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LesliesMom replied on August 08, 2007 14:02 to the question "How did you get started drawing all those cute animals on the covers of your books?" in O'Reilly Media:

Thanks for the link, very cool!

LesliesMom replied on July 10, 2007 04:01 to the question "Why is Microsoft Office inferior on the Mac?" in Microsoft Corporation:

Had to laugh at this one because a friend I work with for several years (actually Leslie's old boss) used a Mac and is actually really good with Excel. But I do remember him cussing at his machine when we worked on spreadsheets in his office. Leslie - you should get Peter into this discussion.

LesliesMom shared an idea in Microsoft Corporation on July 10, 2007 03:48:

Excel 2007!!! I've been using it since it first came out - digging the million rows (really have only used up to 700k). Would be great to start discussion with other user on what they are finding useful.

As I see new functions I'm going to document them here...actually kinda like the idea of sending people here as a place to get slowly get into using the new version. The sooner my company converts the better - I won't have to save to Excel 2000.

P.S. the company I work for is HNTB, you may have well drove over, under or by something designed by this 90+ year old company. engineering firm. Check out the web page at www.hntb.com.

LesliesMom replied on July 07, 2007 04:58 to the question "How did you get started drawing all those cute animals on the covers of your books?" in O'Reilly Media:

Tim,

I'd like submit my 16 year Red Lori named Skittles (she's in the picture to the left) for a cover animal. If you need a symbol for some software that is beautiful, fun to work with but will bite the crap out of you without warning, she's your bird!

LesliesMom replied on July 07, 2007 04:47 to the discussion "Starting this community is a bit like going mad, but I'm doing it for my Mom..." in Microsoft Corporation:

Leslie - its working....I did load Firefox to make posting possible.

Congratulations to all the Get Satisfaction team!

O.K. here is my Excel tip of the day...

Learn as many short cut keys as you can. If you work with Excel all day (as I do), the amount of time saved not going into menu items adds up.

The way I integrate a new short cut is to write it on small yellow Post-its and stick it on the edge of my screen and ...well use the short cut. By the time the note falls off I've usually gotten in the habit of using the key combination.

Here are a couple to start with...

Ctrl + Tab toggles through the workbooks (vs. selecting from menu), add the Shift Key to go backwards

Ctrl + Shift + ~ converts cell(s) to general format.

If you too would like to be an Excel geek, bring on those question!

LesliesMom replied on July 07, 2007 04:29 to the discussion "Starting this community is a bit like going mad, but I'm doing it for my Mom..." in Microsoft Corporation:

Test post reply!

LesliesMom replied on July 07, 2007 04:29 to the discussion "Starting this community is a bit like going mad, but I'm doing it for my Mom..." in Microsoft Corporation:

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