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        <title><![CDATA[oops...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sorry about that.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:15:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sorry]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can't help you, but I think TR does listen -- and I'm told, it's something they're working on. In the meantime, you can do a copy to a Word document -- a bit more work, but it beats a blank.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:15:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rounding]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Numeric formats and rounding are almost always the reason for these discrepancies -- a huge topic in and of itself. I didn't notice it, or I would've added a short note about it. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, so we had the opportunity to explain it. Thanks jody.burton for stepping in!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:14:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thank you!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I always love your editorials -- good stuff to share.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:13:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thank you!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-398011-3725836]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I always love hearing that you guys are pleased and able to use my tips! I love hearing it! Thank you!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:12:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Label in A17?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Given your scenario, wouldn't you want cell A17 to contain &quot;Smith/Michaels&quot; rather than &quot;Smith/Jones&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:46:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Label and data do not match and rounding]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Cell A17 shows &quot;Smith/Jones,&quot; while the data is for Smith/Michaels.  But the reason for the seemingly erroneous sum is the values are only shown to 2 decimal points, while the actual values are not rounded.  This is not visible in the article screenshots, but is in the download provided.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:36:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Another Comment...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This document allowed me to copy and paste it into Microsoft Word... not sure if this is a new policy with TR but in the past if you tried Copy &amp; Past it would have black text on a very dark blue background.  This time it came out as it should!  Don't know if TR screwed up or not but being able to save it was a nice change/opportunity!!!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:41:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I simply don't get it...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Another really great tip from TR BUT....Why is TR so damn reluctant the last couple of years to allow you to save the posts as a file on your computer?  Wouldn't that be soooo very nice to keep it in the folder with the sample Excel files.Sorry TechRepublic but you stopped making sense with these tips when you quit allowing your members to download these onto our computers!!!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:32:33 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[great tip]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great tip, Susan. Maybe I'm missing something, but in the example where you add Smith's sales and Jones' sales, the total looks to be wrong by one cent. What happened?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:27:58 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[shortcuts]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pressing alt-= will also invoke AutoSumClick AutoSum a second time instead of enter to accept the default rangeThe down arrow on the right of the AutoSum button accesses different commonly-used functions (btw, the AutoSum button looks like a captial greek sigma)Select a range terminated by a blank cell, click AutoSum and Excel will sum the range into the blank cell; select a range without a blank cell and the results are not always predictable (in my experience, it offers a =SUM() in the first cell to overwrite your entry)Select all your data bounded bottom and right by blanks and Excel will sum rows, columns and give a grand total at the bottom right (usually by summing the column totals - always an impressive time-saver!)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:14:44 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Susan provide great Value]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I always get great value from every article Susan posts. I have learned a lot from you and really appreciate it.Happy HolidaysRupert]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:22:24 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thank you]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Great time saver.  I have been using spreadsheets since 1982, but don't seem to learn the &quot;new&quot; stuff.  Love to read your columns because I always learn something.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:54:34 -0800</pubDate>
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