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A cell is generally a reference to one point of data in a spreadsheet program. Every data point is within a cell and cells are then grouped into rows, columns or even ranges.

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How do I check that a list of cells have the correct values in Excel, where some cells can have more than one correct value?

I'm trying to create a "Complete?" box for a spreadsheet I'm making of certain cocktails and the necessary ingredients for each. I've managed to wriggle everything into acknowledging if ...
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Styles based on Normal display a white background, unrelated to the Borders & Shading

In Word, when I write text in a table cell with a colored background, I see a white background behind my text. I supposed it had something to do with the Border & Shading options, but it was ...
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Cell with multiple outcomes

=DAYS(E#,F#) sets "G" to number. I want another cell to override "G" if there is information in "J", yet leave the days counted if "J" is blank.
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In Cell O6 I am checking to see if cell A6 is a public holiday, is so then place a "1" in cell O6, else "2". However cell Q6 will not calculate

In Cell 06 I am checking to see if cell A6 is a public holiday, is so then place a "1" in cell O6, else "2". However cell Q6 will not calculate. For some reason it will not see the ...
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Merge cells in excel depending on the value in another cell

I'm looking to minimize the time required to input information in an Excel worksheet. I have a cell which can have the numbers 1, 2 OR 3 and depending on the value of that cell, I need some cells to ...
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How to limit the number of characters per line in a cell in excel 2016

I am trying to combine multiple cells into one, however when combining, I can only have 55 characters per line. Is there a way to create a word wrap that will keep my data to 55 characters per line?
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Copying Sheets and cell references

Let's say I have "Sheet A" and "Sheet B" within the same workbook. Sheet B has a cell that references Sheet "A" i.e. ='Sheet A '!Q20 I want to copy Sheet B and Create &...
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How inserting cells in a row or a column different from inserting row(s) or column(s) between rows and columns?

How is this Inserting cells in a column different from Inserting a column between two columns P.S.: It's a curious question, and didn't find anything on the internet; hence, I don't add any ...
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Highlight range when press another cell

If countif example "done" range example from A1:A10 and result appear in cell B1 If result =4 . I want when click B1 .. the cells in range that contain "done" highlight and color
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In Excel, Format a Number with Intermediate Spacing AND Optional Decimal

I have a series of numbers in Excel that I would like formatted in a certain way and I need some help. Background: I work in construction, and am using the Construction Specification Institute's (CSI) ...
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Conditional Formatting Not working (maybe pilot error?)

Excel Version 16.68. I want to compare numbers in Column D to a Reference Number and use Conditional Formatting Formulas in Column E to highlight the corresponding cells. I use Formulas because the ...
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Excel move into data table with enter key only

I need to enter data into Excel using a bar code scanner which add a "enter" key press at the end of the scanned code. I need to scan two codes on a device and link them in a database. ...
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Spreadsheet doesn't open on the cell active during save

No matter what cell is active when I save this one particular worksheet, it always opens on cell N124. Other worksheets work fine, they open on the cell that was active when I saved them. Any ...
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Excel Conditional Formatting - Using Formula as Part of a Cell Reference

I am trying to use conditional formatting to highlight a cell if it is blank and a cell in the first column of the same row is not blank. For example, if the conditional formatting is for cell D4, I ...
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How to decrease the number of cells that are selected in the formula in Excel?

I'm using the AVERAGE function and drag/expand it along one row (e.g. from A1 to D1), the cells that are selected should decrease by 1 row in each new column. For example: A1 =AVERAGE(A2:A10) B1 =...
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the arabic content in the cell excel is not shown correctly

The Text is in the cell is well written and when you click on it is is correct as shown in the upper view, On the cell itself it is not shown correctly For an example: Cell view: حمدا upper view : ...
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Excell Cell Drop Down Menu randomly lose data when attaching to an email or uploading to Google docs. How to fix?

My employer uses an excel spreadsheet with drop-down menus in some of the cells to keep track of student attendance. When I send the doc via email and upload the doc via Google Drive, sometimes a ...
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How do I use the information in a cell as the name of the sheet where an index formula is looking up the information from?

Ok I am creating a tracker of information and need to quickly copy and paste formulas since the criteria will be the same but the sheet as to which to look for the results will be different. in cell ...
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How to copy paste cells using formulas

I want the excell to recognize if it is electrical or civil or plumbing and re-arrange the value in order
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Excel - Selecting Random Cell followed by Filling

I am trying to select a random cell from an array AND then fill down, fixing the column but letting the row remain relative. For example, I am trying to select the contents of a random cell from A1:...
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Why does Excel add leading apostrophes to some of my text cells?

I have a worksheet containing, among other things, a table object. All data in the worksheet was added by me manually, including the data and column headers in the table. I just noticed that in 13 of ...
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Use Excel cell value in body of mailto hyperlink

In excel I have some cells that contain input for a e-mail form. A B E-mail [email protected] Subject Input form Name John Country Poland Body Hello,%0D%0A My name is : B3 %0D%0A I'm from : B4 ...
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I need software to help know the number cells present in my battery [closed]

Is there any software I can use to get a comprehensive information about my battery ie the number of cells because I read somewhere that the more cells the battery has the longer the charge lasts, I ...
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Prevent Excel to automatically "Wrap text" in a cell

Let's say we have a spreadsheet with all rows having the same default height. In a cell, let's write Hello ALT+ENTER World. I indeed sometimes need to enter multi-line text in a cell, to write some ...
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Disable Excel link cell follow click [duplicate]

This is probably the worst design choice I've seen in my life, and it drives me mad. I need to edit some excel spreadsheets which contain links and move some cells around, and each time I click on a ...
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A Function That Is Self-Aware of Its Own Cell Address?

I would like to write a function that is self-aware of its own cell address. For instance, I would like to be able to place an argumentless function in any cell, and when called, that function will ...
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Excel: Sum all numbers separated by new line within cell

How do I create a new cell that equals the sum all numbers in a cell separated by a new line? I may not use text to columns as that is messy and there's no new line separator delimiter in text to ...
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If cell in one column matches cell in another then copy data

I've got two separate sheets with a few hundred rows of data. I'm trying to see if any cell in Column C (Sheet 1) matches with a cell in column A (Sheet 2) then copy over the adjacent cell in column ...
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excel formula of sum with error and cells not in range

I want a sum formula that will ignore errors. For example something like: =sum(c3+f3+h3+j3+n3) however, some of these cells may contain an error. Between these cells there is data which I do not want ...
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Copy sheet with protected cell

I have an excel worksheet that I protected certain cells with a password. AM afraid it could be touched by another person. How would it be done to COPY A SHEET TO A NEW FILE AND RETAIN THE PROTECTED ...
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In Excel, how can I round or display numbers to 2 significant figures (the two leading non-zero digits of a decimal number)?

In Excel 2016 I need to show zeros out to the leading non-zero digits and then just the two digits after that. For example: 0.00002423 should read 0.000024, 0.242 should read 0.24, 0.0032255 ...
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Refilling cells without exceeding a certain amount, by a given percentage

I am sorry if this question might sound quite complicated, I will try to be the more clear possible. I need that the amount in H13 (18,70€ in this case, if positive of course) refill the negative ...
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Get cells from another sheet based on criteria

I'm trying to build a simple helper to control my expenses. One sheet has a list of all financial movements (income and payments), with these details: Date Amount Reason 02/02/21 -1000.00 Rent 02/...
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Excel - Use Formula In Different Cell From Referencing In If Statement

I am currently working on a listing template that uses different things like a title generator. This generator uses a ton of if statements based on the data that it is given. I have broken this ...
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Display (or get at least) certain cell last modification date in Excel 2003 file (file extension is *.xls)

I have some Excel table which I filled with values since 2004. To sad I didn't include each row add date in extra cell. Now I want to know that... Maybe it still possible? Maybe *.xls file store that ...
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Inserting a cell in Word table, that shifts the last cell onto the next row ... Can it be done?

I have a Word document in which I have a succession of cells, arranged in alphabetical order reading across. It is six cells wide by however long it goes down. What I want to be able to do, is add ...
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Need help formatting dates and text in a range of cell

I've got a spreadsheet with certificates that expire at different dates. All of these have two columns. In one column is the date the certificate expires in which is usually every 3-5 years. The next ...
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i would like to add data from one document into other cell on a daily basis, is this possible?

i want to import data from this sheet into another. where i can add the number of time 'cardboard' appears in the column 'stillage reference' in column D based on the date in column G on a daily basis....
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How do I keep the cell blank when the formula outputs nothing, so that the text from the previous adjacent cell can overflow in it?

I have a basic Excel IF function that shows a computation result if the condition is TRUE. What I am trying to figure out how is, in case the condition is FALSE, how to keep the cell blank so that ...
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I want to add a text in a cell if a number is below or above a value

emphasized text i want to add the text 'FULL Delivery'' or ''Not Full'' to a cell that is either below 48 or equal to 48. can anyone help me.
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Excel: Fake Blank Cell (cell has no content, nothing in the function box, but not recognized as a blank cell)

I have an Excel file with plenty of "blank" cells, these cells are not showing any content in the cell itself nor in the function box. And I'm trying to replace all these "blank" ...
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How to do hex calculations across multiple cells in excel?

I'm working on a spread sheet and I have a table or grid of [256]x[256] that looks like this: B c D E F G IY 3 Address: [byte][byte][byte][byte] ... ...
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Prevent User to fill in a specified value into a cell before another cell is filled

Since I am not that well versed in Excel I have stumbled upon the following Problem: I have the two cells: A1 and B1 I want A1 not to be able to be filled with the value "1" before B2 is ...
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Libre Office - Single Column Pie Chart

I want to create a pie chart, for a single column that looks like this: I tried to select the range, click on Insert -> Chart -> Pie-Chart, but regardless of what I try, I always get an empty ...
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I have cells at the beginning of a spreadsheet that appear blank

I have a spreadsheet that was sent me that has blank columns on cols a-h. However these are not blank as towards the end of the spreadsheet formulas refer to these. How do I see the contents of cells ...
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Add a text comment in a numeric cell with Excel

Is there a way with Excel, to put a comment with a numeric cell, like the cell A3 here: such that formulas like =SUM(A1:A5) still work? Here the wanted result would be 19. Here it doesn't work ...
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How do I turn off autoformat OpenCalc / OpenOffice Spreadsheets

Without context and background: Read the title, How do I turn off AutoCorrect in OpenCalc, specifically time, preferably turn off all AutoFormat. I am using a spreadsheet to track how fast my online ...
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How to shift cells to the left without affecting its "own column" in Excel (i.e. via VBA)?

COLS : NO | | B | C | | D 01 : 1 | | 8 | 3 | | 2 02 : | | | 4 | | 03 : | | | | | 04 : 2 | | 5 | 2 | | 6 How can I shift the values to the left and delete ...
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Two-way connection between multiple cells and across multiple worksheets

I am looking to make a 2-way connection across 2 worksheets so that I only have to change the entry on one sheet for it to be changed on the other and vice versa. I found a good explanation here (I ...
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Removing blank data from cells in Excel

I have a file with 50000 rows and 500 columns approx. with data populated. Though half of the cells in the sheet seem blank but the file looks heavier (50mb) which should not be. When I count the ...
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