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How do I use a "subtract" function in Excel?
Hi Kelly if you want to subtract the value in B1 from the value in A1 and have the answer display in C1 then in C1 type =A1-B1 Hope this helps Cheers JulieD "Kelly" <Kelly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5DF4C83F-6BF1-40A8-BC8A-692058A5C70B@microsoft.com... > ...

visible cell only
I'd like to use the PERCENTILE function in a list that has been autofiltered and get the results based only on the visible cells. I've used SUBTOTAL in order to get count, average, min and max. But I need to get the .25 and .75 percentile figures for the filtered data (visible cells only). I've scoured these forums. I've scoured the web. I've found some vba code that was supposed to select only visible cells but it doesn't work for me. I posted last week in the programming section of these forums (and again this morning) but got no reply. I figure...

Using part of a cell in a chart title
I have a chart which should get a title. However, this should be partly be used from a cell e.g. "counted with 5%" 5% should be taken from the cell and used in the title. Is this possible? Hi, Yes it's possible but all of the chart title needs to be in the cell. So you may need to use a helper cell and concatenate text and value. http://www.andypope.info/tips/tip001.htm Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "Nicole" <Nicole@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5CB7A971-AA7F-4C34-BB42-7DC283AA2958@micro...

Input Excel 'Password to Open' through control in access form
Hi All, We know,Excel has prompt password to open it files. Is it possible to create a code that can supplies the excel prompt password?.So that when we open the excel file through our access control in a form, the excel files can be opened automatically.But when the excel files opened from its default icon,it will prompt a password first. ...

Excel 2007
When I select cells to copy as a picture in Excel 2007, the resolution is terrible. Text and objects with shadow's are very blotchy when pasting the picture. How do you change the resolution of a 'Copy Picture'? ...

move cell contents
Is there a way to move a cell contents to another cell with a formula. ex: if a5="Name" then move g5 to j5? Also, I am using =INDEX(Sheet1!B3:B12,INT((RAND()*10)+1),1) to pick random names from a list. I have the formula in different place pick random names from different list. This does work, but I have different list with some of the same names and with the random pick I do not want the same name to appear. -- Thanks for any and all help. Davidl Hi David a formula can only affect the cell it is in, it can't move or change another cell for this you need some code ...

Excel not Access
I have designed an Access database that holds records relating to my stores audit results going back for about 5 years plus a load more information relating to these stores. This was used to produe a pack once a month, however a change in senior management means that I have got to shelve this and prodce a similar pack in Excel. The idea would be that the user could select a month or a 12 mnth date range that would produce data that could then be used to populate a number of excel templates that have been designed. Having not used excel for years I would be grateful for any suggestion...

How to keep format when importing Excel into SQL.
Can anybody help me please? When I import Excel file into SQL, a field that formated as 0000000000 (custom), loosing leading zeros. I tried to change data type in SQL after importing. No luck. I appretiate any help. See if using IMEX=1 helps: http://pratchev.blogspot.com/2007/10/importing-excel-data-into-sql-server.html -- Plamen Ratchev http://www.SQLStudio.com Plamen, I tried this, but got an error: "The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" has not been registered." Thank you very much for looking into this. "Plamen Ratchev" wr...

Parsing data from one spreadsheet into another format
The data that we dump out of one machine comes in like below. %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) InputRange VDC1to5 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) Custom_Range_Low 0.0 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) Custom_Range_Hi 0.0 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) MinScale 0.0 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) MaxScale 20.0 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) EngUnits mhos %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) StepResponseTime 1.0 %AT_1300 Bottoms|Conductivity| (Water Out) DigFiltTimeCnst 0.016 And I need to convert this data to this f...

Stupid question regarding reports
I am a former Quicken user switching to Money and I have what seems to me a very dumb report question. How do I create a new report? I've looked in the help file and in the online tutorial and users guide and find plenty of references to customizing an existing report but nothing about creating a new one. I realize that it must be there somewhere. Someone please help this dummy (it would be nice if they gave you even a 5 page manual though). Bob Had me guessing for a while also. Just click on "reports" and select which one you want. Don't forget to use "custom...

Auto-format in Microsoft Excel.
Each time i try to enter a number range, for example, 8- 10, in Excel, it constantly re-formats it to a date. If I change the formatting to "General" it turns it into a random number, usually 38209. I would like to turn off ALL auto-formatting, but that's probably asking too much. How do I disable this frustrating feature? thanks. Hi Paul When you enter "8-10" in a cell, that's not strictly a number but Excel thinks you mean a date so converts it as such. A date is a number and in your example the number 38209 represents August 10 2004 which is not a ra...

Opening Excel Workbooks
I'm running into an issue where if I click on an Excel file through My Documents, it doesn't automatically bring it up. I get the toolbar but the actual spreadsheet doesn't appear on the screen. I have to click on the taskbar to get it to pop up. If I already have Excel active and I open a file through Excel, this doesn't happen. Any ideas? Here is a similar thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=237195 Rolli -- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com Hi, Take a look at Tools-Options-General tab- uncheck ignore other application...

How to change font size on formula bar in Excell 2007
I don't find Tools>Options>General (as suggested in other post answers) in Excel 2007. On the Office button there is an Excel Options but it doesn't provide a method of changing font size on the office but. My font is so small I can barely see it. Office button>ExcelOptions>Popular tab>in the "When creating new workbooks" section, choose font and font size -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "jimwillie" <jimwillie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:588AAC05-0F52-404E-AA01-128E70E02D0B@microso...

help with simple maths in excel
I want to do a simple arithmatic excercise in excel for my grand daughter. It is stuff like 2+2 =4 Smart me has hit a problem at the first hurdle... I need to put 2 in one cell the + in another cell and then 2 in another = in another and then she puts the answer in the next one. So the above would have 4 cells completed and she would put the answer in the 5th one. When I use the + or = sign in a cell of its own it (excel) thinks I am doing an equation, is there a way around this? I will work on the answer like if she gets it correct or wrong how I will do that...a sound or som...

Unexpected error message on closing an Excel file
Suddenly I am getting the following message when I try to close a workbook: "Your formula contains an invalid external reference to a worksheet. Verify that the path, workbook, and range name or cell reference are correct, and try again" The mysterious thing is that it does not happen consistently and that, after I click OK after the above message, I can still save the file. What might be the cause of this error message and can the "invalid reference" be tracked down using one of the utility add-ins such as J. Walkenbach's PUP? If it only happens when you close ...

what's the formula for adding symbols in cells?
I have a chart that has blank info in the legend. I want to add an * to indicate something, but just inserting a symbol doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks. Debi - To add information to the legend, you need to add to a series name. Right click on the chart, select Source Data from the pop up menu, click on the series tab, select a series, and either type something in the name box, or click in it and select a cell with the mouse. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services http://PeltierTech.com/Excel/Charts/ _______ Debi wrote: > I have a chart tha...

formula based on format
Is there a way to have a formula that is based on a cell colour or based on the way a cell is formated? I need it to count the number of occurrences that this happens. -- Thank you for your time. Windows NT Office 97 Hi you'll need VBA. See for an example: http://cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm "James Kendall" wrote: > Is there a way to have a formula that is based on a cell colour or based on > the way a cell is formated? I need it to count the number of occurrences > that this happens. > -- > Thank you for your time. > Windows NT > Office 97 This ...

How do I use traffic lights in excel
I am wanting to use traffic lights in excel that change colour based on the result of a variance cell, ie if the result of the cell is 10 make the traffic light green, if it is 20 make the traffic light amber, if the result is 30 make the traffic light red. How do I do this? Shorty Format>Conditional Formatting>Cell Value is: Note: you can add up to 3 conditions(4 if you count default) Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:35:03 -0800, Shorty <Shorty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I am wanting to use traffic lights in excel that change colour based on the &g...

How To Copy MS Word mailing labels into Excel
I have a word doc that I want to put into Excel. I want to add some more fields to the names and addresses. Is this simple or do I have to learn how to program? Michael Rodriguez City of Grand Prairie Michael, have you tried to copy and paste the data into excel? -- Paul B Always backup your data before trying something new Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it Feedback on answers is always appreciated! Using Excel 2000 & 97 ** remove news from my email address to reply by email ** "Michael Rodriguez" <mrodrigu@gptx.org> wrote in messa...

Phone number normalizing and auto-formatting
I really appreciate the way that Outlook auto-normalizes phone numbers - for example, here in the US, I can enter 5555555555 and Outlook automagically formats that to (555) 555-5555. Why CRM 3.0 doesn't do this out of the box is strange but if anyone has ideas on how to implement, that'd be greatly appreciated. I've worked very hard to normalize all my data before import, but I know it's a matter of time before our users (ok, our sales people) destroy all that hard work by entering garbage into every phone field entry that the system cannot auto-normalize and error ch...

formating date from general2 custom
I have an input xls file with the date but like this: Wed May 14 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 2008 I need to have just following format dd/mm/yyyy I tried to format it using Format->Cells->Date or Format->Cells- >Custom but this is failing. Nothing changed. Any ideas? Thanks for the help. Vlad <vladimir.vaynshtok@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1013b138-352b-4799-81ba-9508b74a1850@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >I have an input xls file with the date but like this: > > Wed May 14 00:00:00 GMT-05:00 2008 > > I need to have just following format > > d...

Can you only merge up to a certain number of cells
I am working on microsoft excel 2003, I have a sheet that I merged cells starting with line 8 through 43...when I type my information in the merged area I can see all that I am typing...say it goes up to line 30 once I hit the enter key I can only see up to line 20. Even when I print it out it only prints up to line 20...I have checked to make sure there are not locked cells etc. I cannot figure out at all why this is happening...is there only up to a certain number of cells you can merge? From "Excel Specifications and Limits" Length of cell contents (text) ...

Excel Problem
I have a 23.8 meg excel 2000 spreadsheet set for manual calculation saved to my local hard drive. Every time I try to open it, it takes forver and sometimes never opens but I do not get any error messages, let me just tell you that I am running a P4, 1 GB memory, Office 2K with SP3, and nothing else running when I try to open it. As I said it is set for manual calculation, and it is cleared to not auto calculate when opening or closing. Any idea's as to why this is happening? -- Todd I don't know why you're having this problem but I would like to point something out for w...

Newbie Question: Using Web Services
Hello All. I've been trying to implement Infopath with CRM with no success. I've tried the example, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmbscrm1_2/html/mbs_crminfopathcrmintegration.asp, to no avail. I have followed the example to the letter, but find the information about publishing the Web Service to the server to be somewhat lacking. Admittedly, I am not a programmer, and I am continually running into an error in line 54: xmlDoc.LoadXml(objQuery.ExecuteQuery(objBizUser.WhoAmI(), strAllAccountsFetchXML)); Has anyone else ...

[b]Can I download Excel data to a MS Access database?[/b]
I've built an Excel 2002 form that I want our internal customers to access from our intranet, and use. Once completed, they will send it to us as an e-mail attachment. I'd like to be able to open it, and somehow download the data from the form into an MS Access 2002 database I've built (so that we don't have to rekey it into the database). Is this possible or even feasible? Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks. :D --------- Message sent via www.excelforums.com Hi in Access check 'File - Import External data' -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany "...