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How to make windows 7 image bootable

The USB flash drive has replaced the floppy disk drive as the best storage medium for transferring files. USB drives tend to be higher in capacity than disc media Not only is it faster to copy data such as setup files from a USB drive, but during usage the access times are also significantly faster. The only problem is to make windows 7 iso bootable.
This guide will show you how to make windows 7 bootable.


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How to uninstall windows 7 gadgets

As you try different gadgets on your Windows 7 desktop, you’ll surely load some gadgets only to find out that they aren’t as useful as you thought. When this happens, you can easily remove windows 7 gadgets from the desktop or from your computer entirely.


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How to create a button in Microsoft Access

Ms Access allows you to create buttons in order to customize your forms and reports. It automates your work and completes a task with the help of a single click. The process of process of creating a button is very easy and it allows you to add a picture to the button or write text on the button. You can give it any shape or apply different effects to it.


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How to generate random numbers in Excel

Random numbers/entries in Microsoft Excel can be generated by using keyboard commands. Through random generation you can create samples in Excel that can then be used for further use like research.
This process is very useful and very easy. However, once you have taken out your sample your need to make sure that you freeze the data otherwise the entries in it will constantly keep on changing.
To learn how to generate random numbers in Excel follow the tutorial below.


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How to insert automatic subtotals in Excel

Excel spreadsheets help users with their calculations and computations. The subtotal feature in Excel allows you to find totals department wise. In this manner, you can compare the individual figures with the grand totals and see each department’s contribution to the grand total. You can make subtotals either using the sum function or working with the average function.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to insert automatic subtotals in Excel.


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How to make a lookup table in Excel

Vlookup in Excel is considered kind of tricky by most users. We will teach you how to apply vlookup. In the formula, you have to provide the cell where the results would be displayed, the data range, the column you are referencing it to and whether the condition is true or false. It is a logical function and helps people in real life situations when they are trying to maintain a car database or parts database.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a lookup table in Excel.


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How to Explore the Analysis Toolpak in Excel

In this tutorial, we will teach you how to explore the analysis toolpak in Excel. First of all, we will show you how to enable Analysis toolpak. Once the toolpak has been enabled, we will show you how to work with it. Under data analysis, you will find several options. We will show you how to work with two of them in this video; correlation and moving average. We will show you how to apply both of the functions.


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How to create PivotTables

Many people don’t know how to create a PivotTable in Excel. They consider it too complicated. In the preparation of the Pivot table, you have to select the data range the Pivot Table is going to use. Next you choose the fields that you want to use in the Pivot Table. Then you assign these fields roles; place some in rows while others in column headings. In this tutorial, we will teach you how to create a basic Pivot Table in Excel.


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How to Modify a PivotTable in Excel

For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be working with a pivot table. We will apply multiple filters to it in order to filter the data. Furthermore, we will teach you how to apply the slicer option in Excel. Slicer is a quick way to find out the relevant data if you are using one filter at a time. And lastly, we will teach you how to modify a PivotTable in Excel.


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How to work with Sparklines in Excel

In this tutorial, we will teach you how to insert Spark lines in Excel. Sparklines in Excel help you express your data graphically. There are several types of sparklines such as lines, columns or win/loss. In lines, you can view the ups and downs, the peaks and slumps while in win/loss the negative points will be shown in a different color. We will also show you how to change the styles on these sparklines.


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