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I am working on Excel 97 SR-2 & I am trying to format (change the colour)
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Peter

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Can anybody tell me how I can customize my toolbar to include a button
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Kind Regards
Tom

I have problem in which I would like to keep a worksheet
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sheet every few minutes. Is there some kind of call
function to have excel execute the macro every few minutes

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Can someone tell me how I get the ampersand "&" sign to
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I've tried text to columns but can't get it to work...any

Hi guys
I've got a spreadsheet which has 2 sheets-a simple first sheet which
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When trying to print it says not installed.  When going
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I have looked through every installed file, I think, and

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I am currently in the process of moving to a new laptop.
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I recently updated my computer operating system from
Windows ME to XP.  I had Office 97 previously.  I have the
CDs that came with the computer, but cannot find my
registration information/number.  

We recently purchased a new system operating on Windows
XP. The problem we are having is how to download Excel
for our system as we can't open a lot of our e-mail
attachments. We want to know which version of Excel is