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Convert PDF to Excel without PDF converter

Does it sound familiar? There are many online-converters.  I tried a few of them (freebies) but the result was not satisfactory sometimes.  I don’t blame them as I had managed my expectation.  😛 Without PDF converter, what I tried to do … Continue reading

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Excel 2016 is coming! Is your company ready for this?

If you Google “Excel 2016 preview”, you will find many previews and comments for Excel 2016 on the Internet. I have not tried Excel 2016. Indeed, I have not yet tried Excel 2013 either, although I keep an eye on … Continue reading

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Interesting Magnifier in Windows 7

This is not an Excel tip… One day I intended to press Alt+= (which is the shortcut for Auto Sum), but I wrongly press Windows+=, and something interesting pop up… Instead of an auto sum formula I expected, I saw a … Continue reading

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100th Post

Time really flies. This is the 100th post on wmfexcel. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for visiting my blog. Personally I have learnt a lot in the process.  I hope you learn something … Continue reading

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2014 in review

Originally I have no plan to post until 2015.  To my pleasant surprise, the WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.  So why not? Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas 2014

Christmas is all around.  Here’s a Christmas Card (made with Excel of course) for you! 🙂   ==>  ==>  ==>

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News sharing – ActiveX Controls Not Working?

IF you have no idea of what ActiveX Controls is or IF you don’t even have the Developer Tab on your ribbon, this post may not be relevant to your daily work with Excel; ELSE it is worth taking a … Continue reading

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Trick or Treat 2014

Today is Halloween.  Let’s do some funny things today. Have you ever thought about to turn your screen upside down?  To do this, you just need to press CTRL + ALT +↓  

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Paint the Lily

Well, this is not an Excel post.  This is something about Visual Presentation at a glance, so I think it’s sort of related to Excel.  🙂 One day, I visited a Japanese Fast Food Restaurant and saw the above sticker … Continue reading

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What I did during the CNY holiday? To build my 1st dashboard…

During the past CNY holiday, I read a book called <Information Dashboard Design – Display data for at-a-glance monitoring> by Stephen Few.  Special thanks to my friend who borrows the book for me! Well, this is not an Excel book.  … Continue reading

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How much do I need to pay?

This is not an Excel question… Just had a happy dinner gathering with friends! Good food, good friend, and good price… 🙂 While a friend was calculating how much to share by each of us, others asked me how to … Continue reading

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Excel Topics Preview

Learning Excel is a series of trial and error.  Sometimes it succeeds,  most of the time it fails. 🙂 Whenever I learn something new, I will test it again and again in order to make sure I understand the usage. … Continue reading

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Excel Journey

“A good teacher teaches; a great teacher inspires.” Long time ago, I had a chance to sit in a class called “Decision Making with Computer” when my excel knowledge was limited to “table drawing” and basic + – * /.  … Continue reading

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