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My newsletter will be a quick read today. I have some short but, none-the-less, effective tips to help you on the road to greater productivity and efficiency.

Have a great week.

To Your Success!
Francis Hayes (The Excel Addict)

The solution is to insert a temporary row "1" and then adjust the row height so that your cells are not hidden. When you're done, simply delete the temporary row "1".

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1. Right-click anywhere on your toolbars and select Drawing. The Drawing toolbar will appear.
2. Now click on AutoShapes and select a shape from the Callouts option. The cursor will change to cross hairs.
3. Click and drag in your worksheet to draw the shape. Type in some text and then use the sizing handles to resize it. (The cartoon bubble shape is really cool.)

I've got lots more fun and amazing tips to show you about AutoShapes later. So stay tuned.

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Cool! I just learned this one this week.