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		<title>Data Validation – Dependent Lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tutorial will show you how to create a dependent list on Excel. This technique is extremely useful when categorizing data. In the example below, the user will select the State in cell A3. Cell B3 (City) will pull a city based off of the users selection]]></description>
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		<title>How to Add a Comment to a Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A simple way to add a comment to a formula for later reference is to add the following to the formula N+(“YOUR COMMENT”). By way of an example, =SUM(A2:A4)+N(“This is”).]]></description>
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		<title>Connect Excel to Mysql Database</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following will connect Excel to a Mysql database, then import a table into Excel. This was tested on an Excel 2003 machine connecting to MySQL 4.1.14 (this website&#8217;s database). After reading numerous tutorials on how to connect Excel to Mysql they were all saying the same thing, and all of them failed (for me). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Export MYSQL Table to Excel Spreadsheet with the Click of a Link</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 04:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHP Freaks has a great article on exporting a MySQL table to an Excel spreadsheet. Even better, unless you plan on learning what the code does, there is no reason to read the entire article. Here&#8217;s what to do to get the export working in 3 steps: 1. Go to the last page and download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sort Horizontally</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rarely does the need arise for me to sort data horizontally, or left to right. Today however I had needed to sort some data by column headers, and fortunately, it&#8217;s very easy in Excel. 1. Highlight the Data to Sort 2. On the Main Menu select Data->Sort 3. In the Sort Dialogue Box click the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Rows in CSV file</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you save a worksheet as a CSV file it will leave many empty rows of commas after your excel data. You can get rid of these rows by randomly deleting rows after your data. Or using this easier trick. Instead of randomly deleting rows, you can find out exactly how far down Excel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remove Hyphens using Substitute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common question is how to remove hyphens from text. The trick is to Substitute the hyphen with nothing. For this example, let&#8217;s assume cell A1 has text with hyphens in it. Here&#8217;s how to remove them 1. In a blank helper cell type =SUBSTITUTE( 2. Click on the cell you would like to substitute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sort Left to Right or Sort by Columns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorting by Rows or from Top to Bottom is not the only way to sort in Excel. Here is a tip for sorting from left to right. 1. Select the data to be sorted 2. On the main menu click Data 3. Click Sort 4. At the bottom of the Sort box click the Options [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create a list to choose from (dropdown list)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing the end user with a dropdown list can provide them with relevant choices and helps prevent unwanted data entry. Here is how to create a list to choose from. Link: http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html]]></description>
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		<title>Hide Duplicates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The easiest way to hide duplicates. 1. Select the range to hide duplicates 2. On the main menu click Data 3. Click Filter then Advanced Filter 4. Check the box to the left of &#8220;Unique Records Only&#8221; and hit OK Sidenote: To unhide them click Data then Filter then Show ALL Sidenote: This hides based [...]]]></description>
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