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Scatter charts with PowerPivot 

Rob over at http://powerpivotpro.com has a interesting post on scatter charts and PowerPivot: At right is a list of all chart types in Excel.  But not all of them are supported as PivotCharts.  Try to use XY (Scatter), Bubble, or Stock as a PivotChart, and you’ll get an alert saying you cannot create it with
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New and Improved Solver 

Thanks to Eric Patterson for putting together this post. In Excel 2010, we have made a number of improvements to Solver that make it easy for beginners to get started and more advanced ones to find solutions to all types of problems.  The purpose of this post is to review the improvements to Solver, and
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Windows 7 Volume License and Trial Availability 

Last month we made Windows 7 available to customers with Software Assurance and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. Today I am happy to announce two more ways for businesses to get Windows 7 for their deployment and evaluation. Volume License Availability, at a Discount Starting today, businesses can order upgrades to Windows 7 from a
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Use the VBA SaveAs Method in Excel 2007 

Today’s author is Ron de Bruin , an Excel MVP. You can find more useful tips and links to Excel add-ins at his website: http://www.rondebruin.nl/ You see a lot of old SaveAs code that does not specify the FileFormat parameter. In Excel versions before Excel 2007, code without this parameter will not cause too many
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Week Numbers in Excel 

Today’s author is, Ron de Bruin, an Excel MVP. You can find more useful tips from Ron and links to Excel add-ins at his website: http://www.rondebruin.nl/ There are four primary week numbering systems in use worldwide. Each system has subtle differences that you should be aware of. Excel can work with any of these systems:
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Windows 7 Enterprise Edition Customer Benefits 

You may have caught Brandon’s post last week looking at our SKU strategy for Windows 7. In addition to the guidance we provided earlier today for commercial customers looking at deploying Windows Vista, I want to also take a closer look at Windows 7 Enterprise specifically and what it means for our largest commercial customers.
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Yammer Adds a Flurry of New and Enhanced Features 

Enhanced Profiles We've redesigned profiles! They're clean and uncluttered. Now you'll be able to see coworkers' essential details at a glance, along with links to the groups they've joined and the files, images, and links they've posted. We've added profile photos for groups, so you'll be able distinguish them visually. Every group message now includes…