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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers

By : John Walkenbach
Book Image

101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers

By: John Walkenbach

Overview of this book

Excel is a popular program. Millions of people throughout the world use it on a regular basis. But it’s a safe bet that the vast majority of users have yet to discover some of the amazing things this product can do. 101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks, & Timesavers?is packed with information that you need to know in order to confidently and seamlessly master the challenges that come with using Excel! Excel 2013 is excellent, but there's lots to learn to truly excel at Excel! In this latest addition to his popular Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf series, John Walkenbach, aka "Mr. Spreadsheet," shares new and exciting ways to accomplish and master all of your spreadsheet tasks. From taming the Ribbon bar to testing and tables, creating custom functions, and overcoming "impossible" charts, mixing nesting limits, and more,?101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks, & Timesavers?will save you time and help you avoid common spreadsheet stumbling blocks.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Cover
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Table of Contents
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Title Page
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Introduction

Tip 33: Sending Personalized E-Mail from Excel

This tip describes a method to compose and send short customized e-mail messages from Excel, using the HYPERLINK function.

About the HYPERLINK function

The HYPERLINK function creates a link that, when clicked, activates your default browser and navigates to a web page. The function takes two arguments: the URL and the text that’s displayed in the cell. For example, this formula creates a link to my website:

=HYPERLINK(“http://spreadsheetpage.com”,”Spreadsheet Page”)

A URL can also contain an e-mail address. When clicked, the hyperlink opens the new message window of your default e-mail client, with the e-mail address in the “To” field. Here’s an example:

=HYPERLINK(“mailto:[email protected]”,”Email support”)

note.eps If you don’t have a local default e-mail client and rely on a web-based e-mail service (such as Gmail...