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    Reference Sites I Use


    • Bob Phillips xlDynamic
      • Bob's site contains very comprehensive papers on Excel formulas and VBA. My personal favourite is his explanation of Multiple Condition tests using Sumproduct.

    • Chip Pearson's Excel Information
      • Chip has an incredible amount of information on his site, including using the Windows API to get at things not accessible through VBA alone.

    • Colo's Junk Room
      • Colo has all kinds of neat things at his site, including a Class Module tutorial, and tips for teaching VBA programmers how to program in javascript.

    • Ivan F Moala's Xcel Files
      • If it can't be done in Excel, Ivan will have an example of how it can... A site full of truly amazing information and undoubtedly bookmarked by every Excel developer.



    • Jon Peltier's Site
      • Jon's site is the first place I look if I need to know how to do somthing with Charts in Excel.


    • MVPs Excel sites
      • The above is the direct link to the MVPs.org Excel site listing. It lists all of the Excel MS MVPs and alumni sites

    • Ron de Bruin's Excel Pages
      • If you need to know something about sending email from Excel, this is the place to go. If you're looking for Outlook, Outlook Express or CDO, Ron has examples.


    • Stephen Bullen's Office Automation
      • Stephen Bullen is one of the true Guru's of Excel, and co-author of Professional Excel Development, among other things. His site has some great utilities available for download.

     

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    Ken Puls

    XLG File Tools Add-in

    XLG File Tools is a FREE add-in which was created to increase the functionality of Excel and address the plethora of extra clicks that were introduced begining in Excel 2007. It's current feature set is designed to make the job of opening existing files and creating new files more efficient.

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    Ken Puls 2012-04-04, 05:36 AM
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    Sorting A Column Of PowerPivot Data By Another Column

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    Ken Puls 2012-03-28, 06:16 AM
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    Displaying “Last Updated” Date And Time In PowerPivot

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    Ken Puls 2012-03-28, 05:49 AM
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    Approximate Matches With VLOOKUP

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