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How to Alphabetize Cells in Excel
Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool used to store and manage text and numbers, and alphabetizing is one of the many benefits of using Excel since it allows you to quickly organize, access, and reference data. To alphabetize cells in Excel using two click...
How to Write a Rejection Letter
Notifying an applicant that they didn’t get the job is important, but it can be difficult to know what to say. When writing a rejection letter, it is important to keep it brief, considerate, and direct. The job candidate is going to be disappointed no mat...
How to Amortize a Loan
Many loans, such as to purchase a house or a new car, involve amortization. To amortize a loan, you divide the principal borrowed plus interest into a set number of identical monthly payments. Over the lifetime of the loan, the proportion of those payment...
How to Become an Airline Gate Agent
Airline industry jobs have great perks, not the least of which is free or deeply-discounted travel to any destination in your employer's route network. You don’t have to be a pilot or flight attendant to gain these amazing perks. An airline gate agent pos...
How to Lose Weight With Thyroid Disease
Weight control is often difficult for healthy individuals, but if you have a thyroid condition, it may much more difficult to keep off extra pounds. Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid disease, causes an imbalance in the body’s chemical reactions.[1]...
How to Grow Sweet Corn
Sweet corn is an annual crop that is incredibly rewarding to grow and harvest. Because corn is very susceptible to frosts, it’s best grown in the spring in a sunny and wind-protected area. It’s also necessary to regularly water and weed corn, as the crops...
How to Do Technical Analysis
Technical analysis is a strategy that you can use to help predict the future price of stocks, commodities, futures and other tradeable securities based on past prices and performance of those securities. Even if you're a beginner to trading, you can use s...
How to Grow Hot Peppers
There are many types of hot peppers, with varying degrees of heat. They are used to add a kick to recipes like sauces and salsas. With so many hot pepper varieties available, you might want to consider growing your own. With a knowledge of the needs of ho...
How to Plant Cabbage
Cabbage is a delicious, nutritious, and versatile vegetable with dense leaves. It can be boiled, steamed, eaten raw, or even fermented to create sauerkraut. Cabbages like cool weather but lots of sun, and as long as the conditions are right, you may be ab...
How to Use a Prepaid Credit Card
With a prepaid credit card, you deposit money onto the card, and then use it to purchase goods or services at any retailer that accepts credit cards. Prepaid cards work much like debit cards, except that the fees for using them are typically higher and mo...
How to Start a Maid Service
With the residential and commercial cleaning industry generating more than $78 billion in revenue each year, you might consider starting a maid service of your own. [1] X Research source You will have control over the number of hours that yo...
How to Pay a 30 Year Mortgage in 10 Years
A mortgage is often the largest loan an individual will take out over the course of their lives, and due to this, the interest costs over time can be staggering. One sure way to reduce these costs is by paying off a mortgage early. This reduces total inte...
How to Freeze Meat
If your food budget is strained to the max month after month, save some money by keeping a frozen supply of your favorite cuts of meat and poultry on hand at all times. Because frozen meat lasts for months, stocking up when you find a sale and storing som...
How to Beat the Second Kanto Gym Leader in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green
Interested in learning how to beat the second Kanto Gym Leader in Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green? You'll need to assess the abilities of your opponent and team, train your party members, and kick and punch to your heart's content. If you lose, you can tr...
How to Launch a Sky Lantern
Sky lanterns (sometimes referred to by their traditional name, Kongming lanterns) are small, light, hot air balloons usually constructed from tissue paper and a bamboo or metal frame.[1] X Research source Sky lanterns are available commercia...
How to Choose an Evening Dress by Color
Looking for just the right evening dress can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to. One easy way to ensure that you look your best is to pick the right color for your dress. Understanding which colors look good on you requires a few simple tricks, and...