Hi Fellow Excel Addict,

Welcome to another edition of my newsletter. Did you try all of last weeks tips?

Many of the tips I share with you each week will be ones that you can use almost every day. Those are the ones that, over time, will significantly boost your productivity. Some other tips are ones that you may use less often, but they are the ones that will save you some frustration. When less common tasks come up that otherwise would take much longer, you'll be glad to know a quick and easy solution.

This week I have a couple of every-day tips and one once-in-a-while tip that will help you rise above most average Excel users. As I've often said, 'Try each of these tips, even if at first it doesn't appear relevant to your situation. You will probably think of numerous uses for a tip that you weren't even aware of before.'

As always, I love to hear comments and suggestions from my newsletter readers.

I hope you have a fantastic week.

To Your Success!
Francis Hayes (The Excel Addict)

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When you create formulas, especially more complex ones, and you don't get the solution your expect, it can sometimes be tricky finding out where the problem is.

Here's a trick that I often use to pinpoint the problem.

Click in the formula bar or double-click the formula (in cell) to enter 'edit mode.' Drag to select only a portion of the formula that you want to evaluate. Press the F9 key to calculate just that portion of your formula. Continue the same procedure for each part of the formula.

Remember to press Esc or click on the X to the left of the formula bar to restore your original formula. If you accidentally press Enter, resulting in your formula being entered as partially calculated, you can simply click Edit, Undo (or CTRL+Z) to restore your original formula.

If the problem IS with your formula, this should help you quickly identify the problem.

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Have you been told that you cannot use bullet characters in Excel? I have! Well, don't believe everything you hear. I'm going to show you how you CAN add bullet characters to text in Excel.

This tip applies only to text entries.

1. Select the cells you want to add bullets to.
2. From the Format menu select Cells...
3. Click the Number tab
4. Select Custom from the Category box.
5. Click in the Type field (clear any existing format)
6. Hold down the ALT key, type 0149, then release the ALT key.
7. (Still in the Type field) Press the space bar once.
8. (Still in the Type field) Enter @.
9. Click OK

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I'll bet you often come across a webpage that you think might interest a friend or colleague.

Rather than open your email program, start a new email message and type out the webpage address (or copy the link from the Address Bar), there's a much quicker way to zip off your recommendation in a few seconds.

In Internet Explorer click on the File menu, move down to Send, and click 'Link by E-mail.' A new email message will open with a hyperlink to the current website already included. Just fill in your friend's email address and click Send.

Note that, on the Send menu you also have an option (Page by E-mail) to send the complete webpage by email but my experience with this option is that, if there are graphics on the page, many of them are missing when the email arrives.