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Taylor from Orange County California calls in to ask how you can get the formatting of a pivot table to stick? Every time that you refresh a pivot table, the formatting reverts back to a default. The bad news is that you can not make all formatting stick, but Episode 865 will show you a couple of methods to use. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from

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Today, a question about the Excel Watch Window. If you make changes to the format of a watched cell, why won't the format in the Watch Window change? Episode 864 shows you how to set up the watch window and how to get the latest formatting changes. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of

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Where is it Wednesday: Where did they move Tools, Protection, Protect Sheet? In Episode 863, I will show you how to protect only the formula cells in Excel 2007. While this was complicated in Excel 2003, it is just a bit more complicated in Excel 2007 when you can't find the final command, Protect Sheet. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel.

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Dan from Texas asks: is there a way to change the color of cells that are precedents of a particular formula. Use the technique in Episode 862 to quickly complete this task. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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The subtotal command is a fantastic time-saver, but it occasionally behaves erratically. In Episode 861, I will show two situations which can cause the subtotal command to whack out. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Adding a company logo jpg to your worksheet header. Episode 860 shows how to add a header, and then poses a question about if your image is scaling in size as you add more data. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Its two-for-the-price-of-one-Thursday (sounds like we need a new theme...). Question 1: When editing a long formula, the formula covers up adjacent cells, making it difficult to point to those cells with the mouse. Question 2: When you use Shift+Ctrl+Right+Ctrl+Down to select a large range, the Error icon scrolls off the screen. I'll propose solutions to both of these in Episode 859. This blog

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In our Where Is it Wednesday podcast, we go looking for a command that most people never would have been able to find in Excel 2003! If you want to send a perfect copy of a formatted spreadsheet in an e-mail, you could use Snag-It or PrtScrn, but by holding down the shift key, you can find a hidden Copy as Picture command in Excel 2003. Episode 858 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast

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Say that you have a pivot table and need to send the file via e-mail. Use the trick in Episode 857 to dramatically reduce the size of your Excel workbook. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Is there any way to make Excel print 2 pages per physical sheet of paper? The answer is maybe...it all depends on your printer! Episode 856 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Sergiy asks if there is any way to have a cell comment or a validation input box reflect a value from a formula in a cell. I couldn't find a good solution, other than using VBA. Episode 855 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Can the VLOOKUP return a value one row below the matched value? Episode 854 shows you how to achieve this result using two other functions. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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You love VLOOKUPs, but you hate the #N/A error that results. In our Where is it Wednesday edition of the MrExcel podcast, I will show you two ways to prevent #N/A as the result of your VLOOKUP formulas. One harder method in Excel 2003 and an easier method in Excel 2007. Episode 853 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a

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Sometimes a manager demands that you insert tiny little columns between the columns of your data set. While I hate this, use the trick in Episode 852 to ensure that the data set sorts correctly. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Wiebe points out a better solution for Episode #838 - Excel already has an icon for Filter by Selection. It is hard to find and poorly labeled, but it is in there. Episode 851 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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I've shown how to make copies of a worksheet within a workbook before, but in today's podcast, someone asks if you can drag a worksheet to a new workbook. Episode 850 shows you how. Also - in honor of the 750th podcast episode, a new contest for Saturday. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn

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After adding subtotals by Customer, Excel adds three group and outline buttons. Most people use the #2 and #3 buttons but rarely use the #1 button. Could you simply remove the #1 button? Podcast 849 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Can Excel announce a status when someone opens the workbook? This macro will let someone know if they are over or under quota. Episode 848 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Seiichi from Japan asks how to fill in blank cells in column A with the value above the blank. Episode 847 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Creating your first pivot table in Excel 2007. Episode 846 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Episodes 801 and 815 suggested many ways for getting the total of 3 series in a stacked column chart to appear above the column. Both Ute and John wrote in with yet another method, a method that is probably the easiest. Episode 845 will show you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one

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Mark asks about how to replicate the AutoSum concept in a macro. The code in Episode 844 gets closer to the AutoSum functionality than the solution that I proposed in Episode 812. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16174998054188895538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887353.post-16851044037054348562008-09-10T09:00:00.001-04:002008-09-10T09:00:02.280-04:00

Robert asks how I get the custom toolbar below my Excel 2007 ribbon. This is the Quick Access Toolbar. In Episode 843, I will show you how to customize this toolbar in Excel 2007. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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Marc sends in an interesting question about SUMIF. Each time the value is equal to January, he wants to grab a five-cell range! SUMIF doesn't seem up to the challenge, but an array formula with OFFSET does the trick. Episode 842 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the

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Kyle sends in a different way to transpose with a formula - the array function =TRANSPOSE will do the trick. Also, Joe and Adrien check in with alternate ways of closing Excel. Episode 841 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

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