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Microsoft Excel: Keep track of your data using the Watch Window

When you are working with a large spreadsheet, do you find yourself frequently scrolling up and down to other sections within the worksheet verifying your formulas are working properly?

Microsoft Excel: Paste Special Option

Do you know about all of the different things you can do using the Paste Special options when you copy data? Here are a few of the options you will find on the Paste Special Dialogue box.

Microsoft Excel 2007: Entering multiple lines of text within a single cell.

Most people who use Excel are familiar with Wrap Text. This is the command that is often used when you want text to appear on multiple lines within a single cell.

Microsoft Access: Replacing null with a zero.

If you use a field that contains a null in a mathematical expression, you might get unexpected results. For example, you have a field named cost, which contains the cost of an item.

Microsoft Access: What is null and how do you locate it in your database?

Today, I am going to examine Null when associated with text fields.  I will continue this subject in my next post by looking at Null associated with number fields.  A Null value is data that is

Microsoft Access 2007: Opening the last used database

Have you found that you have multiple Microsoft Access databases? Do you waste time trying to find the database you want to work with?

Microsoft Access 2007: Compact and Repair Database

Are you having difficulties finding the Compact and Repair feature in Microsoft Access 2007? In Access 2003, you found this feature in the tools menu by selecting Database Utilities.

Microsoft Access 2007: Exporting a Report to Excel

I have been asked a number of times if it is possible to export a report created using Microsoft Access 2007 to Excel.

Microsoft Access: Using a Literal Wildcard as Criteria in a Microsoft Access Query

A wildcard is a special character that can represent any character that may appear in the same position in the file.

Microsoft Access: How to Change Text Case to Upper, Lower and Proper

I was recently asked if it is possible to change the case of the text in an Access database. The answer is yes.

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