;U1Uilr:;~O' [DII IC'!T1.l0c "2- 'O,'c '''in'''lj"'iI''lj"'ij"l[''ij"OC'j,p'[ocn rjlF ,"11'

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Ge.I~ 02 oO\ntaif!~ = TOD~YO an<d is f()rmatt'edl :B:$ shown: cddd, mi,dl "j'ij'ifY:" W'el~, Ut won't fit If 'Vo~.l'~e lre~,trk)too from' dlafllginQ the eolu mn wudth!1 what {Jan you do? The' :501uU.on ts the 'T1E::f!i'f'unotibn. Cell ID 11 oont6lim: '~hli9; Jo:rmul1a: ='rEXT(TO[)AYO/~ddddl" midlyyyy"i}

-Sunoe this rglUmSl'text it wm flow' into the next col umn ,if therel~ not leno~gh room to displ',ay ~n it:s own 001 umn,

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ls how the 6 Is (j efived. And more speciflici9Jllly~ how this same fDfltlilJllllllaJ

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is th e sam e as: ~IMA""fCIH~""Total'l',A2:~A.'~ 0:[111 ,0) becarusB tlhe ,OFfSEf f'[mdio:n as; used liiu~MI9 says to start wit~ k2.j go 0 IrUW;8; down and

o CoIUmli1.S; O'i;le[~ aJndl use a S~apB of i1 (JOO rows x, '11 COhJilmril~I or 1f2.:;

A 1 o (]I 1 " 'lhii$ pant rati!Jrns ,5 oocaJ,.i;s~ the MATCH! fulrn~tiion neV'e:r returns; O--ies ,a vaJlue firu;m 1 and Q!i[Pll at #N/A i~ not found" An a'd,~ustmMt needs to bel lir'looe. 'W~ ooed '6,~ so We can ,just: add i1.!~ 8,m: that seems liilk~ c;heatlingl. ,And iin CSj 'tlhe MATCH! wQUlid retum ,4, and adding '11 wouldlli'il~TI be right;: we'd needl TI~) add 21 II ii1I lot~er wordSj we need to ,ad:dl one less 'TI~aJn '~he' row TI~e' Womnulla ils; contansd iin::; ii rillQ.2 add 11;

in CS, add ,2:, in 04, ,add 3. 60 in 001111 On, ,add rtJ-'11. IN:OiIN look at 'tlhe

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If \I\QU l!'i:oht=fi!'iiouse dlfQ;O and dreo t:~€~ border of ,8 rang' e '~O ·8 neW' ~O= .

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c ...... ~;A;1fi' then w~an ~~('i;1111 I";~+ ,1";1' ..... , oi"i!l1 the ri()r~~= c ill\""k·· ·~~ o ure If'I(r<:!lii:'£ii~~" .... 4 w~~~h"'

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110

lif you dragl a rang:e this w,'ay' atl:dllbe'fore letttirng go yOiU dr~9 it ngliilt:

1,..,,"', .... n, "'1 .... tlh' ... 'or"' :'Ig" '['I n "'" II 11 ....... · .... rIj-'I'Q"·n" ·~II ... 'U w· .'1'[111 ...... ·111 k;;;, IP:·'r·;;;'~A"""""..I ·• .... I~lh ths .... '"'- ........ a

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GtrllShitlr creates Qutlli rile: border GtrllShii/- removes [border

Oril the MiaDilntoshl use: Optuoril/C'Qrnmand ke-ys: instead of CttrlfShiiVt K[@/g,

"t>o, ·'~,n;.s··:e-lrt·'~~"ii~'n D·~.· ·~a· .',t~e- ", [D. Ttm ". >e- ", -8····h~;.o·, ,rt· '~~CI'~"U': :.t~C!'

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I'~ you ~ol)d the' Sh~tt k,ey dowmI wh lie clilcki i1!Qi one or t~~e: inniSr two con'traitS!, you wUII Slewll a ~I:~}ag:elil or 'moo ~,8l11 t:h® 'tabs '~h~t are vi~w'ab Ie} art a '~lili11e iingt~a,d of one sheet ,at [1, '~imei.

50' C-'·' I, t,~ A' t S-" b' tt

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trom the keyboard

A~tt~ is the sem e acs: c:~iclkjng the AutlOSu rn tool. A~V'~ twice' (QUlr'okl:~i) wiill also enter the, resu It

,51'~ S'rlnging the se/ecflo'R into view'

nr's pOScs]bh3: yo. uve ,Sleh~ctoo sam e area oJ oe~lls. md ~h~n s.cron~d ,awa.y so YOM can't see ~t ,anymor€~" CtrlllB SlGks;pao® brings that setec'tl'on 'In~o vi€w~ and S~il'fVb~c~S!pac€: brilngs selection I'nto V~eW:fllS 'Well but rsdu DeS! th~ Slele;etio~ to t~~, a .. ci'ive ce~L S.o" ~f thls lis the ~)~'f"o:r;e p'lct~re:

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2
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5"""
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~f a oell has :=S UM(162':IE'4). then with that Geml seJem€d" use !Edit/Go to Slpeciial and select ~reo~d1ellt;s,., The r€sLdt: ls ~hait cells B2:,E4 win O€ selected.

'C' +'rl/[" ,...:I""ClO thCl, same ,;t-.ihilfllif1 ': 'IL _' ,'Uv~'"' Ii il'G' '-"~! ~'IL_~ Ullil~.

How€v€[" I'f' a c€:11 hatS; a l~riIlk, 'to ,a celli in :8l c,loSiedl wO(l'kb-ook (111 e emrt~re patt~ 'Would be shown 'In 't~e ceJII)p ~hei1 US~rligl EdiUGo to SIPecl'al1 would 'giv'~ anti error lfi1®ssage:

n H!i IOO~ were foond.

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WrJIf:J reas Ctrl/[ w'Ol!Ild opeifil t~e fil!!3'~ s,w;itrc~ to thE:ii ~propriate sh;eetl ,and ,si9llect the celili.

111)e Go tolSpeciaJl dirLilog slso has: 8J11 r~ A~11 lev'e!I~~ opnon button when }i'Ol!i ~elect fPOOC"€Idents ('Qif' DepE:ind1enrs). This mssns tlh8il: iff', in ;tlhe 'fi'rS't ISX:almpla abrnte, C€iU C3 had a formul a, wlruich rM,er~ncedl ~1'12~ th!B' ~IIlevels Qptti'o n 'WOuld aliso ~911€!cttt celli H'112 (irrl addition to B.2::'~4).

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o ~ dil"f.erentl<S O~dfi'1!I= @~dert~.

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Sarm:e as TOQllsfOptionsAftew and c'hoosi~g between: '. Sho~ All

.• Show Ptaoeho~dafS .• Hprj',e All

The' above is for showi ng or hrd'i ng .obI:ects" inc~udi!l g charts. :Doingl so makes Tt a lot qJlJIie;Ker tor scrollh1g; espe(3ii8Jm~l ir tthe,re S;r'e m~' charts because the screen doesn't l1atve to red~~w while! you scroll.

it em also rev,~a~ cells ~hat are hldden by ob}eat~t

Show iPlaceihoaders 'wo~ks tor charts o~lly, not other ob:JeatS'. H ere's a worksheet wuth S11,0W' All:

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By the way~ ir yo~ h!Bive H ~d'e AU as the opti'Ollj aJI drawi ng ob]ems are '0 isa!bled~ amid tryin g to create a Gna.rl! w'ill~ aJJttCl'!11athJalll~i' go onto 'ilis 'OW11l ,sheet], not as M embedded o~airt

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Ctrilpe,ritl,o sll.l!cressi'i,iliely selects comers or ~he se!Ie.c1~on, even U the 'en~i re selection i~, Ilauye; as irii A 1 ~ DO'199,

ct::' C":, '.,. p" '.' ,. S·:· "., ··t,·· .... ,"~ ··~··th·· '. ~ 'h'-'~ ts'~ 'opy ·.,B'ge ee ,UPS ,0 o:,ers.··,ee-:

~ ""' 11
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:.r~ t'I '!)oJ
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IIIlI &'I Sa~ ~~Otll can see 'thaJt glheet2 ls po rtral't and has no lenfc€Ht€f header, w~'ih3Is~eet1 has I arildsc~pe\1 ~~S a~ [t~h:iI,~d o~~oo:r ~ei1;d@;r, a dla~~ 'r:or '~he: UeR h&aa,er~ and! t~9 d~Jta ls sh;~n wrt~ gWidl1 ir1les ~J.'1Id row '& :column lhE!iad~ngs. 'We:~d 1~kl3 StJl~et2~8 set~jlngg to be the sams as ~(h~6t~ 's sett~ng8. H~re:':S! !how 'to do it

1. fUl~ both sheats in grou p edit: (with ,slheet1 ,aC'tiv\e~ Ct rUe Ii ck, ~(he®t2-JVOu Ci8irJ.' ,aroo' SblWc!ickJ but if you Pre u8fn~' sh~m which ,B're,IiJ'l next to ,~~h ,ofher, Cfrl/cllck w1# orny ,put m~ ~ shoot' In gKNJP mode~ wh~~ Shiff/clicK wllJ put ,all the shea,fs tn .. .tJe:fwfSeY1 in ,g,roup mode},

"l"'J,;; . .~ E ,~' -,H ot.il'"", - ~ no!::'

f ,r • .!s IBn' ,L x',C"eJ', J~; s ilYl'.ctgfC. so

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You can do '~hiS! wUth ,::.,1 sheet at ~,time, or even 'the e~tilr,e workbook. To. do ~tt for more 'than '~ shoot s~rmiPly put ,an the sheets ill group mode a~d hsve 'the sheet wi'th the sett~riIgs you w,ant to c~Pfy be the! ,active sheet Then Page setup/OK/get aut of '9 raulp mode,

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across war. boo,ks

But 'this: m~f:1I~d brnlfilgs. ~n nsmes, styles, n~m ber Formats., and minks ,~S weill. Hers's an()th~r :approadh which av()i'ds: 'that problem,

Using VB A, run thl;s comlnaJ~d:

Application Dra~ogs(:xIDt8Jlog'WbrikgrolJ p'). Show. This puts) all open workbooks and w{)fksh~~~s I n group edilt mode,

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SejlreUIfiIQ tne sh€~'t$, W!hich cGriita;i n t~e page s:€!tups to, be copiJedl,

tl""~ ,I .... .an .jl.hiCIt"ii elm"'n~\-t ~OUICio ~h'"', pi~ ",-IBon~ Oo""~ I!"i; """f'iii'!I'Ti 1:T1I<:!ii"i d- .ao ik,o.lf'n I':t:ii ,J'V~ 6i~. ILI~!IU!t ~ ~ .. _. ,f-i'ilj' I~~ _"i~ -lb. _~, ~~'5frl~~~ OI~IL!Y~' ~1!IIII!UnJII!f -:.. ~ 1lJ~I~Y'I[~~

O~lce agah1, rneke su r~ that ~he, sbeet with the prop er P.ag;e Setup is me a,ctiv€1 ~hoot, b€fcaLJS~e: c$€A€{~1irng HmlY Q~her s~re1 wi'! I mk~ you out -of group ImOO'e.

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To do this. use tthe camera too I. You can get ~ by Vijew!foDibars/CUlSitomize, elick [on the C-orniTU31nd'8, tab, then select the Tools CaJtegory [!al"ld the, Camera tool 'is oGIloout 3/4 [of the way dowmi "varh~s: 'With t.he~

verslon or Exoe~. Dw,ag! 'Vhh::: tool to a toa~ba;r; .

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