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		<title>How to Move Data in One Row in Excel to One Column</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to move data in Excel from Rows to Columns
A great question came to me today from @SupportMyOffice (Thanks, Jennifer, for making me smarter today!)
Question: I have a bunch of data in one row in Excel and I want to move that data into one column. Is there a one step way to do it?
My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Hide Grid Lines in Google Spreadsheets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Spreadsheets Tip
I&#8217;m not a huge fan of Google Documents, particularly their spreadsheets (yes, I am old school with Microsoft) but when you are working in a virtual capacity they definitely get a win for multiple people being able to make changes simultaneously.
Yesterday I was fine-tuning a sheet that a client had created, knowing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combine data in two different cells into one in Excel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combining two different cells in Excel to have all info in one cell
This Excel formula is really handy, especially if you have a first and last name in two different cells and want to combine them into just one cell so instead of:

Column A=First Name


Column B=Last Name


You will now have Column C=First name and last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Tip: How to easily find and delete duplicate data</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been looking for an easy way to find duplicates in Excel?
There are many different formulas and avenues you can take to find duplicate data in Excel. This particular function is my favorite because your list does not have to be in any particular sorted order.
Using this function can save you hours of time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importing contacts from Excel into Outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in a business that attends a lot of trade shows or you simply have kept all of your Contacts in Excel in the past. There is a quick and efficient way to import all contacts from Excel into Outlook so that you don&#8217;t have to manually re-type all of them. Maybe you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to use Conditional Formatting in Excel 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conditional Formatting is probably one of my favorite things in Excel &#8211; the possibilities are probably nearly endless. 
This post and video will explain two uses for Conditional Formatting:

How to have cells recolored automatically based on the text in the cell
Automatically alternate row colors using a macro and formula

In the video the sample water and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007: Using Data Filter to retreive data quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Using the data filter option in Excel will allow you to quickly and efficiently &#8220;retreive&#8221; desired data based on the criteria you want.
In Excel 2007:
Tip: All columns must have a header (name) before applying the filter
In cell A1 go to:
Data&#62;Filter (the funnel icon)
Once you have applied the filter you can then select the &#8220;arrow&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Tip: separate data in one cell into multiple cells</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although this video is for Excel 2007 it is the same in Excel 2003 except for how you get to the &#8220;Text to Column&#8221; command.
The key to remember for this to work in the desired manner is that wherever you want Excel to &#8220;break&#8221; the data into separate cells must be &#8220;pre-defined&#8221; with some type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to be an Excel Wizard? Six handy tips to become more efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have my own little hashtag (#ExcelQueen) on Twitter for all the Excel shortcuts I share. I thought it was time to do a video with a few of them.
Under the video you will find the written version of the tips. 




Tip 1: Maneuvering to different sheets &#8211; two different options for selecting tabs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Tips &amp; Tricks: Changing default direction of cell movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Mangen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When working in Excel and you hit Enter by default moves down to the cell just below where you are working. However, you may want to move in a different direction? For example, I have mine set to move to the right as most times that is the direction I am filling data into my [...]]]></description>
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