Get Excel to fill in the blanks under a name. if you have a name listed once in a column and then a few spaces until the next name you can get excel to copy each name down. Use Control G and use special Go to Blanks, (then all the blanks are selected) then type =A3 (the first blank) and control Enter. Excel will copy each name down as needed.
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Array formulas in Excel workbooks - use COUNTIFS & SUMIFS instead

Often people have array formulas set up in their Excel workbooks but are not sure how they work. (you will usually know an array formula because of the { and } brackets at the ends. Often these array formulas are counting or summing some values based on multiple criteria (city 'ABC" and month "Jan" for instance (note the count array function will use SUM & IF)
How these array formulas work is too complex for this most BUT the good news is that COUNTIFS & SUMIFS in Excel 2007 or excel 2010  functions will usually replace them. Just work out what the criteria is and test

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MS Excel 2010 - Sort by Colour, Training
In Excel 2010 it is possible to sort by colour, this can be useful on it's own but also used with conditional formatting )where Excel applies the colours)

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A good way to organize and protect Named Ranges in Excel is to place all of them on a separate  worksheet. This sheet can then be protected and also hidden from view (but the named ranges still work)
An added bonus is the ability to copy this sheet to a new workbook so all your named ranges are ready for use. Excel training Toronto, Ontario

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