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		<title>Excel Tip: Order of Operations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When users first begin creating formulas in Microsoft Excel, they may find that the solutions Excel provides are wrong!  Actually, the solution is not wrong, but the user didn&#8217;t follow the order of operations when creating the formula.
The order of operations is often remembered with the acronym: &#8220;Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally&#8221;

Parantheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

The acronym is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=280</link>
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		<title>Word Tip: Tables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you think about performing mathematical calculations, you probably think about Microsoft Excel.  If you have numbers in a table in Microsoft Word, you can do simple calculations and use the most common Excel functions within your table!
In Microsoft Word 2007, you&#8217;ll notice a FORMULA button on the TABLE TOOLS LAYOUT tab to the far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=277</link>
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		<title>Publisher Tip: Scratch Area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed the gray area around your Microsoft Publisher documents? This area is called the scratch area and you can use when designing your pages.
You can drag items onto the scratch area where they will sit until you drag them back onto a page, or delete them. It&#8217;s a great way to keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=275</link>
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		<title>Excel VBA Tip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visual Basic for Applications is a programming language that allows you to expand upon macros in Microsoft Office products. It is not the same as Visual Basic, as it needs an application to run and cannot run programs independently.
There are many uses for VBA, but it&#8217;s a good idea to start small when you&#8217;re learning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=272</link>
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		<title>Creating Unique Passwords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that every day we have to create user accounts and passwords for online accounts.  We are often encouraged to use unique passwords so that if one account is hacked, remaining accounts will be safe.  This is especially important for financial accounts!
It&#8217;s always a good idea to mix letters and numbers, as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=269</link>
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		<title>Visio Tip: Connection Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Microsoft Visio, most shapes have connection points. For those times when the existing connection points aren&#8217;t enough, in the right place, or too many &#8212; you can add, move or delete connection points on Visio shapes.
To add a connection point, hold the CTRL key and click the shape where you want to add the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=267</link>
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		<title>Excel Tip: Permut Function</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of functions available in Microsoft Excel. One of those functions is the PERMUT function. PERMUT is short for permutations, which is how many ways a set of numbers can be rearranged.  For example, 123 could be 321, 132, 231 and so on.
This function helps you find out how many different ways a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=264</link>
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		<title>Word Tip: Multiple Windows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening multiple windows is useful for viewing different documents on the screen at the same time.  Did you know that you could also open multiple windows of the same document?
This makes it easier to cut/copy/paste items, or proofread long documents by having different sections of the same document on the screen.
To make this happen, go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=262</link>
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		<title>PowerPoint Tip: 10 / 20 / 30 Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has an idea of what makes a perfect PowerPoint presentation.  Guy Kawasaki, as a venture capitalist, as sat through hundreds of presentations and has his idea of what makes a perfect Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.  He encourages the 10 / 20 / 30 rule.
A presentation should have no more than 10 slides, should last no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=259</link>
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		<title>Quickbooks Tip: Forgotten Password</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Losing, or forgetting, your Quickbooks password can be devastating.  Suddenly, all of your financial data is locked away in your computer and you can&#8217;t get at it.  If you&#8217;ve tried all possible passwords, but still find yourself unable to remember the correct password, all is not lost.
Quickbooks for Windows provides a Password Reset option that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.executivetrainingsolutions.com/?p=256</link>
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