Hi Fellow Excel Addict,

In the past couple of weeks this newsletter has expanded to Ecuador, Spain, Argentina, Afghanistan and Venezuela. Thanks to everyone who is helping me share these great tips with other Excel users who are now benefiting from them.

I had some positive feedback on a suggestion that I made last week so I will repeat it one more time in case you missed it.

Keep my tips and tutorials close to your computer for easy reference. About two weeks after my tips appear in this newsletter, I post them to my website on my Quick Tips, Mini-Tutorials, and Non-Excel Tips pages. There you will find each individual tip formatted for easy printing. Just print them off, stack them up by your computer for easy reference, and watch your productivity soar.

Have a great week and I'll see you again next week.

To Your Success!
Francis Hayes (The Excel Addict)

Excel makes creating charts so easy anyone can create a basic chart. After you select the data you want to plot on a chart, simply press the F11 key and you'll have an instant chart.

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1. Enter your title in the top cell of the range your title will span (i.e. B5).
2. Select the cells you want your title to span (i.e. B5:B15).
3. From the Format menu select Cells and then click on the Alignment tab.
4. On the right side of the dialog box enter 90 in the Degrees box.
5. From the Horizontal: dropdown select Center.
6. From the Vertical: dropdown select Center.
7. Select Merge Cells and click OK.

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Here's a quick way to find that file on the Desktop. Click anywhere on the Desktop to make sure that the Desktop is 'active'. Now, just type the first letter in the name of the file you're looking for. The first file (in alphabetical order) will be highlighted. If that isn't the one, just keep pressing the same key to toggle through all files that start with that letter.

This little trick should allow you to easily locate a file no matter how messy your Desktop is.