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Determine leap year with #Excel

Posted on February 29, 2020 by MF

Today is a special day.  Today is February 29th, which happens only once every four years.  And today is Saturday, when I usually post a new blog.  So let’s talk about how to determine if a year is leap year using … Continue reading →

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Using MIN/MAX to answer whichever lower/higher questions

Posted on August 16, 2017 by MF

What is “Whichever higher”? Situation: You call to your favourite restaurant to reserve a private room for family dinner on Saturday.  The restaurant manager tells you that there will be a minimum charge of $2000 for a private room.   That mean, … Continue reading →

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How to calculate number of overlapping days for two periods?

Posted on October 25, 2014 by MF

Have you ever encountered a situation that you need to find out how many days in Period 2 fall into Period 1? Is using IF(IF…(IF…(IF…(IF….. the first thing in your mind?

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How Excel formula can save your time?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by MF

Extract number from a text string This post is about two things: How a poor system set up could drive you crazy? Why being good in Excel could save you lots of time in workplace? Another real work example.  I was … Continue reading →

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