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	<title>Coffee Break Computer &#187; Excel 2007</title>
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		<title>Excel 2007 Practice: Change Color &amp; Explode a Pie Chart</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/257/excel-2007-practice-change-color-explode-a-pie-chart.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson continues from Excel 2007 Practice: Create a Quick &#038; Easy Pie Chart and Excel 2007 Practice: Adding Data Labels to a Pie Chart.
There are two ways to change the color in a chart: by changing the theme in Excel or changing the color of the individual slices of the pie.
Change the Color by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007 Practice: Adding Data Labels to a Pie Chart</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/237/excel-2007-practice-adding-data-labels-to-a-pie-chart.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This project starts with the file made in Create a Quick &#038; Easy Pie Chart and continues with Change Color and Explode a Pie Chart.

This practice is about Legends and Data Labels, which are both chart features that help identify the &#8220;slices&#8221; in the pie chart. In a default Excel chart, a Legend is included. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007 Practice: Create a Quick &amp; Easy Pie Chart</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/197/excel-2007-practice-create-a-quick-easy-pie-chart.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There will be other how-to articles that start with the chart made in these directions, so you might want to save this project to use with those articles. Like this article on Legends &#038; Data Labels and Change Color and Explode a Pie Chart.
A chart is a visual representation of numbers. To make a chart, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007 Practice: Create a Worksheet with Dates &amp; Days</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/136/excel-2007-practice-create-a-worksheet-with-dates-days.html</link>
		<comments>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/136/excel-2007-practice-create-a-worksheet-with-dates-days.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Date Formats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the premise: you want to create a class attendance worksheet in Excel. The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from August 26 to October 14, 2008. The worksheet should have vertical headings with a Tuesday / Thursday date series, where the month and day displays (like 26-Aug, 28-Aug, or 8/26, 8/28). In the cells directly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007: Shortcut to Quickly Copy a Formula Down</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/131/excel-2007-shortcut-to-quickly-copy-a-formula-down.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copy, Cut, Paste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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This only works on formulas to be copied down rows of cells, not across columns of cells. 

Type in and enter the formula to be copied. 
Move the cell pointer to the cell that holds the original formula.
Double-click the fill handle to copy the formula down. It should copy down for as far as there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007: How to Create a Custom Fill Series</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/134/excel-2007-how-to-create-a-custom-fill-series.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copy, Cut, Paste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you frequently have to type in a list of names, cities, locations, anything really, you can save that list and use the fill option to quickly generate the list. You do have to type in one of the names in the list to start the fill action. 

Click the Office button, then Excel Options.
Click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007: Generate a Quick List of Months with the Fill Handle</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/133/excel-2007-generate-a-quick-list-of-months-with-the-fill-handle.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copy, Cut, Paste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>

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Not just months, but days (like Monday, Tuesday), dates, or a series of numbers. And it copies formulas, too. The fill handle is the thin plus you get onscreen when you hover your mouse over the little square in the corner of the cell pointer.
To create a series of months or days:


Type in the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel 2007: A Guide to Mouse Pointer Shapes and Their Uses</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/132/excel-2007-a-guide-to-mouse-pointer-shapes-and-their-uses.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Views & Screen Parts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re new to Excel, here&#8217;s a guide to the different mouse shapes you&#8217;ll see, and what they are used for. 
General Select
Description: Thick plus shape. 

How to get one: Appears when the mouse is anywhere over the worksheet grid.
Used for: Selecting a range of cells by clicking and dragging the mouse over the cells. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Office 2007: How to Set the Default Format for a Shape or Text Box</title>
		<link>http://tortoiseshell.net/coffeebreak/blog/index.php/130/office-2007-how-to-set-the-default-format-for-a-shape-or-text-box.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clipart & Graphics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text Boxes & Shapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Text boxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Word 2007]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is for those Word, Excel or PowerPoint users who find that they repeatedly make the same formatting changes to the Shapes (Insert tab, Illustrations group, Shapes) or the Text Boxes (Insert tab, Text group, Text Box) they use. These are the steps to change the default format for either Shapes or Text Boxes.


Insert a [...]]]></description>
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