From this weekend's mailbag:

Carla writes: how do you copy & paste a subtotaled table onto a worksheet?

Let's say you have a thousand-line table. With clever subtotaling, you create a 30-line summary. You want to copy this summary onto a worksheet containing other information. It's a one-page summary report with data from all over heck n gone.

With ordinary copy-and-paste, the whole entire damn table gets copied. I've been re-tying the information most laboriously. There must be a shortcut!

Yes, Carla there is. It involves the use of the Goto-Special dialog and then selecting Visible Cells Only. All the details are in the tip of the archive. See Use Goto - Special - Visible Cells to copy just the visible cells. This is a great tip for copying the results of using Data - Subtotals.

Troy asks: Is there a way to convert a database of phone numbers that look like this
123/456-7890 or 123-456-7890
to (123) 456-7890?

Yes - Assuming your phone numbers are in A2:A4001, enter this formula in a blank B2:
="("&Left(A2,3)&") "& Mid(A2,4,8)
Then copy down to B2:B4001.

Before deleting column A, you will want to change the formulas in column B to values. Highlight B2:B4001. Use Ctrl+c to Copy, then Edit - PasteSpecial - Values - OK to change the formulas to values.

Arun asks, all Excel functions - list them please
How do people end up with Excel, but not the help files? You can download a dictionary of Excel functions here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/noneley/