I am trying to come up with a simplified way (instead of copy and
pasting thousands of lines weekly) to pull data from a specific web
site and pull the data into an excel file.
Where I can I begin to find information on this topic? Is there a way

I need to extract a specific string of data from about 300 cells, and copy
that string from each cell to another cell.  This is what I think the search
string should be "DIR:*;"  The * indicates where a 7 digit number will be
with an _ and a username.  Is there a way to do this?

Can a spredsheet have different column widths within one column?
I'm trying to set up a form. I dont need to use any formulas at all in this
sheet.
Thanks,

I don't know how messed this up, but the background of my Word Screen used to
be purple.  Somehow now it is gray.  I tried looking under "options" to see
how I could change this back, but there is nothing under options that would
accomplish this?  Can anyone help? Also, if it ...

I copy a SQL Query output and place it into Excel. The time column
shows dates as
4/7/2006  4:02:10 AM, 2/28/2006  10:37:39 AM, 3/1/2006  1:56:40 PM.
IS there a way to get rid of the hr, min and secs ?  I used the format

Just recreated a book, that used to have a macro in it. I have not had the
time  to put the macros into the new version, yet it keeps telling me that
it has a macro in it when I go to open the file. I can't seem to find any
references to any macros in it. Am I missing something ...

I there a way to put text to rows instead of columns?  What I am trying to
do is take a cell with reference designators separated by commas and copy
them to individual row.
ex..   C1, C2, C3, C4

I am trying to prepare a pivot table wherein I am not sure where I am
missing my eyeballs ;)
The first tab sheet contains data as below.
SBU, Domain, project,Emp#, Empname, exp in years, exp in months, exp

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MATCHING COLUMNS IN EXCEL.  FOR INSTANCE I HAVE
TWO COLUMNS ONE IN A AND ONE IN B WITH ALL DIFFERENT VALUES.  HOW DO I
MATCH COLUMN A WITH COLUMN B?  AN EXAMPLE IS BELOW
          A                                             B

hello i'm trying to make a wage calculator in excel that works out your tax
and NI ( UK )  i think i need to work a formula out on my topline  but not
sure how to do this as my wages are diffrent each week.
please help

I need to copy (reapply) the column widths from my formatted
spreadsheet to another one.   I get an new copy of the spreadsheet each
week from our finance admin with updated data and I want to copy over
just the column widths (and if possible hide certain columns) without

I am trying to make postcards to send out to my clients and I need to find a
format to use on Powerpoint, can you help me figure out the steps I should
take to make postcards.

I am trying to re-set the last active cell on an Excel 2002 worksheet (in
this particular sheet it should be cell DA197).  I have used both the methods
described in the Knowledge Base article (deleting rows and columns and
re-saving; and the Excess Format Cleaner add-in).

Hi All;
I prepared a data file but there are a lot of empty rows under the data.
Is there any way to erase all them?
Regards

How does one do a simple function to multiply a time (in hours:minutes i.e.
[hh]:mm) by a cost per hour (i.e. $60/hour).
If I have the time in one column, and the rate per hour in another column, I
need the total to be the total cost (i.e. 10:50 times $60 = sum??? should