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Quickly change charts from one to another with this trick

Published on Feb 5, 2019 in Charts and Graphs, Quick Tip
Quickly change charts from one to another with this trick

We all change minds. Heck, I just did it with the leading line. I thought something else, but went with what you just read. So why must Excel charts be set in stone? Let’s say you made some charts and want to quickly second guess your selection. How to change Excel chart easily? Sure, you […]

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Filter all records for November or 11AM or 2017 [quick tip]

Published on Dec 4, 2017 in Quick Tip
Filter all records for November or 11AM or 2017 [quick tip]

Imagine you are the first officer at ship terminal αε974F1 on remote planet Alderaan. Your job involves looking at terminal log to see anomalies in time space continuum. So one day after getting to work late, thanks to crazy traffic on the floating super way in your settlement, you are looking at latest terminal log for αε974F1 on Excel (of course Excel, what else are you going to use? Notepad?!?) and want to check all the records logged at 7 AM on any day. You don’t have all the time in universe to filter records one at a time. You don’t want to write a formula or something else as it is too early in the morning and the nearest Starbucks is 7 light years away. So what would you do?

Use filters of course.

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Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Readers Edition

Published on May 19, 2016 in Excel Howtos, hacks, Huis, ideas, Learn Excel, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Readers Edition

Over the last month we have seen some Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks presented by some of the best Excel practitioners on the internet.
In this final post of the series we highlight the Readers Contributions.

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Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Readers Edition Prequel

Published on May 12, 2016 in Excel Howtos, hacks, Huis, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Readers Edition Prequel

Over the past 3 weeks we have been able to showcase some Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats and Hacks from some of the best excel practitioners on the net.
But now it’s your turn…

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Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Excel Ninja Edition

Published on Apr 28, 2016 in Excel Howtos, hacks, Huis, ideas, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Excel Ninja Edition

Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Chandoo.org Excel Ninja Edition
Learn some of the Chandoo.org Excel Ninja’s favorite Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks

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Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Microsoft MVP Edition

Published on Apr 21, 2016 in Excel Howtos, hacks, Huis, ideas, Learn Excel, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Microsoft MVP Edition

Learn some of the Microsoft Excel MVP’s favorite Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks in this post
Excel Tips, Tricks, Cheats & Hacks – Microsoft MVP Edition

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Figure out slot from given time [quick tip]

Published on Apr 19, 2016 in Excel Howtos, Quick Tip
Figure out slot from given time [quick tip]

Here is an interesting scenario.

Let’s say you are looking at a time, like 9:42 AM and want to know which 15 minute slot it fits into. The answer is 9:30 – 9:45. But how would you get this answer thru Excel formulas?

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Custom Number Formats – Colors

Published on Feb 3, 2015 in Excel Howtos, Huis, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Custom Number Formats – Colors

Did you know you can use Excel 95-03 Color Names or Color Numbers in your Custom Number Formats in all Excel versions up to an including Excel 2013?

This post will show you how.

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Countif – Quick Tip

Published on Dec 16, 2013 in Huis, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Countif – Quick Tip

Learn how to Count Text, Blanks and Non-Blank cells with this Countif() Quick Tip

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Check Cells for Equality – Follow Up [Quick Tip]

Published on Oct 16, 2012 in Huis, Posts by Hui, Quick Tip
Check Cells for Equality – Follow Up [Quick Tip]

Excel contains an often overlooked function
The Excel = Function
Today we quickly review what it can do for us.

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