Excel/Expert Profile

Michelle Howell

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 06/01/2012
Expertise

I specialize in formatting, charts/graphs and non-technical areas of Excel. Primarily subject areas listed below in Microsoft Excel 2003, 2007 or 2010. You will find many people with a greater level of proficiency in the areas of Formulas and Development than myself on this site.

BASIC Creating a Basic Worksheet | Performing Calculations | Modifying a Worksheet | Formatting a Worksheet | Printing Workbook Contents | Managing Large Workbooks
INTERMEDIATE Organizing Worksheet and Table Data | Presenting Data Using Charts | Inserting Graphic Objects | Customizing and Enhancing Workbooks | Themes | Templates | Collaborating | Restricting Access | Protecting Files | Working with Multiple Workbooks | Linking Cells | Editing Links | Importing and Exporting Data | Working with Templates and Charts | Managing Data in Workbooks
ADVANCED - Do not have adequate proficiency to answer the topics below.
Calculating Data with Advanced Formulas | Auditing Worksheets | Analyzing Data | Using Excel with the Web | Structuring Workbooks with XML | Manipulating Data Using Statistical and Lookup Functions | Analyzing Data Using Data Analysis Tools | Working with Data Using Financial Functions | Examining Data Using Math Functions | VBA of any kind
CANNOT ANSWER MAC questions – do not own one | 97 or 2000 – no longer have software for reference | OpenOffice related questions – do not have experience with this interface

Experience in the area

Proposal, presentation and coordination professional possessing over fifteen years experience with diverse industries including investment banking, marketing, consulting, defense, aerospace and other contracting agencies. In depth software knowledge and certifications including Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2000 and 2003 certifications as well as extensive training and experience in Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe products. Projects have included production coordination, financial reporting, database maintenance, template design of various manuals, design of numerous high-end electronic presentations and form design. Years of experience as an operator and supervisor in multiple Microsoft Office based proposal centers in NYC, Connecticut and Colorado.

Microsoft 2003 | 2007 | 2010 Excel | Outlook | PowerPoint | Visio | Word | RFP | Request for Proposal | Adobe PDF 9 Pro| Templates | Boilerplates | Coordination

Michelle Howell's Website | Request for Proposal (RFP) Support Services

Publications

Proposal and RFP Microsoft Q&A Blog | Michelle Howell's Profile on LinkedIn

Education/Credentials

Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) 2003Excel | Outlook | PowerPoint | Expert Word
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) 2000 | Excel | Outlook | PowerPoint | Expert Word

Past/Present Clients

AOR | AT&T | Ball Aerospace | Boeing | Brains at Work | C&H Consulting | Citicorp | Colomer Group | Duke Energy | eCollege.com | EDS | EquaTerra | General Dynamics | Goyak Consulting | HB Management | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle | McClain Finlon | Plasmon | Raytheon | Space Imaging | Tactical Training Specialists (TTS) | The Brendle Group | TM Design | Trineum Partners | UBS | Vexcel | WillowTree Advisors | Zeto Creative

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June02/08/12101010thanks much, will give this a try .....
chakravarthy09/11/11101010Thanx michelle, my yahoo id is grkchakri@yahoo .....
Lisa07/21/10101010 
Scott04/08/10101010 
NT03/22/10101010Thank you.

Recent Answers from Michelle Howell

2012-02-07 how to calculate time:

Hi June,    Not sure why this is happening. Are you trying to copy cells or copying the whole Excel tab? When I copy entire tab I do not have any problems. When only copying cells, too many variables could

2011-09-04 EXCEL VBA CODE:

Hi chakravarthy,    The link below is from Microsoft site and allows you to choose many options for learning Excel. I am not experienced in VBA code so I don't know if more comprehensive sources are available

2011-03-19 inserting images in excel 2007:

Hi Silu,    Microsoft Excel does efficiently perform this task. In order to have the picture cell correctly sized, all other cells in the row will need to be the same height. Don't know if that will be

2010-12-04 edit multiple files:

Hi sk,    Is your master chart linked? If it is linked to all 40,000 with unique data then when you open, it should update automatically. If you did it manually than the only shortcut would be to create

2010-12-03 excel link:

Hi Anne,    What you need to do is add an absolute reference. This allows you to move the sorted cells to any location and the reference cells will track to actual data, not location (which may change)

 

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