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Spreadsheets Direct business blog. News of the release of any new example files and general listing of useful sites/software that I've found.
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Melbourne Cup Sweepstake Kit
I've updated the grand national sweepstake kit for tomorrow's Melbourne Cup so if any of you want to run one in your office you can find it here....
http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_sweepstake.html
Currency Exchange Rate Calculator Added
I've added a nice little tool for anyone dealing in multiple currencies to my spreadsheet shop in the form of an Exchange Rate Calculator. The handy little file allows you to easily convert money from one currency to another be it pounds to euros or dollars to yen and is fully updateable with current rates.
Check out http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/currency_exchange_calculator.html for more details and to buy.
More odds calculators added
I've managed to add a few more odds calculators to the initial ones. There are now calculators available for working out a Yankee, Super Yankee/Canadian, Lucky 63 & Heinz. Available now from http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/odds_calculators.html
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New odds calculators added
I've now added new calculators for the following bets: Trixie, Patent, Lucky 15 & Lucky 31. They can be found here http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/odds_calculators.html
New Improved Accumulator Odds Calculator Available
I've just released the first in my series of betting odds calculators which is available to download from http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/odds_calculators.html for just £3.99. Other calculators for Trixies, Yankees, Lucky 15, Lucky 31 & Patent will also be available soon.
40 Team Football League File Now Available To Buy
I have now added a football league file that can be used to keep track of a league of upto 40 teams. The file is a newer version to the one that was previously available as a free example file and has more features. Once you enter the teams you want in the league the fixtures will be automatically created. The file also allows for any points deductions to be entered with the details being displayed on the league table. The file is now available for just £4.99, more details can be found at http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/football_league.html
US Open Tennis Match Tracker
I've updated the Wimbledon match tracker for the US Open which starts today. You can find it here.
Tennis tracker
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Spreadsheet Answer Service On The Up!
My Solutions service is going from strength to strength. Most answers are currently sent within half an hour during work hours or within 12 hours at the weekend. Just to recap the service, email your problem to solutions@spreadsheetsdirect.com, await a reply, pay the £1.50/$3/€1.90 charge and await a file with your answer and description of what it is doing.
British Open Golf Royal Birkdale Sweepstake Kit
It's only a few days to go to the start of the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Birkdale and my home town of Southport has been gearing up for it for months now. Rumours are rife that George Clooney will be in town amongst other celebs. Tiger Woods might not be coming but there are 156 golfers attempting to win the honours. It won't be easy as, having cycled down past the course the other day, I can vouch that there will be some strong winds to take into account even if it is the sunniest day of the year. For anyone wanting to run a sweepstake in their clubhouse or office then you'll be pleased to know that I've put one together for you. It can be found at http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_open_golf_sweepstake.html
Due to the number of participants I've set it up for 39 people, each getting 4 golfers for their money. Full instructions are on my site. Good Luck!
If anyone is planning on visiting Southport for the Open and after some details about something, drop me a mail and I'll see if I can help.
Spreadsheet Help & Answers To Your Inbox
If you've ever found yourself pulling your hair out trying to get a formula to work or been trying to get conditional formatting to work with no success then my new Spreadsheet Solutions Service will be just for you. Send in your queries and for a cost of £1.50 (approx $3, €1.90) the answer will be sent directly to your inbox! Check out the Spreadsheet Solutions Service page on my site for more details.
Vista Black Screen Of Nothingness
Just spent most of the morning/afternoon trying to get on to my laptop after Vista decided to show a black screen with just the mouse arrow instead of the login screen. Looking round the net it appears to be a common problem with Vista but none of the fixes worked for me.
Eventually I found that the following fixed the problem:
On bootup press F8
Select the Repair option (already highlighted. I missed it to start with thinking it was the heading).
On the program that loads choose the option to restore.
On the list of restore points choose one from a few days earlier when you computer was last working. My last restore point had been created the day before the problem and was created due to a Windows update so assume this must have caused the problem.
Once the restore has finished you should be able to login as normal.
Wimbledon 2008 tennis championships match tracker
It's Wimbledon fortnight from Monday 23rd June to Sunday 6th July so I've added a results tracker to help you keep track of how Federer, Nadal, Murray, Ivanovic, the Williams sisters et al are doing. Due to the number of players in both the Gentleman's & Ladies championships I've split them up into two files. The files contain three sheets, the first 3 rounds for the top and bottom half of the draw are split over two sheets with rounds 4 to the final on the third. All you need to do is add the game scores and the rest will work it's self out. The file can be found at http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_wimbledon_2008.html
Euro 2008 update 2
There was a slight problem with some ranges which was giving the wrong results, should now be fixed.
Euro 2008 update
I've added a sweepstake sheet for anyone wanting to run one in their office. Like the Grand National one you just need to print the tickets off, get your entrants to pick their teams, enter their name and team number on the SWEEPSTAKE sheet and the rest will sort itself out. The entry cost and percentage split can be changed as desired.
http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_euro_2008.html
Euro 2008
There's only 3 weeks to go to the start of the Euro 2008 football championship in Austria & Switzerland. None of the home nations might have made it but there will be plenty of Premiership players past, present and future on display. To help you keep track of what's happening I've created a spreadsheet which will work out league postions from the scores you enter. Check it out at http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples.html
Spreadsheet Books from Prontobooks
If any of you are after any spreadsheet books then my mate has recently gone live with his new bookshop site Pronto books. The link below should point you to the spreadsheet books..
http://www.prontobooks.co.uk/Results.aspx?Search=spreadsheets&Format=Books
Lotto checker update 2
I've added a Thunderball checker complete with history checker to the file. Downloadable from http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_lotto.html
Spreadsheet Graph Funnies
I received an email from a friend last week with some pictures of songs expressed as spreadsheet graphs. Very clever and funny too.
Grand National Sweepstake Kit - Update 4
Opera Mundi has been withdrawn this morning and replaced by first reserve Ardaghey so if you've done your draw already you'll need to take it into account. The file has been updated to reflect this change so anyone downloading from now will be okay. http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_sweepstake.html
Grand National Sweepstake Kit - Now Available
The final declarations have been made and the sweepstake kit is now available for download from http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_sweepstake.html If you need help picking a horse try www.stickapinin.co.uk
Grand National Sweepstake Update 2
Just found that final declarations are on Thursday so the file will be available soon after that.
Grand National Sweepstake Update
I've added a new page to the examples for the download of my Grand National Sweepstake Kit. The file isn't available yet as final declarations haven't been made but should be there for download on either Wednesday or Thursday. http://www.spreadsheetsdirect.com/examples_sweepstake.html
www.stickapinin.co.uk
I've been working on a little project over the last couple of weeks and it's now working well enough to allow other people to use it. www.stickapinin.co.uk will help you if you're undecided on what horse to pick at Cheltenham this week. All you need to do is select the race and click the pin to get your pick. With plenty of quality horses with little between them you might be better off just sticking a pin in so why not!
Grand National Sweepstake kit
Just a heads up on a Grand National Sweepstake kit spreadsheet that I'll release when final declarations have been made (either Wednesday 2nd April or Thursday 3rd). You will just need to input the entry fee, players names and then print off and cut up the horse names. I'll announce it on the feed/blog when it's available.
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Search Engine Webmaster Pages
Here are the links to the three main search engine webmaster pages . They will allow you to enter your sitemap and give you other useful bits and bobs.
Google Webmasters lets you upload your sitemap (http://www.xml-sitemaps.com will help you quickly create one to Google standards.) and check what pages Googles looking at. One nice bit is that it will show you what search result you are for queries.
Yahoo submit site will let you add your site and feed to Yahoo's engine.
MSN Live webmaster enter your site to MSN and check what backlinks you have.
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