Still on the Road

As I mentioned last Saturday, I've been on a major road trip. Over the past week I've driven a bit under 2,000 miles, through Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. We were able to attend the Navy boot camp graduation of my granddaughter on Thursday, and it was a very memorable experience. I'm grateful to so many of you who kindly expressed thanks for her willingness to serve. Soon she will be off to her specialized training and on with her chosen career.

Today we are on our way just a bit further east, skirting the Great Lakes and targeting the upstate area of New York, near the finger lakes. There is a small site there that has religious significance to me and my family. We will visit there tomorrow and then start our journey back westward again. We will, of course, stop at other places of note, such as Niagara Falls. (Have you ever noticed that "Niagara" is not pronounced as it is spelled? English is so odd at times.)

I hope that your weekend is going well and that you enjoy the tips in this week's newsletter.

—Allen
     

ExcelTips (menu) for 23 August 2025
Excel can calculate at lightening speed
Setting Page Margins

When getting ready to print your worksheet, you may want to take a moment to check what margins Excel will use on the printout. The program makes it easy to modify the margins of your printed page.

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Printing
Printing Multiple Pages On a Piece of Paper

If you want to save paper on a printout, you might consider printing multiple pages on a single piece of paper. This can be done by using the capabilities of your printer, as described in this tip.

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Making Sense of Times and Dates

One of Excel's great strengths is its ability to work with huge amounts of raw data. Two of the most common types of data stored in Excel are times and dates. Working with these special data types is not as easy as it may first seem. Check out ExcelTips: Times and Dates and learn the secrets of working with your times and dates.

 
Tools
Goal Seeking

Excel provides a great tool that is helpful in figuring out what certain variables should be in your formulas. This tip provides an example to illustrate how to use goal seeking.

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Macros extend Excel
Using Message Boxes

When creating a macro, one of the ways you can communicate with users is through the use of a message box. This tip explains what message boxes are and how to implement them in your own macros.

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