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  1. ssduarte92

    Solved! What resources should I upgrade to work with heavy Excel files?

    Hello everyone, With COVID-19 around, my boyfriend's company sent everyone home with a laptop to work, but sadly for him, as a financial analyst, he works with pretty heavy Excel files with thousands of lines and gets incredibly frustrated just saving, editing, opening a file. So I wanted to...
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    Opening a worksheet automatically with Excel for ipad

    In excel for ipad is ther a way to open a worksheet automatically when you tap on the excel icon
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    Solved! Formatted Print of Multiple Excel Worksheets

    Hi Everyone, I have been struggling to resolve an issue for some time. I have data from 3 separate worksheets that I need to streamline a printing process for. I would like to be able to print in some simple way, data from all 3 worksheets and have the end result of 1 page of horizontal data...
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    Solved! Excel extraction (pattern)

    Hi Guys, I have a large number of excel file that I want to take and import into SQL... Now normally I would just do a simple Bulk Insert but the sheets are not all the same... But they do have a pattern to them. The pattern is that the information is in a 10 column wide grid then a empty...
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    Solved! Dell XPS 13 two-finger touchpad scrolling freezes office 365 excel only using OneDrive

    A two finger touchpad scroll freezes screen when using Office 365 Excel when on document using OneDrive. Is ok if doc is from the HD. Also, no problem with external mouse. Touch pad works fine in every other application. Any ideas?
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    Solved! Looking for a laptop under £300.

    Looking for a laptop for sisters school work. 1. What is your budget? Ideally £250 however can go to £300 if its worth it 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15+ 3. What screen resolution do you want? 720p ? not too sure on laptop resolutions. 4. Do you need a...
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    Solved! Edit / Right Click options automatically display but keyboard will not allow character entry

    I am running Windows 7 on an HP PC and I suspect that a series of keys were depressed on my keyboard - now when I open EXCEL or attempt to type input into the Windows Start --> Search programs or when I attempt to enter data into the Search box of Control Panel or File Search, I get a popup box...
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    Simple RPG EXP formula BUT!, in MS excel (??) :(

    Hello guys, i am in an urge to solve this problem. So, the story behind is there’s a game designing challenge that i wanted to participate and i went trough the application form, They asked my to make experience formula for RPG games, BUT ! it had to be in MS Excel. Can you guys enlighten me ...
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    Right side numeric keypad stopped working ONLY on Excel

    Yesterday my right hand number keypad stopped working ONLY on excel (windows 10, desktop PC). I have numlock ON and the Ease of access settings definitely have "Turn on Mouse Keys" un-checked. These are the only 2 fixes I have found online. Can anyone help??
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    Solved! Acer es15 waiting

    My Acer ES 15 is stuck on waiting symbol (circle), I have tried to reboot three times but no joy. Every time I try to open up Word, Excel it still does the same thing. Also can’t close down any web pages.
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    shift key macbook pro

    In Excel the shift key does not highlight an area of cells anymore, can anyone help Also the dot between numbers and decimal places has changed to a comma how do I change it back to a dot.
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    My computer crashed and I need to open EXCEL on a different computer that doesn't have Microsoft Office on it. Is there a prog

    While my computer is getting repaired, I need to access Microsoft Office files that I've saved on a flashdrive. Is there an online program that can read these? I don't want to pay for a one-time-use of Microsoft Office on this borrowed machine.
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    is "KeePass" trusted?

    I have been looking for freeware to keep all my passwords in one place. Is "KeePass" a good option? Will it steal my passwords? Is it a solution better than saving my passwords on Excel or spreadsheet? I am currently writing down all my forums emails' password in an unprotected excel file on...
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    Thinkpad X or T?

    Hi, I need portable computer. What I like most is thinkpad either X or T model. Sometimes I use excel f.x for powerpivot. Both T and X model has resolution of 1900x1080. Is X model too small for excel? What is your opinion?
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    Forgot password in Excel 2013

    Hi guys, i forgot my password in an excel 2013 document, and I cannot find a way to open it. Do you have any steps on how can I use my file again?
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    Excel: Total of some cells equal to a specific value

    Hello everyone, I have an excel spreadsheet in which there are some random numbers available and I want to find out the specific total. Let's say I have 4 numbers in colmun 80, 40, 20, 90 in separate rows and I want to find out which rows add to 130. Any help on this? PS: I am a beginner in...
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    Solved! How to create Excel chart from email addresses and dates

    I'd like to create a stacked column chart in Excel by feeding it email addresses and months. Here is an example of the data: Email__________ | Month John@google.com | Mar John@google.com | Mar John@google.com | Oct John@google.com | Nov Jane@google.com | Jan Jane@google.com | Feb...
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    Suggestions for Laptop

    So I'm a big gamer, but as far as work goes I'm limited to basically Excel and a bunch of browser stuff...My little brother is looking for a laptop; he's not really a gamer at all, but he does want it to run photoshop smoothly...so I'm not sure what you want your strong-points to be for that...
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    Laptop for Internet, Word, and Excel

    Hey Guys, I am looking to purchase a new laptop basically for the purposes of surfing the internet and creating documents on word and excel. I am on the go for my job so I would like for it to be portable and have a long battery life. I would like good memory space as well. Do you have any...