Posts by: WST Expert 1

Re: Text to Row
This will get kind of ugly but bear with us here: So say A1 is a cell containing "Operator: John Doe Address: 123 S Washington St. Phone: (123) 456-789" (including the line breaks). Then in B1, you want to separate out the Operator using this formula: =LEFT(A1,FIND("Address",A1... Read More
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Re: Printing
Logic:
Write a code to count the number of visible worksheets in the file, say it returns 8
Then write your print macro to print from worksheet number 2 thru 8 less 1
You can do this easily in a for loop.
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Re: Technical Question: Excel for PC vs Excel for Mac shortcuts
AutoSum: ALT = is Command Shift T Edit Mode: F2 is Ctrl U Anchor cell reference in edit mode: F2 is Command T Underline: Ctrl U is Command U When pasting, in PC, you can hit ENTER, in Mac version, you have to hit Ctrl V (or Command V) For full set of Excel for Mac shortcuts, go to: www.wallst-training.com click on FREE RESOURCES, scroll down to Technical Resources and download/print the Excel Shortcuts for Mac pdf file

Note that Office 2008 for the Mac is HIGHLY discouraged as there is no VBA and thus, WST macros cannot be installed.
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Re: Data Table Question
Nope! Unfortunately, only one output cell at a time for a two variable table. You can get fancy with a self-referencing table, but I highly advise against that as it causes circs and is massive annoying to maintain. Good news about data table is that once set up, its easy.
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Re: WST Macro
As silly as it sounds, this could be the case of one of your keys on your keyboard being stuck / sticky? Can you try each combination of keys separately: i.e. Ctrl+B to make sure it bolds Shift+B to make sure you get a capital B ALT + any key on the menu/ribbon Then do a Ctrl+Shift+B for our blue m... Read More
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RE: Merger Modeling Basics: Synergies and Cash PE question
The ability to pay analysis is an extremely quick and dirty analysis that analyzes the maximum purchase price an acquiror can pay based on the funding cost of debt (as cash consideration). As a result, it works regardless of who the acquiror is since there is no stock component to the analysis. Syne... Read More
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Re: Questions about total debt & preferred stock
Yes correct.
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RE: Merger Modeling Basics: Amortization
As this is a quick and dirty analysis, goodwill amortization (usually zero) and any tax deducts (i.e. 338(h)(10) elections) are based on purchase price of equity and as such are not included in this short analysis. Don't think too much into this analysis - the concepts are discussed in the M&A ... Read More
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Re: Adv Merger Model
Similar to the Complex LBO model, we are calculating Post-Transaction Goodwill. As such, in allocating purchase price, we allocate the purchase price first to book value (hence minus Target Equity from BS) and then allocate to other items, finally with Goodwill as the final excess amount. If need be... Read More
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Re: Complex trading comps - Sears Holdings
This is considered a one-time item that is non-recurring. Please see the Sears video in Complex Trading Comps course for full explanation.
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