#Formula parameter in Smart Marker

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Smart Strategies for OPRA Exam Success: Your Ultimate Prep Guide

Introduction

For overseas pharmacists aiming to get licensed in Australia, one key milestone stands out — the OPRA (Overseas Pharmacist Readiness Assessment) exam. With the upcoming test date set for March 3rd, 2025, it’s time to shift into focused preparation mode. At Elite Expertise, we recognize how demanding this journey can be and offer expert-guided strategies to streamline your study efforts. Whether you’re refining your revision habits or reinforcing core concepts, these high-impact tips will guide you to exam success.

1. Understand the OPRA Syllabus Inside-Out

Begin with a solid understanding of the official OPRA exam framework. It helps you prioritize topics effectively and avoid wasting time on irrelevant content.

Go through the official OPRA test guidelines.

Highlight key disciplines: clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy practice, and biomedical sciences.

Allocate time based on subject importance and your strengths.

2. Build a Time-Bound Revision Schedule

A structured revision plan is essential for staying on track and ensuring retention.

Focus first on high-weightage topics.

Include daily self-assessments and timed problem-solving sessions.

Plan weekly recaps to reinforce previously studied areas.

3. Practice Pharmacy Calculations Thoroughly

Mathematical precision is critical in pharmacy. Regularly practicing various calculations builds both speed and confidence.

Solve problems on dosing, dilutions, and pharmacokinetics.

Use past OPRA-style questions and online practice tests.

Review errors to prevent repeat mistakes.

4. Create Flashcards for Key Formulas

Quick recall of important equations becomes vital as the exam approaches.

Write out essential calculation formulas on flashcards.

Use color coding to distinguish categories like volume conversions or rate equations.

Revisit these flashcards daily.

5. Use Mnemonics for Drug Classifications

Pharmacology content can be heavy, but mnemonic devices help make it easier to retain drug classes.

Invent fun, memorable phrases for drug families.

Make classification charts for visual aid.

Reinforce learning with repetition and active recall.

6. Draw Mechanism of Action Flowcharts

Instead of rote memorization, focus on understanding how drugs work.

Use visual tools to break down pharmacological processes.

Organize steps logically and clearly.

Emphasize important classes like antihypertensives, antibiotics, and anticoagulants.

7. Compile Drug Interaction & Antidote Charts

Pharmacists must recognize common interactions and antidotes to toxic substances.

Chart notable drug interactions, e.g., warfarin with NSAIDs.

List antidotes for common toxins such as opioids, benzodiazepines, and acetaminophen.

Review these charts regularly for better retention.

8. Enhance Visual Memory with Wall Notes

Visual aids are powerful tools for memory consolidation.

Post sticky notes with formulas, key values, and mnemonics in your study area.

Keep them concise using bullet points and abbreviations.

Rotate content weekly to cover different focus areas.

9. Use Case Studies to Sharpen Clinical Thinking

OPRA often presents real-life clinical cases to test decision-making skills.

Analyze past cases and list symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment options.

Practice reasoning through patient scenarios.

Strengthen your judgment in drug selection and patient care.

10. Memorize Biomedical Values with Flashcards

A good grasp of clinical ranges and lab values is essential for the OPRA exam.

Prepare flashcards for lab parameters such as glucose levels, renal markers, and blood pressure norms.

Review consistently, especially closer to exam day.

Group similar values to streamline memorization.

11. Avoid Distracting Study Materials

Stick with verified and syllabus-aligned content.

Use standard reference books and official practice questions.

Skip overcomplicated guides that don’t match exam needs.

Join pharmacist forums or peer groups for trusted recommendations.

12. Record Audio Notes for Passive Learning

Audio-based learning is helpful during non-study moments.

Record your own voice summarizing key points like ADRs, MOAs, or classifications.

Listen while walking, commuting, or relaxing.

Explore text-to-speech apps for added convenience.

13. Compare Similar Concepts Side-by-Side

Simplify difficult concepts using comparison charts.

Create visual tables contrasting key ideas:

First vs. Zero-order kinetics

Pharmacodynamics vs. Pharmacokinetics

Competitive vs. Non-competitive inhibition

This technique clarifies differences and improves conceptual understanding.

Conclusion

A focused, resourceful approach is the key to exam success. With smart planning and consistent execution, you can overcome the challenges of OPRA exam preparation. Each tip provided here is based on tried-and-true methods used by past test-takers.

At Elite Expertise, our expert mentors — practicing clinical pharmacists Mr. Arief Mohammad and Mrs. Harika Bheemavarapu — support you with high-yield resources and strategic coaching. From intensive topic coverage to personalized feedback, we equip you with everything needed for this journey.

If you're wondering how to pass OPRA exam, the answer lies in a well-organized study routine, regular self-assessment, and the right mentorship. With dedication and the right guidance, success is just around the corner.

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Apply MS Excel Advanced Filter to Display Records & Tile Picture as a Texture in Shape in Android

What’s new in this release?

Aspose development team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Cells for Android v17.9.0. This release includes a number of new features, enhancements and several bug fixes that further improve the overall stability and usability of the API. Aspose.Cells supports image tiling feature which allows users to display images that are too large to be displayed entirely as a single unit on a typical computer. The feature allows users to display by segmenting it into smaller, more manageable image tiles. Sometimes, developers need to embed formula in Smart Markers. Aspose.Cells allows to make use of Formula parameter in Smart marker field. Microsoft Excel allows users to apply Advanced Filter on worksheet data to display records that meet complex criteria. Users can apply Advanced Filter with Microsoft Excel via its Data > Advanced command. Aspose.Cells also allows to apply the Advanced Filter using the Worksheet.advancedFilter() method.  Aspose.Cells can import data to worksheet from ResultSet object which can be created from any database. However, the following article specifically creates ResultSet object from Microsoft Access Database. If users are using Microsoft Excel in Russian Locale or Language or any other Locale or Language, it will display Errors and Boolean values according to that Locale or Language. Users can achieve the similar behavior of Microsoft Excel using Aspose.Cells with the GlobalizationSettings class. Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. Aspose.Cells can read Numbers spreadsheet but it does not support writing to it. It can read Numbers spreadsheet’s Data, Style and Formulas. When saving to PDF or image, Aspose.Cells will first try to use Workbook’s default font. This behavior can be changed using DefaultFont attribute in PdfSaveOptions/ImageOrPrintOptions. Most of the time, paper size of the worksheet is automatic. When it is automatic, it is often set as Letter. Sometime user sets the paper size of the worksheet as per their requirements. In this case, the paper size is not automatic. Users can find if the worksheet paper size is automatic or not using a method.  If the sheet is empty, then Aspose.Cells will not print anything when users export worksheet to image. When users save your Excel file to HTML, then Aspose.Cells reveal Downlevel Conditional Comments. These conditional comments are mostly relevant to old versions of Internet Explorer and are irrelevant to modern Web Browsers. Aspose.Cells provides a new method that users can use to add digital signature to an already signed Excel file. Aspose.Cells allows users to copy VBA project from one Excel file into another Excel file. VBA project consists of various types of modules i.e. Document, Procedural, Designer etc. All modules can be copied with simple code but for Designer module, there is some extra data called Designer Storage needs to be accessed or copied. When there are multiple shapes present in the same location then how will they be visible is decided by their z-order positions. Aspose.Cells provides Shape.toFrontOrBack() method which changes the z-order position of the shape. If users want to send shape to back users will use negative number like -1, -2, -3 etc. and if users want to send shape to front, users will use positive number like 1, 2, 3 etc. Users can sort data in the column using custom list. This can be done using a new method. However, this method works only if the items in custom list do not have commas inside them. If they have commas like “USA,US”, “China,CN” etc., then users must use DataSorter.addKey(int key, SortOrder order, String[] customList) method. Named Destinations are special kinds of bookmarks or links in PDF that do not depend on PDF pages. It means, if pages are added or deleted from PDF, bookmarks may become invalid but named destinations will remain intact. An Excel file may contain external resources e.g. linked images or objects. When users convert an Excel file to Pdf, Aspose.Cells retrieves these external resources and renders them to Pdf. But sometimes, users do not want to load these external resources and more than that, users want to manipulate them. This release includes plenty of improved features and bug fixes as listed below

Add a property to indicate whether to output an empty page or not when there is nothing to print

Support Advanced Filter (MS Excel) feature to display records that meet a complex criteria

Cell width shown in the resulted PDF is not the same as in the Excel file when using the "Show formula" feature

Implementing Named Destination when rendering to PDF output (Bookmark query)

ResultSet imports zero instead of null value in XLSX file

CellsHelper.setSignificantDigits() should not be (global) static function

InterruptMonitor takes more time to interrupt the Workbook saving process for a large file having PivotTable

Formula is not displayed in the resulted PDF

WEEKDAY formula returns wrong value on workbook formula calculation

Have to enumerate all shapes to set the Z-Order of the shape properly

Set name of ActiveX Control (ListBox)

PivotTable issues(missing rows, pivot field headers printed twice, Date converted to numeric values, etc.) for HTML rendering

Extra characters present in HTML output of Excel file

Image does not get displayed in the output HTML when HtmlSaveOptions.setExportHiddenWorksheet is set to false

HTML could not be converted to Excel file properly

Issue with HTML table to Excel rendering

Issue with calculating Print Area when specifying formulas

Chart does not get updated if it exists in separate sheet

Cell value is appended at the start when we click on an existing cell (having some value)

When XLSX is saved as PDF, the words are mirrored

Extra characters present in output PDF/image of Excel file

Bars are missing in Bar chart's PDF output

Chart image is wrong in the output HTML

Image of the chart is incorrect in the output HTML

Content is missing when Excel Chart is converted to PDF

Chart's PDF has wrong date format of x-axis labels

Incorrect Y-axis scaling in the output PDF

Style/formatting is wrong when save to HTML

Option to compress images is not preserved on opening and saving the Excel file

Background color of cells in File2 gets changed on opening and saving Workbook

Background color of cells in File1 gets changed on opening and saving Workbook

Excel formula cell becomes non-formula cell when setting text for the shape

Workbook.getFonts() shows additional font after reloading the same spreadsheet

Some shapes are distorted and changed in Excel to PDF rendering

Mdashes and ndashes inserted into TextBoxes in charts are not rendered properly in chart's PDF

Wrong results when using SUMIFS formulas

Aspose.Cells is unable to calculate the value of cell B4 of Calculations worksheet

Weird result when converting from Excel to PDF or PDF/A using threads

Changes to comment author field are not preserved

Wrong IconSet returned

Chart's background is missing after setting a picture's data

Aspose.Cells is not able to convert the HTML file correctly while MS-Excel is able to convert it properly

For Number 39 MS Excel formats negative value with '-' instead of '()' for Italy

Label text is displaced for the Pie chart

Various styles of the Waterfall chart don't render properly.

The Waterfall chart always shows connection lines

Shape is not updated with correct value

Excel to PDF conversion hanged for an XLSX file

Unable to import XLSB file (by Aspose.Cells APIs) into MS-Access database

HTML output of Excel document contains hash values instead of actual values

Saving "2.2 CompleteEmail.html" to Xlsx format generates corrupt file

Loading "2.1 CompleteEmail.html" in Workbook object throws NullPointerException

Workbook Calculation is wrong for Lookup Excel formula

Array formula in the sheet is calculated differently via Aspose.Cells

Incorrect Hyperlinks and PDF content

Rendering - Chart image is not correct

Category axis labels are missing when converting Excel to Pdf

Color of Negative Bars is not correct when Excel is converted to Pdf

Bar color changed while converting Excel to PDF when using setCrossAt()

Value of major units of axis in the chart is returned wrong

Datalabels from cell range are not coming when exported to Pdf

Missing Datalabels for a Series which is having Bar Values as 100

Chart is Blank in the output PNG

Chart is Blank in the output PDF

Character references parsed incorrectly by Aspose Cells

Copying workbook and then saving corrupts the output Excel file

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release.

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Cells for Android documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Cells for performing different tasks like the followings.

Tile Picture as a Texture inside the Shape

Output Blank Page when there is Nothing to Print

Overview: Aspose.Cells for Android

Aspose.Cells for Android is a MS Excel spreadsheet component that allows programmer to develop android applications for reading, writing & manipulate Excel spreadsheets (XLS, XLSX, XLSM, SpreadsheetML, CSV, tab delimited) and HTML file formats without needing to rely on Microsoft Excel. It supports robust formula calculation engine, pivot tables, VBA, workbook encryption, named ranges, custom charts, spreadsheet formatting, drawing objects like images, OLE objects & importing or creating charts.

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Homepage of Aspose.Cells for Android

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Tile Picture as a Texture inside Shape & Use Formula Parameter in Smart Markers using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose development team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Cells for .NET 17.6.0. This release includes a few new features and other enhancements along with some critical bug fixes that further improve the overall stability of the APIs. Aspose.Cells supports image tiling feature which allows users to display images that are too large to be displayed entirely as a single unit on a typical computer. The feature allows developers to display by segmenting it into smaller, more manageable image tiles. Sometimes, developers need to embed formula in Smart Markers. Aspose.Cells allows developers to make use of Formula parameter in Smart marker field. OnAjaxCallFinishedClientFunction is a client side function which is called when user copies some data into Aspose.Cells.GridWeb worksheet. This function is helpful when bulk of cells are updated and users want to keep track of those updated cells at client side (i.e., in web browsers like FireFox, Google Chrome etc.). Aspose.Cells 17.6 has enhanced its core for more stability as well as fixed many critical bugs. Moreover, there are numerous minor enhancements in order to improve the overall usage of the API. A few of the worth mentioning enhancements includes, Enquote all attribute values in HTML, Support some new functions of Office 365, Remove unnecessary older Web.config settings of Aspose.Cells.GridWeb like force script_path and forcepath, Group Rows and Create Subtotal – Aspose.Cells.GridWeb, and Handled an exception, “Input string was not in a correct format” when loading an XLSX file format. Furthermore, in this release, we have fixed several other issues. For example, issues around reading/writing MS Excel file formats, data sorting, data validation, rendering shapes and drawing objects, rendering and manipulating charts, rendering HTML to Excel and vice versa, rendering images from Excel worksheets, rendering images files from charts and exporting Excel workbooks to PDF format have been resolved. This release includes several enhanced features and bug fixes as listed below

Enquote all attribute values in HTML

Support new functions of Office 365

Support Table as the data source of the chart

Remove older Web.config settings of Aspose.Cells.GridWeb like force script_path and forcepath

Exception message is wrong - The count of Hyperlinks cannot be larger than 66530

Excel footer in the output PDF is not italic - it should be Arial 9 and italic

Copy the PageSetup settings from the existing worksheet

Some part of subscript labels are cut and shifted to a lower line

Subscript text is displaced to the right a bit - Excel to PDF Rendering

Output Excel file is not good when converting an HTML file to Excel file format

Exception thrown after multiple loading and saving an XLS file

Load Filter causes crash while loading an Excel file

Using IFERROR with NPER is unable to be processed correctly

Output PDF should have one page instead of two pages

Image rendered incorrectly when a cell has Arabic currency name

Shape of parentheses is rendered wrong in output PDF/image

Aspose.Cells saved PDF is not like MS Excel saved PDF

Sparklines not displayed properly when rendered as image

Incorrect legend item colors when BankActionRatPie chart is converted to image

Incorrect legend item colors when TotalActionRatPie chart is converted to image

Aspose.Cells values start from 10.0% to 14.0%

Aspose.Cells shows values 0

DataLabels in the chart are not shown or removed in the output file

Generated chart's image is incorrect

Custom sorting is lost when saved to XLS by Aspose.Cells APIs

Data sorting is not working on DataSet (having formulas) in the worksheet

Cell border issue in Range.ApplyStyle() method

An embedded object in Sheet2 missing and scaling is wrong

Data validations end up strange after inserting new columns

Data validation issue - Value1 contains a "?"

Cells.DeleteBlankColumns() removes embedded objects in the worksheet

Referencing a column with a header starting with hash sign ('#') but without "@" sign

Opening and saving the XLSB file corrupts it

Unexpected row inserted after Smart Makers in nested list

Hash char ("#") in the table headers and referencing it in other cell

Space in the end of table headers and referencing it in other cell

Cell.GetValidationValue returns incorrect value when using custom data validation formula

Hyperlink in 3rd worksheet is not identified

Exception on opening the template XLS file via Aspose.Cells APIs

When adding rows near a ListObject containing formulas, those formulae are wrongly duplicated upward

The text format changed (spacing increased) after loading and saving the XLS

PrintObject property of command buttons is set to true after loading and saving an XLSM file

The cell formatting lost after rendering to PDF format

XLSX file is corrupted after changing background image of a chart

Inserting ranges also extend the size of the chart above

ListObject.ConvertToRange breaks formulas in the totals row

Some features are not working

C1 worksheet is not fully loaded and GridWeb shows only 64 rows instead of 75

Collapse all the groups of I. 100 worksheet will create an empty space under the 64th row

Scrolling down control worksheet makes GridWeb to becomes empty

Vertical scroll bar is lost after expanding the rows

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Cells for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Cells for performing different tasks like the followings.

Using Formula parameter in Smart Marker field

Tile Picture as a Texture inside the Shape

Overview: Aspose.Cells for .NET

Aspose.Cells is a .NET component for spreadsheet reporting without using Microsoft Excel. It supports robust formula calculation engine, pivot tables, VBA, workbook encryption, named ranges, spreadsheet formatting, drawing objects like images, OLE objects and importing or creating charts. You can also create Excel file using designer spreadsheet, smart marker or API and apply formulae and functions. It supports CSV, SpreadsheetML, PDF and all file formats from Excel 97 to Excel 2007.

More about Aspose.Cells for .NET

Homepage of Aspose.Cells for .NET C#

Download Aspose.Cells for .NET

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Save Workbook to Strict Open XML Spreadsheet Format & Enhanced Excel to PDF Rendering using .NET

What’s new in this release?

Aspose development team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.Cells for .NET 18.5. This release has added a few valuable features, important fixes and other enhancements. Aspose.Cells now allows users to save the workbook in Strict Open XML Spreadsheet format. This feature was demanded by certain users. This can be accomplished by Workbook.Settings.Compliance property. If users set its value as OoxmlCompliance.Iso29500_2008_Strict, then the output Excel file will be saved in Strict Open XML Spreadsheet format. Generally, users specify the fonts directory or list of fonts for all the workbooks but sometime, users have to specify individual or private set of fonts for a desired workbooks. Aspose.Cells provides IndividualFontConfigs class that can be used to specify the individual or private set of fonts for your workbook. Sometimes users want to display text in Far East language font e.g. Japanese, Chinese, Thai etc. Aspose.Cells provides TextOptions.FarEastName property that can be used to specify the font name of Far East language. Besides, users can also specify the Latin font name using TextOptions.LatinName property. There are some other enhancements included and a few exceptions handled in the new release for the users. This release includes several enhanced features and bug fixes as listed below

Implement function CEILING.PRECISE

Support Strict Open XML Spreadsheet format

The color of the image should be black when converting to PDF

Page Setup PrintErrorType not working in Excel to PDF rendering

PageSetup.PrintDraft does not take effect while Saving to PDF

System.OutOfMemoryException while converting Excel file to PDF

Page field named "Absent item Yes" is lost on Refresh

Calculation error when using calculation chain and defined name

A few columns are disappeared when importing an Excel file into GridWeb

Text wrapping is not correct when "Issue2 wrapping-no_custom_page_size.xlsx" is converted to PDF

Text wrapping is not correct when "Issue2 wrapping.xlsx" is converted to PDF

Text wrapping is not correct when "Issue3 wrapping.xlsx" is converted to PDF

Page Setup zoom factor creates incorrect number of pages in PDF

Exception when saving a workbook to MemoryStream

Some of the Gridlines around some cells are not drawn correctly

Chart title is squished where the characters all run together in Excel to PDF rendering

Pie chart legend colors change after saving to PDF and do not match up with Pie chart slices

Saving XLSB to XLSM creates corrupt MS Excel file

Named ranges lost when copying into existing workbook

Embedded drawing objects are too narrow in the output file when re-saving an XLSX file

Aspose.Cells returns blank PDF when saving a SpreadsheetML file as PDF

Data loss occurs while converting ODS to XLSX file format

Named range does not expand with Smart Markers "shift" parameter

Using "shift" parameter in Smart Markers, the generated rows are not rendered with the same style/formatting

Conditional formatting does not work in Smart Markers with shift parameter

Text cropped in MS Excel cells if the document rows are auto sized

Resizing a ListObject/Table does not update its conditional formattings

Other most recent bug fixes are also included in this release

Newly added documentation pages and articles

Some new tips and articles have now been added into Aspose.Cells for .NET documentation that may guide users briefly how to use Aspose.Cells for performing different tasks like the followings.

Save Workbook to Strict Open XML Spreadsheet Format

Specify Individual or Private Set of Fonts for Workbook Rendering

Overview: Aspose.Cells for .NET

Aspose.Cells is a .NET component for spreadsheet reporting without using Microsoft Excel. It supports robust formula calculation engine, pivot tables, VBA, workbook encryption, named ranges, spreadsheet formatting, drawing objects like images, OLE objects and importing or creating charts. You can also create Excel file using designer spreadsheet, smart marker or API and apply formulae and functions. It supports CSV, SpreadsheetML, PDF and all file formats from Excel 97 to Excel 2007.

More about Aspose.Cells for .NET

Homepage of Aspose.Cells for .NET C#

Download Aspose.Cells for .NET

Online documentation of Aspose.Cells for .NET