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To much text for an Excel cell
What do I do when I have more text in an Excel cell than I want to (was "can") show in the allocated space?
(Something making it "scrollable")
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Retrieve content of different cells based on input
I have a cell X where the user can enter a number. I then need to take that number N and get the value of another cell Y based on that.
The scenario is this:
The user can enter a product number and ...
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How to refer to the last cell in a row in Excel?
Which function can I use to get the value of the last not empy cell in a row in Excel 2010?
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In MS Excel 2007, replace numeric value with same value plus function
For example, if Column A contains:
123
456
789
I want to replace values with:
=(123/60)
=(456/60)
=(789/60)
I know I could create another column to do something similar, but would rather know ...
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Can't insert cells in Excel 2010 - “operation not allowed” error message
I was working on a spreadsheet in Excel 2010, and all of a sudden when I attempted to insert a new row of cells, I saw that the insert and delete options were grayed out.
I attempted to copy a ...
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Spreadsheets: How do I perform functions on a set/array described by a row of (count, value) pairs?
I have excel 2000, google docs, and the latest open office calc available to me. I'm after a solution in any of those, ideally.
I have a multiset of data described by rows of (count, value) pairs. ...
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Trigger email notification in Google Spreadsheet using script editor
There is an option Tools>Script editor in every Google spreadsheet. Is there a way to trigger email notification if current spreadsheet has been modified?
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Alternative, more efficient scraping method for a noncoder, than Google doc's importxml and xpath?
I've searched throughout the net for a simple solution, but it seems everyone has their own unique method (coding language) of achieving this. I'm only just beginning to learn Linux, and my coding ...
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Unlink chart from data series in OpenOffice Calc
Is it possible to create a chart on a data series in Calc, and then unlink it so that if I sort that same data a different way, my chart wont change?
i am trying to show some trends based on several ...
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Searchable tags in Excel?
I'm building a database of spiders, organizing them by name, country, and region within that country.
The problem is that many of the spiders exist in multiple countries and regions within that ...
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Auto updating similar formulas
I'm trying to see if there's a way to get my Excel sheet to auto update with new formulas as I enter it.
For example if D4 down to D27 was the same formula(=SUM(B4/25)) and I wanted to change it too ...
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Turn Excel spreadsheet into a formula
I have an Excel spreadsheet that has a complex computation that is not trivial to turn into a macro or a single-cell formula. The spreadsheet has a about 10 different inputs (values a human enters in ...
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Excel: Adding and Searching Replacing in Bulk from Many Sheets
I've got a 650 sheet Excel document. I need to do some bulk additions to each of the sheets.
Are there ways to say add a bit of text to a specific row/column pair (A4), bulk search and replace, etc?
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How to Label / Tag Items in a Spreadsheet
I'm a novice at spreadsheets, so I hope you'll forgive me if I'm asking a super obvious question.
Is it possible to use tags in Excel/Google Spreadsheet? I'm creating a spreadsheet to log all the ...
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Unique string values in range
I have some spreadsheets where there are large number of cells that have essentially been used for free text.
There is a finite set of values for this free text and most, if not all repeat.
eg.
...
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Referncing a cell, based on a cell's value in Spreadsheet
I understand how referencing a cell works, example being
=Sheet1.A1
However, if I'm in Sheet2 and cell B1 contains Sheet1, and cell C1 contains A1.
Is there any way to write the reference such ...
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Syncing two sheets, while being able to hide different data
I'm pretty new to excel- so please bear with me.
I have created a spreadsheet to organize gear by serial numbers and by who has it. This list is getting updated multiple times daily as gear shuffles ...
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Gnumeric doesn't recognize numbers
I am trying to do some basic calculations (mostly finding the median of a range of values) using gnumeric. Unfortunately, this is giving me a hard time. Consider the following data:
0.04 0.04 0 0 ...
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Dynamic time in Excel spreadsheet column
I am trying to automate time in Excel. I have two columns that show time advancing in minutes and seconds. I want to be able to automate so that if the time changes in one row, it will automatically ...
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Is there anyway to display spreadsheet as a tiny window without toolbar?
My screens are full of stuffs, still need to add a small spreadsheet, maybe one inch high and less than one inch wide. Is there any solution for this? I don't do complicated calculations, just some ...
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How to make averages automatic about values connected to months?
I have a table in gnumeric, where I take values to distinct days. Looks something like this:
2012-02-10 12
2012-02-16 132
2012-02-21 47
2012-02-01 19
Not on all days I note a value.
On ...
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Alternative to MS Excel's spreadsheets for XML-like data
Is there any software that is like Excel, but maybe for XML-like data?
I mean, not restricted to spreadsheet format, but allowing:
data with more hierarchy
more strict typing
tagging
multiple ...
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How to export a filtered set of rows from Google Docs spreadsheet?
Is it possible, when exporting a Google Docs spreadsheet into CSV, to apply this operation only to filtered set of rows? I need to get in CSV exactly the rows which are visible on the sheet after a ...
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Retrieve info from a column with some empty cells from ODF Spreadsheet
I have this ODF Spreadsheet on LibreOffice open, at it has one column with a lot of data that I wish to retrieve, however, I also have, a lot of white cells. Something like this:
emailA
emailB
...
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Excel 2003 project doesn't read data properly in Excel 2010 [closed]
I have an Excel 2003 spreadsheet that reads in data from another sheet.
This works fine in Excel 2003, but if I use Excel 2010, the data that is set in one sheet is not read by the other.
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Filtering by currency in Excel
I have this situation in Microsoft Excel:
Cells are formatted by using "Format Cells" and setting the Currency manually for each cell. So, they are not simple strings. I would to sum filtering by ...
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LibreOffice Calc prompting to update “links to other files”. Why?
I have a spread sheet that recently started asking "This file contains links to other files, should they be updated". I have been using this file for a while and don't know why it started, what it ...
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How to view a delimiter-separated-value file in Emacs with highlighting helpful for reading?
How to view a delimiter-separated-value file in Emacs with highlighting helpful for reading?
Ideally the delimiter character/string should be customizable.
If Emacs can't do, any other tool ...
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Excel: Multiple =IF calculations within one cell
I need to do some text comparisons in excel, about 20-50 of them. I would like the result of these if statements to be within a single cell. Here is how I WISHED it would work:
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Alternatives to Excel
Is there some WYSIWYG utility that allows one to create simple spreadsheets? Something like standalone Google Docs. Excel is definetely an overkill for someone who doesn't want to create exotic ...
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How can I enable the creation and editing of hyperlinks in shared Excel worksheets?
I have hyperlinks in some Excel 2010 (both .xlsx and .xls formats) worksheets. If I enable sharing of the workbook I can no longer edit or create hyperlinks - the options no longer exist on the menu ...
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Multilingual spreadsheet
I need to make a spreadsheet template that needs to be support both English and Spanish.
I know Office 2010 has an option to translate content into desired language but its a manual process.
Is there ...
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Macro Code for LibreOffice Calc
I have been working on a invoice spreadsheet in Libre Office Calc. Im almost done but I have a few tasks left to complete before its where I want it. I have used the Macro recorder to get most of ...
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How to break a spreadsheet containing CSV into multiple columns?
I'm working on preparing data for export, and the client has put all of the data into a spreadsheet. Each field of data should be its own column. The problem is that the client erroneously put ...
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How to sum cells depending on the content of a neighbor cell
I have an Excel document with the following columns;
Date | Reference | Amount
23/01/11 | 111111111 | £20.00
25/09/11 | 222222222 | £30.00
11/11/11 | 111111111 | ...
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In spreadsheets, do dates belong in rows or columns [closed]
I have some time data, about 30 tuples, each with about 30 attributes. Do the dates belong in the rows (with column headings being the attributes) or in the columns (with the rows being the ...
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How to filter a spreadsheet on multiple filter values
I've got a spreadsheet of addresses with the following columns: First Name, Last Name, Street Address, City, State, and zip code. I'd like to be able to filter or otherwise extract a subset of these ...
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Can you use infinity in a cell reference in LibreOffice (or any other spreadsheat)? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you reference an entire column in OpenOffice Calc (like A:A in Excel)?
I'm using a Sum of a column, and it keeps growing, so I have to update the reference to which ...
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copy worksheet to several workbook
I created a worksheet/spreadsheet with functions and references to cells in other worksheets/spreadsheets within same workbook to create a report of other worksheets within the same workbook.
I have ...
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OpenOffice Calc - how to insert BLANK in a formula?
In Calc, as in most spreadsheet applications, an IF() function exists that can be used to control behaviour, for example inserting this formula in cell C1.
=IF(A1>B1;"A";"B")
will display A in ...
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Multicolumn spreadsheet: extract unique values in Column 1, given same values in Columns 3 and 4?
Here's a problem: given a (large) spreadsheet with userIDs in Column 1, a time/date pair in Column 2, a course code in Column 3, and a course title in Column 4: I want to produce a report showing how ...
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How can I print Excel spreadsheet files automatically?
My company has computer-generated reports that come out as Excel spreadsheets which are emailed to the Billing Department. They would like these reports to be automatically printed as they are ...
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Creating a chart with two date columns
I have some data from Google Analytics relating to traffic to one of my websites.
I would like to compare the traffic from now to the same time one year ago. However, to be difficult I do not simply ...
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How do I delete excess cells in Excel 2007?
I am not the original creator of the spreadsheet so I am not sure how the person caused this. The issue is basically the excel spreadsheet has an excess amount of empty cells that won't delete and ...
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Searching a CSV or Excel file for terms from one column of another Excel file [closed]
I have a column of data in an Excel file. I want to use it to search the contents of another CSV or Excel file and return / highlight all of the matches. How can I do that using Google Docs, Open ...
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Software for quickly tagging photo catalogue and export to spreadsheet?
We have 3000 photos that we want to quickly flip through and tag into different categories, and export that information into a spreadsheet. The software can be very simple (I am not doing any editing, ...
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Advanced spreadsheet auto-formatting
Is it possible to autoformat spreadsheet like this
IF A1 = C1 then A1:E1 cells background becomes light gray
I use OO Calc, but it's ok if you know how to do it in MS Excel or Google spreadsheet
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How do I make a random selection in a spreadsheet using more than one criteria
I have a spreadsheet created in OpenOffice (V3.3.0 in Windows 7 32 bit) that I use as a database of my DVD collection. After asking a question in SuperUser, I have it so it can pop up a random title ...
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How do I use conditional formatting in a spreadsheet based on dates?
I have a spreadsheet in OpenOffice V3.3.0 (used in Windows 7 32 bit). One column contains dates (in the format: 14 August 2011 ) and I want to use conditional formatting on those cells depending on ...
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How do I transpose and combine cells in Excel?
Do you know how to generate the following?
Excel table:
+-----------------------+
| A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
+-----------------------+
| B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
+-----------------------+
I want to ...
