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Excel: Five Issues to Consider When Developing an Excel Template

Excel: Five Issues to Consider When Developing an Excel Template

Excel: Five Issues to Consider When Developing an Excel Template Microsoft Excel Templates are fantastic tools that allow you to get your team to put in their data for your business quickly and easily whilst still allowing for the consolidation of the data with very little work. There is however five key issues you...
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Excel 2007 – xls vs. xlsx

Excel 2007 – xls vs. xlsx

Excel 2007 – xls vs. xlsx Microsoft Excel 2007 has a new file extension, xlsx. This new extension is not compatible with previous versions of Excel unless you take some steps to make your version compatible. If you don’t do this, be prepared to hear complaints from customers, vendors, and/or family who can’t open...
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Finding Excel Templates on Your Computer

Finding Excel Templates on Your Computer

Excel Templates on Your Computer The easiest way to locate Excel templates,  is to find the ones located  in your version of Excel.  To find free Excel templates that are available to you: Open Excel 2007 Select the Office Button and select New. On the right side of your screen, type in the search...
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Organizing Your Small Business with Microsoft Excel

Organizing Your Small Business with Microsoft Excel

How to Get the Most Value out of Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is probably one of the more challenging tools found in the Microsoft Office suite. The learning curve is high and most people have neither the time or patience to learn it’s benefits. When we think of Microsoft Excel, our minds take us...
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What version of Excel am I using?

What version of Excel am I using?

How to tell what version of Excel you are using? Select Help and select About Excel.  It should display the version of Excel you are using. In Excel 2007, select the Office button and then select Resources.  You should see your version displayed in the lower right hand corner. This is extremely important to...
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Having compatibility issues with previous versions of Excel?

Having compatibility issues with previous versions of Excel?

Excel 2007 compatibility with previous versions If you have recently gotten Excel 2007, you may have noticed that the file extension has changed.  The new extension is .xlsx for a workbook.  In previous versions it was .xls. 
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Learning to use the new Office 2007 Interface

Excel 2007 New Features

Office 2007 New Features Overview If you haven’t already seen the new version of Microsoft Office 2007, you may be in for a shock. Microsoft Office 2007 was completely redesigned with all toolbars being replaced by a horizontal ribbon. The Office Ribbon was designed to be intuitive but somehow it confuses people because it...
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Using Excel Templates to organize your personal and professional life

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Using Excel Templates when organizing your personal and business matters Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet component of the Microsoft Office Suite.  Most people use it in their home and business life but very few use it to its fullest potential.  As a Microsoft Office Specialist, I am always amazed at the time and effort people...
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