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Calculating a dozen variables by picking one choice from a menu? Testing what-if values by lazily clicking up-and-down arrows instead of typing each number? Microsoft Excel's Forms toolbar has some of the slickest point-and-click time-savers in the whole Office suite. Helen Bradley reveals this little-known resource.

Clippy the satanic paper clip isn't the only thing Microsoft removed when remodeling Office 2000 into Office XP: According to Windows applications ace Helen Bradley, several of the best Excel add-ins and tools went AWOL. Here's how you can get them back, with links to both downloads and tutorials.

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The most commonly used items from the Insert, Format and Tools menus will be explained. A quiz will follow.

The most commonly used items from the Insert, Format and Tools menus will be explained. A quiz will follow.

The most commonly used items from the Insert, Format and Tools menus will be explained. A quiz will follow.

The most commonly used items from the Insert, Format and Tools menus will be explained. A quiz will follow.

Two Microsoft Office applications will be required for this task. Excel will be used for the data and Word will be used to create the form letter.

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