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  1. LewisReeder

    Converting Lists in Excel

    I currently have an "employee type" column/list that contains the choices "FTE" & "Contractor" and an additional column/list that specifies the type of contractor as "long-term" or "project". I now need this all in 1 column/list. Is there a way to convert all this into 1 list without doing it...
  2. LewisReeder

    Breaking up Cells

    How do I break up a cells that contain people's names? The cells contain FirstName LastName and I want each name in separate cells (for sorting purposes). Some of these cells also have names with a middle initial. I am totally lost so any advice will be helpful. Thank you in advance. Lew
  3. LewisReeder

    Excel: Adding to a drop down list

    I have a drop down list that I have been using but I need to add a few more choices. I have already selected all the choices for hundreds of cells and I do not want to redo them. Is there a way to add to the list so the additional choices appear without having to redo all the cells? Thanks...
  4. LewisReeder

    Upper/Lower Case in Excel

    I currently have a column of names(first and last), some are all caps, some are both caps and lower case, some have a middle initial with a period, and some don't have a middle name at all. I'd like them all to have the first letter of each name capital and the rest of the name lower case so...
  5. LewisReeder

    Excel: Breaking up words in a Cell

    I used to know how to do this but I havent done it in years. I have a column with peoples names and each cell looks something like this "Smith, John" (no quotations). I want it to look like "John Smith" but I'll take it if I can have the first and last name in separate cells. I just forget...
  6. LewisReeder

    Hiding unwanted cells in Excel

    Hi All, I was wondering how to hide the majority of cells in excel. I currently have a spreadsheet where I only need to see up the "K" column and down to row 51. I would like to hide every other cell except this section of the spreadsheet. I know how to use the hide option, but it requires...
  7. LewisReeder

    Grouping/Linking Tasks

    I was wondering if there is a way to group multiple tasks which have the same start and end dates. I want to be able to group them and then link them to the next task that starts at a later date. Also, is there a way to link 2 tasks in which the 2nd task's start date is in the middle of the...
  8. LewisReeder

    PowerPoint Animation

    Is there a way to have a slide's animation only animate once, the first time the slide is viewed. I will be walking through a slide that requires a great deal of animation and revisiting it multiple times after. I would like the animation to appear only the first time I view the slide and no...
  9. LewisReeder

    Interactive PowerPoint

    I am developing a training program in PowerPoint and would like to include a jeopardy slide. I was wondering if there is anyway to make the slide interative. I would like to click once on the dollar amount selected by the participant to display the question. I would like to then click again on...
  10. LewisReeder

    Changing Dates

    For my application I would like to add validation so that when a user enters a start date, the end date will automatically calculate and generate in the "Week End" field. The week end date will always be 7 days later. The problem arises when the user enters a starting date that is at the end of...
  11. LewisReeder

    InsertAdjacent() help

    I currently have a button that allows a user to add a table. When the user click the button, a copy of the (blank) table is displayed directly below the original. Each table has a unique ID and increments with each addition (idTable_1, idTable_2 and so on). As each table is added I need them to...
  12. LewisReeder

    Pages Starting at Bottom of Screen

    I have recently broken a large web page apart into 3 sections using the <div> tag. The user clicks the next button to move on. However when each of the 3 pages load they start at the bottom of the page (focused on the next button) and you must scroll up to see the top. What is the easiest way to...
  13. LewisReeder

    Add a table by clicking button

    I am trying to allow a user to click an "Add" button and have an instance of the current table appear directly below. The addition table should be blank. The table allows an employee to create a correction to a timesheet for a given week but they may need make a correction for more than one...
  14. LewisReeder

    Converting a string to a number

    I am creating a web application that requires the user to enter an amount for each day of the week. The numbers are entered into text boxes. I need to have a running total of all the numbers as they input each number. I am using the onchange event handler so each time they move off the boxes the...
  15. LewisReeder

    Large Number Validaton

    I am trying to validate a very long number. Its more of a code but I need to ensure that it is positive and was entered. The number would look something like this 0012.567.984.01 or 112.345.33333. The problem I am having is that if the user enters more than one decimal point it it is not...
  16. LewisReeder

    Validation Problem

    I am fairly new to javascript so I am sure the answer is simply, but when I run this function it only runs through the first IF statement and stops. I have tested this with an alert() window. When the user clicks the submit button I want to validate that each field was completed. Could someone...
  17. LewisReeder

    2 Questions about Excel

    These questions pertain to a spreadsheet with thousands of ID numbers.... 1. How do you check to make sure a number is 6 characters long and add zeros to the beginning if it is not? 2. How do you check to make sure there is not a space before a number and remove it if there is? Thanks, Lewis
  18. LewisReeder

    Cell splitting

    I currently have an excel file with thousands of employees and their employee numbers, both in one cell. Formatted as such, John Doe - 12345. I need to create a new cell for the employee number for the database I am creating. I know their is a way to extract just the number rather than copy and...
  19. LewisReeder

    Auto-fill table borders?

    I currently have a fairly large table with many cells. I was wondering if there was a way to auto-fill the borders of each cell rather than using, <td style="border-right-style:dotted; border-right-width:thin; border-left-style:dotted;....(and so on)> for each cell. This is very time consuming...

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