The Excel workbook used in class to demonstrate these quick tips can be downloaded instantly at the following address: www.ExcelAdvisor.net Password: 2007collins
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Right Click Status Bar - (View sums, averages, mins, maxes immediately)
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CTRL + Mouse Scroll - (Zoom in & out with your mouse)
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Double Click the Format Painter - (Tool sticks until clicked again)
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Replace Formatting - (Find and replace one formatting with another)
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Click on Edge of Cell - (Navigate in a range of cells)
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Turn off Task Pane - (Put an end to TaskPane)
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Control Tilde (CTRL + ~) - (View underlying formulas)
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Indent Icon - (Indent cells or columns instantly)
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ALT + Down Arrow (or Shift-F10) - (Pick from a drop down list)
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F4 - (Repeat the last command such as insert rows or change row height)
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Alt + Enter - (Wrap text instantly)
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& - (Combine text from multiple cells)
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Right Click Tab, Copy, Create Copy - (Insert new sheet with headers, footers, etc)
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File, Send To, Mail Recipient - (E-Mail a worksheet, workbook or chart)
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ComboBox from Forms Toolbar - (Insert a combobox)
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Double Click Fill Handle - (Copies formula down the relevant range)
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=Upper, =Lower, =Proper - (Change text case)
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Paste Special, Values - (Convert formulas to numbers)
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F4 in Edit Mode - (Toggle Absolute References)
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Paste Special, Transpose - (Invert a matrix of numbers)
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Ctrl + D - (Copy Data to the down)
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Ctrl + R - (Copy data to the right)
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Defined Names - (Refer to names rather than cell addresses)
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Data, AutoFilter, Advanced, Copy, Unique - (Extract unique values)
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Tools, Options, Calculation, Precision as Displayed (Avoid rounding errors)
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Right Click Toolbar, Options, Show Full Menus - (Show all menu options)
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Tools, View, Zero Values - (Hide zero values)
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Tools, AutoCorrect, Smart Tags, None - (Turn off Smart Tags)
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Filter Data, Apply Color, Un-filter Data - (Color filtered results)
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PDF2XL - ($95 product converts PDF's to Excel files)
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Data Validation - (Insert a pop up comment into a cell)
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Ctrl+Shft+End - (Select row to the right)
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Ctrl+Shft+Home - (Select row to the left)
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F11 - (Produce a quick chart)
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Print Area in Name Box - (Quickly identify the print area)
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Displaying the Styles Tool - (Toolbar access to styles)
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Format, Styles - (Create new styles)
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Control Panel, Regional Options - (Control how dates are displayed)
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=Substitute - (Remove or replace unwanted characters)
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View, Sized with Window - (Resizes chart to fit Window)
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Ctrl+Spacebar - (Select a column)
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Shift+Spacebar - (Select a row)
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Alt+Tab - (Toggle between applications or Excel workbooks)
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Delete Blank Rows and Columns, Ctrl+S - (Reduce relevant area and scroll bar)
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Copy Formula, to Blank Cells - (Fill in missing data in a list)
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=ISTEXT(A1) - (Use this formula in conditional formatting to format text only)
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Replace, Within - (Tip for replacing throughout entire workbook)
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=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,A2,"")) - (Count the occurrence of a character)
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=MID(A25,FIND("*",SUBSTITUTE(A25,"\","*",LEN(A25)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A25,"\",""))))+1,LEN(A25)) - (Extract the Filename)
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=SumIF - (Sum only those numbers that meet specific criteria)
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