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		<title>Including Scenarios in your Financial Model (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2010/02/including-scenarios-in-your-financial-model-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Stein Fairhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video looks at including scenarios in your financial model, using different methods in Excel. From a simple manual drop down selection, to using &#8216;Scenario Manager&#8217; within Excel, to data tables (one of the more complex tools). As a financial modeller &#8211;&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Linking Excel to Web Data &#8211; The Easy Way to Update Inputs</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2010/02/linking-excel-to-web-data-the-easy-way-to-update-inputs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stroud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excel has some powerful features that allow the user to directly query databases and websites. Whilst the application of such functionality is not going to be used on a daily basis amongst the financial modelling community, there are a few instances where&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Modelling Principal Pre-payments-Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2010/01/modelling-principal-pre-payments-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Modelling pre-payments can cause brain failure and will lead to an overly complex model”
At some point in the career of project finance modeller comes the inevitable demand from a manager “but principal pre-payments are in the term sheet so we have&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Streamline your Financial Model with Export Worksheets!</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/12/streamline-your-financial-model-with-export-worksheets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/12/streamline-your-financial-model-with-export-worksheets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Selkrig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Export worksheets, like <a href="/2009/11/achieve-better-flexibility-using-import-worksheets">Import worksheets</a>, can give your financial model another dimension as it can be seamlessly exported into corresponding financial models for a company or client. The Export worksheet should be mirrored and flowed directly into an external model.
<h2>Minimise</h2>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Achieve better flexibility using Import Worksheets</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/11/achieve-better-flexibility-using-import-worksheets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Selkrig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Import worksheets will greatly enhance the credibility of your financial model. One of the greatest challenges users face when using, managing or enhancing an existing model is the need to fully understand the data sources and how they interact with the model.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Six reasons your spreadsheet is NOT a financial model</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/11/six-reasons-your-spreadsheet-is-not-a-financial-model/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/11/six-reasons-your-spreadsheet-is-not-a-financial-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Stein Fairhurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve often been asked the difference between a spreadsheet and a financial model, and there is a fine line of definition between the two. In a nutshell, an Excel spreadsheet is simply the medium that we can use to create a financial&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Using a faded colour scheme in Excel for user interface modelling</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/11/using-a-faded-colour-scheme-in-excel-for-user-interface-modelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rickard Wärnelid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been involved in a project where the end product spreadsheet has been designed to be used to consumers, i.e. a less technical audience than I would typically work with.
The expected lower level of familiarity with Excel of the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Really Need an ‘Advanced Excel’ Course?</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/do-you-really-need-an-%e2%80%98advanced-excel%e2%80%99-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/do-you-really-need-an-%e2%80%98advanced-excel%e2%80%99-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Stein Fairhurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced Excel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danielle stein-fairhurst]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excel is the backbone to any custom built financial model, and one of the core attributes of a financial modeller is to have good technical Excel skills.  When struggling with their financial models, some managers’ first reaction is to send their staff&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Five Excel Formulas to make you cringe</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/five-excel-formulas-to-make-you-cringe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/10/five-excel-formulas-to-make-you-cringe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Stein Fairhurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When creating a financial model, there are always multiple ways to write a formula which will all give you the same result.  The key is to write formulas intelligently so they are easily deciphered by yourself at a later date, or by&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Set up a base template in Excel and re-use your precious Styles!</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/09/set-up-a-base-template-in-excel-and-re-use-your-precious-styles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/09/set-up-a-base-template-in-excel-and-re-use-your-precious-styles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rickard Wärnelid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel Styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial modelling tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rickard Warnelid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you create a new Workbook in Excel you get the standard three worksheets and the standard (useless) Excel Styles. This means that every time you want to start preparing a workbook, you need to do one of the following to improve&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>3 approaches to avoid complex off-sheet references</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/3-approaches-to-avoid-complex-off-sheet-references/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/3-approaches-to-avoid-complex-off-sheet-references/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Modelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key differentiator of the many different Best Practice Methodologies that have been developed, both by in-house and professional financial modelling organisations, is the way in which off-sheet references are treated.
There are several approaches that are out there and they are&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Edit directly in cell’ – Quick Excel Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/%e2%80%98edit-directly-in-cell%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-quick-excel-tip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/08/%e2%80%98edit-directly-in-cell%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-quick-excel-tip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rickard Wärnelid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a setting in the <strong>Options -&#62; Edit -&#62; Setting</strong> section called ‘Edit directly in cell.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-264" title="edit-cell-1" src="http://www.fimodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/edit-cell-1.gif" alt="edit-cell-1" width="491" height="394" />
The ‘Edit directly in cell’ related to the way Excel shows formulas in the cell&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How many Excel Worksheets do you prefer?</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-many-excel-worksheets-do-you-prefer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/how-many-excel-worksheets-do-you-prefer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Crawley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fimodo.com/?p=295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When building a financial model, for any discipline, you may want to think about if you want to have lots of worksheets with not much in each one or few but rich in content.
Which would you choose if you were given&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Visually tracing all precedents in Excel without add-ins</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/visually-tracing-all-precedents-in-excel-without-add-ins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/07/visually-tracing-all-precedents-in-excel-without-add-ins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rickard Wärnelid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rickard Warnelid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous tools and add-ins in the market constructed to enhance the ability to critically review formulas in Excel. Many of these tools build on the native functionality of Excel – trace dependents and trace precedents.
Mastering the native Excel tracking&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Snap to Grid – quick tips for perfect alignment in Excel</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/snap-to-grid-%e2%80%93-quick-tips-for-perfect-alignment-in-excel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/snap-to-grid-%e2%80%93-quick-tips-for-perfect-alignment-in-excel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rickard Wärnelid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fimodo.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preparing an Excel spreadsheet for distribution to other people requires an additional focus on presentation. This article outlines a very quick trick to significantly improve the alignment in Excel which can improve presentation from good to excellent in seconds.
<h2>What is ‘Snap</h2>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Worksheet tabs – don’t forget a spreadsheet’s third dimension!</title>
		<link>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/worksheet-tabs-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-spreadsheet%e2%80%99s-third-dimension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fimodo.com/2009/06/worksheet-tabs-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-spreadsheet%e2%80%99s-third-dimension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Crawley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excel tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Multiple worksheets are a spreadsheets third dimension, an essential visual navigation aid and a defining property of a model that is efficient to use.
One of the most common ways in which a financial model can become, or be from the outset,&#8230;]]></description>
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