Using Formula Tracing in Excel
Formula tracing is a fantastic visual tool in Excel you can use to understand 1) which cells a given formula is referencing and 2) whether a given cell (or range of cells) is used by a formula elsewhere. Both have their uses, but it’s certainly the latter I get the most use from. Read on
15 Functions Every Aspiring Excel Pro Should Know
When you first start using Excel, you’ll quickly become familiar with using basic functions such as SUM, COUNT, MIN, AVERAGE Before long, you’ll be using VLOOKUP’s, IF’s and creating Pivot Tables in order to start bringing you data to life. However, it’s around this phase that I often see people plateauing in their Excel learning
Using the Undocumented DATEDIF() Function in Excel
I’ve written before (albeit briefly, as more of a footnote) about finding the difference between two dates in Excel. This approach, of subtracting one date from another is fine if you want to know the number of days between two dates – and of course you can go one step further and use NETWORKDAYS to
Improvements in how CSV File Saves are Handled in Excel
Microsoft have this month released an update which addresses a small, yet incredibly annoying ‘feature’ when working with csv files in Excel. Read on to learn more.
Using EOMONTH() to get the First and Last Date of a Given Month in Excel & Google Sheets
This update shows a quick and simple example of how to use the EOMONTH function to get the first, and last, date of a given month.
Determine if a file is open in Excel or Google Sheets
We currently use a mixture of Excel and Google Sheets. Not ideal, but it’s important that any output I create can behave with both platforms, there are inherent differences in the platforms. Some of these differences simply can’t be accommodated for. Others, however, can be worked around From time to time, I need my document
Using the same Named Range in multiple worksheets, but with different values, in Excel
Use this trick to create use the same Named Range across multiple worksheets, but with each worksheet holding a different value
Using TEXTJOIN and CONCATENATE for combining Text Strings in Excel
Learn about the different techniques for joining Text Strings in Excel, including the excellent new TEXTJOIN function
Populating one Drop Down based on the Selection of Another in Excel – Without VBA
This post will show you how to populate a drop-down menu in Excel with values, based on the value selected in another drop-down menu – all without touching VBA
Showing Data Bars as a ‘Proportion to Total’ in Excel
Use this trick to show Excel Data Bars (the in-cell micro-chart) as a ‘percentage to total’ rather than relative to the max value
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