If you prefer to take care of each merged cell individually, to avoid unintended consequences, try this (written for Excel 2003):
1. Open the Find and Replace dialog box.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Format (to the right of the Find what field).
4. On the Alignment tab, click Choose format from cell.
5. Click a merged cell.
A list of merged cells is displayed in the lower pane of the Find dialog box. Click one to navigate to that reference.
]]>There are any number of ways to do this in Microsoft Excel, but I've attached a modest attempt. Using this method, each record in each list is tagged with an identifier (a combination of name and telephone number). Then the records are compared based on identifier. You can sort a list based on a true/false column, to identify just the missing records.
For more information, check out these Microsoft-generated articles:
Use Excel to compare two lists of data
For an alternate approach involving advanced filtering: How to use advanced filter to exclude records in Excel 2000 and How to use advanced filter to exclude records
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I said, "Oh, that is easy. When you are talking about yourself, you say 'self-determined.' When you are talking about someone else, you say 'stubborn.' " :)
]]>But privately, I've always kind of questioned the value of personality tests. For instance, it doesn't seem to me designed to determine whether someone is a pathological practice of hoarding information or putting down peers. Now THAT would be truly valuable information. Barring that kind of hard-to-get info, I think a peer's work history tells me most of what I need to know.
Anyway, today a peer on my management list pointed out this 2004 article in the New Yorker, by Malcolm Gladwell, that goes into some depth about the limitations of personality testing. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
I particularly enjoyed the author's self-created personality test, which tests four personality dimensions: Canine/Feline, More/Different, Insider/Outsider, and Nibbler/Gobbler.
]]>What is a technical communicator? Technical communicators develop and design instructional and informational tools needed to assure safe, appropriate, and effective use of science and technology, intellectual property, and manufactured products and services. Technical communicators combine multimedia knowledge and strong communication skills with technical expertise to educate across the entire spectrum of users’ abilities, technical experience, and visual and auditory capabilities. For more information, see http://www.stc.org/story/tc_tw.asp.
]]>In Microsoft Word, use the Insert menu... Field option >> In the dialog box, select StyleRef in the Field Names list at left; select your heading style (such as Heading 1) in the Style Name list at right, and click OK.
If the formatting comes out funky (including or excluding paragraph number context, for instance), try again, but this time play with the field option checkboxes at right in the dialog box.
Works like a charm.
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Your graphic really MAY be working against you.
]]>It's that little old symbol I always called the pound sign (#).
The term has an interesting history. And sounds impressive too.
]]>In addition, you can set up the tools to feed each other. I set mine so that my LinkedIn updates automatically feed Twitter, but only some of my Twitter posts (those tagged with #in) feed LinkedIn.
Check out the 11/9/2009 announcement. Calling it TwitterIn, they say it's like peanut butter with chocolate, the perfect combo.
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