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		<title>Change cell formats with find-replace &#8211; simple excel trick that can save time &#124; Chandoo.org &#8211; Learn Microsoft Excel Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know that you can use excel find &#8211; replace dialog to change cell formats?
Often we prepare a report or project plan and our boss or someone else in the team feels that all the red color cells need to change to blue or something similar, worry not, you can use find-replace (ctrl+h) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>number format #,##0.00</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great tip for people who use number formats a lot. Try selecting a cell with a number and typing CTRL+SHIFT+1 . 
This shortcut formats my numbers to #,##0.00 which is the most common number format used where I work.
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		<title>uk date format</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are using a UK keyboard typing CTRL+# on a date cell will format the date to dd-mmm-yy. 
The US keyboard is CTRL+SHIFT+#
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		<title>Finding merged cells</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merging cells is a common task when creating reports in worksheets. But merged cells can play havoc with the normal functioning of some of Excel&#8217;s tools. Knowing where those cells are located could be helpful so that you can determine whether to remove them or not.
Here is one way to identify which cells are merged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Center across selection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my preferred method of showing text across a selection of cells. Use this instead of merging cells. Merging cells can play havoc with some other excel functions.
My theory about why &#8220;Center across selection&#8221; is not widely used is the placement in the dialog box.
You see it is at the bottom of the list.
This [...]]]></description>
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