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Default Setting intercept to zero with SLOPE/STEYX/etc

I am using Excel 2003 to calculate standard curves from
spectrophotometry data. The intercept of the linear regression
equation has to be set to zero. Generating trendlines from an x-y plot
of the data, this is no problem; I can just set the intercept in the
trendline options. In order to use the slope, equation, or R^2 values
so generated in another notebook, I have to cut-and-paste the values
from the chart. I would like to be able to use SLOPE on the source
data instead, but without being able to manually adjust the intercept,
the values it generates are useless. Here's an example:

[p-NPP] (μM) - x values
0
10
20
30
40
50

A400nm - y values
0.000
0.206
0.397
0.589
0.781
0.970

Slope from trendline equation, intercept set to 0: 0.0195
Slope from SLOPE function: 0.019334286

The difference between the two is significant enough to affect further
calculations based on those values. Is there some way to adjust the
intercept outside of the chart trendline? Thanks in advance.
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