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Working with Imperial Linear Distances

2010-02-08T05:30:01-08:00

Excel is great when working with decimal-based numeric values. It is not so great when it comes to other numbering systems, such as those used for linear distances. This tip explains some of the ways you can approach working with units such as miles, yards, feet, and inches.

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Counting Unique Values

2010-02-07T05:30:02-08:00

If you have a list of values in a range of cells, you may want to know how many unique values appear in the list. The ways you can go about making that determination depend on whether the list has blanks in it or not. This tip explains your options.

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Incomplete and Corrupt Sorting

2010-02-06T05:30:01-08:00

Using the sorting tools, on the toolbar, may result in some unwanted results, such as jumbled data. If this happens to you, the best thing to do (as described in this tip) is to figure out exactly what is being sorted by Excel.

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Quickly Removing a Toolbar Button

2010-02-05T05:30:01-08:00

Want to get rid of a toolbar button? ThereÃÂÃÂs no need to drag open the menus and dialog boxes; just use the shortcut described in this tip, and you can permanently remove buttons very quickly.

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Returning the MODE of a Range

2010-02-04T05:30:02-08:00

The MODE function is used to determine the most frequently recurring value in a range. This tip explains how to use the function in your worksheet.

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Deriving High and Low Non-Zero Values

2010-02-01T05:30:01-08:00

Excel provides handy functions that allow you to determine the high and low values in a range. You may want to limit what is returned to non-zero values, which involves the use of a slightly more complex formula, as described in this tip.

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Counting Cells with Specific Characters

2010-01-31T05:30:02-08:00

If youÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve got a long list of data and you want to count the number of cells in the range that begin with a specific character, putting together the proper formula can be a bit confusing. You can get just what you need by using the COUNTIF function, as illustrated in this tip.

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