Steve Hartman
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- Joined
- Feb 17, 2002
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Pardon me Mr. Excel, but after the latest experience of showing someone how to do what they asked, only to have them say,"But that's not what I really wanted to do", I have to vent.
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Folks, most of the people answering questions on here have real jobs. We get on here during breaks and lunch to try and help. We really do want to help. Please don't waste our time by doing one of the following:
Don't ask "How do I add 10 to each number in a row" when what you really want to do is divide by 5.
Don't say I want to be able to pull the number only out of cells that say Weight=90 and then after you've gotten the answer say but all the cells say weight=90kgs, how do I do that?
If you're an A level, or any other, student trying to get someone else to do your homework, forget it! I've already trained more than my share of clueless bosses who cheated their way through school in my 28 year career.
When asking a question, proper spelling and punctuation are your friends. They help us understand what you need.
And lastly, many of the questions on here would be answered if you would just use the Excel help function. When you need a function, click the = sign in the formula bar. It will show you all the functions categorized by type, and give you the syntax of their use.
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Folks, most of the people answering questions on here have real jobs. We get on here during breaks and lunch to try and help. We really do want to help. Please don't waste our time by doing one of the following:
Don't ask "How do I add 10 to each number in a row" when what you really want to do is divide by 5.
Don't say I want to be able to pull the number only out of cells that say Weight=90 and then after you've gotten the answer say but all the cells say weight=90kgs, how do I do that?
If you're an A level, or any other, student trying to get someone else to do your homework, forget it! I've already trained more than my share of clueless bosses who cheated their way through school in my 28 year career.
When asking a question, proper spelling and punctuation are your friends. They help us understand what you need.
And lastly, many of the questions on here would be answered if you would just use the Excel help function. When you need a function, click the = sign in the formula bar. It will show you all the functions categorized by type, and give you the syntax of their use.
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