David is completely right about this: pressing F1 should be everybody's first
port of call.

For example, the other day I needed to work out the lowest common
denominator of a range of about cells. First thing I did? Pressed F1, and
typed Denominator in the dialogue box. Lo and behold, found an Add-In for the
formula
=CGD(num1,num2,num3..) (Greatest common divisor)

Although HELP is wordy and not always clear to beginners, it was written by
the programmers themselves and therefore pretty much covers everything you
need to know about basic formulae.

"David McRitchie" wrote:

I don't understand why anyone (group) would not include
HELP. I've seen that situation and it is really idiotic,
perpetrated by groups that want to be the sole point for
help and don't even provide decent help.

I would suggest downloading Peter Noneley's workbook
Excel Function Dictionary
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/noneley
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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"ForSale" wrote in message ...

I feel pretty confident with my use of macros, but i need some work on
formulas. I don't have help installed on my work PC (which is where i
have my downtime...). are there any good sites around that can show me
more about formulas?
thanks.


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