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Show Password Characters

Don't you hate it when you go to a website and type your password and you're not sure if you typed the right thing, but the password is masked so you have to backspace over it and type the whole thing over again?

Sometimes the site will let you display the characters you typed, but usually not. I highlight the password and paste it into Notepad so I can see what I typed, but that never works. Excel does let you do that, sort of.

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Random Data Generator Update Now Available

An update to Random Data Generator is now available!

Version 3.1 now supports Excel 2010 (32-bit Microsoft® Office).

Visit Random Data Generator for information.

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Percentage Possible vs. Percentage of Total

Are you using the correct formula to calculate percentage? Did you know there are two different versions of the "percent of total" you can use to get a slightly different look at your data?

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How'd They Do That: Points to Reach Next Level (Actual)

In How'd They Do That: Points to Reach Next Level (Simple) we reviewed a simple method for determining current ranking level, next ranking level, and the number of posts needed to reach that level.

In this post we'll go over the actual ranking system used at VBAX and how we can calculate current and next ranking level.

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How'd They Do That: Points To Reach Next Level (Simple)

Ever see one of those ranking lists and wonder how to figure out how to calculate how many points are needed to reach the next level? Here's how.

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