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    May-12

    MENU: Click on the Link:

    1 Sparklines in Execl

    2 The N function and Descriptive Text in For

    3 Three Equall Values

    4 Eliminate Blanks

    5 Copy as Picture

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    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Line Column

    Vincenzo Alfano ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Ye Bai ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Brad Barile ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Greg Bedard ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Jaime Campbell ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Lei Cao ### ### ### ### ### ###

    Month Sales Line Column

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    Sparklines =micro-charts is new in Excel 2

    Go to insert and follow to insert the desir

    See below the menu

    Once you understand how it works follow

    You will not see Sparklines with earler ve

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    cell

    010 and MAC Excel 2011

    ed Sparkline

    the design menu

    rsions of Excel (see picture)

    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Line Column

    Vincenzo 10 10 11 12 21 18

    Ye Bai 17 16 19 14 5 4

    Brad Baril 21 12 10 18 3 7

    Greg Beda 14 14 14 14 14 14

    Jaime Ca 16 20 21 20 20 6

    Lei Cao 18 4 6 4 13 17

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    Jan-00 Jan-00 =N(F2)

    TRUE Jan-00 =N(F3)

    FALSE Jan-00 =N(F4)

    text Jan-00 =N(F5)

    Aug-06

    Aug-06 =2000*(1+10%) 2+N("2000=present value, 10%=interest rate and ^2=to the power of

    Month Sales Cost

    June Feb-00 Jan-00

    July Feb-00 Jan-00

    August Feb-00 Jan-00

    Septembe Feb-00 Jan-00

    May-00 Mar-00 Feb-00

    =B19-C19+N("Profit=TotalSales-TotalCost")

    The N function and Excel

    The N funtion is used to c

    The last line below says:

    For all other values, the

    We can use the function

    See cell A7 and Cell D16

    *The syntax for the N fun

    value is a value to conver

    So:

    Ifvalue is a number, the

    Ifvalue is a date, the N fu

    Ifvalue is TRUE, the N fun

    Ifvalue is FALSE, the N fu

    Ifvalue is an error, the er

    For all other values, the

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    number of years")

    Descriptive Text in Formula

    onver values to numbers*

    function will return 0

    o insert descritive text in the formulas:

    ction is: N( value )

    to a number.

    function returns a number.

    nction returns the date as a serial number.

    ction will return 1.

    ction will return 0.

    or value is returned.

    function will return 0.

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    a a a TRUE =AND(A8=B8,B8=C8)Jan-00 Jan-00 Jan-00 TRUE

    a b c FALSE

    Three Equall Values

    One more time

    I was asked to make sure the thr

    =AND(A8=B8,B8=C8) TRUE

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    e values in a row are equal

    hen they are the same

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    Item

    # Date Vendor's Name Amount

    #### 6/22/2011 BLUE MOON MEXICAN C ENGLEWOOD 48.04

    #### 7/5/2011 LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON FL 8.24

    #### 7/7/2011 LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON FL -0.54

    #### 7/10/2011 STAPLES 00532 RARITAN NJ 107.99

    #### 7/15/2011 VILLA PACRI NEW YORK NY 1,500.00

    Total 1,663.73

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    SUBSTITUTE TRIM

    BLUE MOON MEXICAN C ENGLEWOOD, NJ BLUE MOON MEXICAN C ENGLEWOOD NJ

    LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON, FL LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON FL

    LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON, FL LEXISNEXIS RISK MGT-BOCA RATON FL

    STAPLES 00532 RARITAN, NJ STAPLES 00532 RARITAN NJ

    VILLA PACRI NEW YORK, NY VILLA PACRI NEW YORK NY

    Eliminate Blanks

    How can I to eliminate all but one blank before each

    state name in the Vendor column ?

    (without doing it one by one)

    1. Use SUBSTITUTE if you want the comma

    =SUBSTITUTE(C2," ",", ",1)

    2. Use trip if you want to eliminate multiple spaces

    =TRIM(C2)

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    Copy as Picture

    How do I copy/paste the attached Excel 2007 document into PowerPoint 2007 without losing

    the formatting? I have had limited success.

    Select the section or region you want to copy

    With Excel 2003 hold the shift down

    Click the Edit menu

    You willl see "copy as picture"

    Go PPT and paste

    With Excel 2007-10 hold the shift

    Click on the Copy icon and it will say "Copy as picture"

    Copy and paste to PPT

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