Do you know these Double-click Tricks in Excel?

Most of us think of mastering formulas, learning macros and being supergood with charts when we think of being productive with spreadsheets. But often learning simple stuff like keyboard shortcuts, using mouse and working with menus and ribbons can be a huge productivity booster for us. So as part of this installment of spreadcheats we […]

Intraday Candlestick Charting [Stock Charts]

Gene asks me in an email, “I’m trying to graph candlestick charts in Excel for 10 minute candles. Excel seems to allow daily only with its stock templates. Can you point me to any resources for creating intraday candle charts?”. Of course, you can create intraday candlestick charts just the way you would create normal candlesticks, just change the axis options once you are done. Read the post to find more.

Excel Tips Submitted by You [Part 1]

The first installment of “your week @ PHD” features 4 excel tips shared by our readers: (1) A macro to unhide all sheets (2) a KPI Dashboard with VBA and Charts (3) Using Excel’s Find to Save time at work (4) An Array Formula to Solve a Tricky Problem.

Announcing “Your Week” @ PHD

That is right. Next week is your week on this blog. I will post content that is shared by you. So go ahead and share your tips and tricks with us. Read more to find out how you can share your tips with the community.

Using Credit Card Numbers in Excel

Do you know that it is not so straight forward to use credit card numbers in excel. Yes, excel uses a precision of 15 digits and thus when you enter a credit card number (16 digits) it is converted in to scientific format and the details are lost. Read on to learn the work around.

Highlight Top 10 Values using Excel Conditional Formatting

In excel conditional formatting basics article, we have learned the basics of excel conditional formatting. In this article we will learn how to highlight top 5 or 10 values in a list using excel as shown aside. We will use LARGE excel formula and conditional formatting to do this.