I guess the title says it all. I have realized that most of the readers here connected with the phrase “pointy haired dilbert” and the logo. So I axed the excel@work and brought the hairy man back.
In this edition of excel links:
Jumping to next cell during data entry
Debra shares a very interesting trick that can be handy if you spend a lot of time doing data entry in excel. Just define a named range for all the cells that you need to visit. Now select the named range and then when you tab you will automatically move to the next cell in the defined range.
Array formula trick to include all values
Here is a sweet array formula trick. We all know a formula like =SUM((C2:C101="Male")*(D2:D101="Tx")*(E2:E101)) would sum up all the cells in e2:e101 when column C is Male and column D is Tx. But what if you want to match everything in one column but apply conditions on the other columns? Well, the formula =SUM((D2:D101=H3)*(E2:E101)*(IF(G3="All",TRUE,(C2:C101=G3)))) is for you. More on the DDoE blog.
Peltier teaches us some very neat auto filter tricks, including how you can add the |filter the range based on the selected cell’s value” button to your excel ribbon / menus.
String Manipulation UDFs for you
Douglas at Newton Excel Bach realized that he is spending fair bit of time writing lengthy formulas in excel to manipulate text. So he went ahead and made a sweet list of user defined formulas that you can download here.
The functions are, leftw(): Return the first word(s) from a string, rightw(), Midw(), FINDrev(): Find from the right hand end, Leftval(): Extract a value from the left end of a string, Rightval(), Reverse().
A very nifty find / replace hack, for MS Word
Of course we post a lot of tips and trick on using Excel. But an MS Word tip cant hurt you. Here is one I found extremely nifty. Do you know that you can use Find / Replace in MS Word to search patterns?
Browse earlier posts on excel links
Have a great week everyone.
11 Responses
Ciao Hui,
Collecting Excel tricks under the title “Notable Excel Websites (Non-MVP) Edition” is a brilliant idea…
Thank you in the name of all The FrankensTeam.
On our site there is a box with a picture and text highlighting:
This is a no-MVP site
we think ourselves “bad boys” a bit 🙂
For those who would like to know why our site is a no-MVP site, enough to click on the link:
http://goo.gl/lxDszY
Thank you again!
Thanks a lot
I really enjoyed this (newsletter). I must admit that I rarely read an Excel newsletter (and I subscribe to quite a few) all the way though, but this grabbed my attention and before I realized it, I was engrossed in it. I must also admit that most of this I don’t understand, yet. But, it excites me when I do learn something new in Excel. I can’t wait to see how much of this I can implement into my (constantly-evolving) ‘House Budget’ & ‘Family Medical’ worksheets that I have developed over the past few years! I sure hope to see more of these type of newsletters in the future! Thanks!
Thanks for doing this Hui! I appreciate being included.
I like Tom’s tip a lot. I posted about a tool I wrote to automate this at http://yoursumbuddy.com/tables-edit-query-dialog/
EXCELLENT !
Hui, This post is Superb! More over I have always been a fan of Roberto’s work and have learnt a lot from him.
Here are some of my recent contributions
1. Customising markers in a chart – http://www.goodly.co.in/customize-markers-in-a-chart/
2. Charting Hacks to work faster – http://www.goodly.co.in/5-charting-hacks-to-help-you-work-faster/
3. 7 Date formulas to make life easy – http://www.goodly.co.in/date-formulas-in-excel/
4. Customised scrollbar using VBA – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
5. Adding Direct Legends – http://www.goodly.co.in/customized-scroll-bar-in-excel/
Hope everyone enjoys!
I like the Excel Ninja Menus.
1. Select a cell or range then move till the 4-way cross appears. Right-Click and drag the selection to another place in the worksheet then, like a ninja, a menu full of skills and throwing stars pops up allowing me to do all kinds of awesomeness.
2. When you click the fill box on a Date and right click and drag it down, a lot of amazing Date options pop up.
I also brand my Excel to remind myself that I’m awesome. In my personal macro workbook I place the following code.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Application.Caption = “SuperKrishna’s Awesomeness”
End Sub
My favorite tip goes along with #17. If you try to copy subtotaled data (and in earlier Excel versions filtered data),when you paste it all the data displays instead of just the summarized data.
To get around this, select your summarized data, click on Find and Select tab and then select Go to Special. Click Visible cells Only and click OK. Now paste and you will see that only the summarized data has been copied.
You can also go CTRL+G and then click the Special icon at the bottom of the dialog box.
What a great idea, Chandoo! I’d love to be included in your next edition:) Perhaps a VBA exclusive version?
@Ryan
I will review this concept about 6 months out from the original post and be sure to keep your site in mind
Hui…
That sounds great, Hui:) I just realized I gave credit to Chandoo for the idea and I should have attributed it to you.
Sorry about that!