The FIFA World-cup 2010 edition is around the corner. Like millions of people around the world, I too am an ardent fan of football. (although, I have played only one game of soccer in which I waited near opponents goal post as I was too lazy to run around. And when my team mates kicked the ball at me, I got confused and kicked it hard, only in the opposite direction. But that is a story for another day)
So, I was looking at the official balls used since 1930 and thought to myself, if they can be visualized in an interactive excel chart, you know, just for fun.
Here is the dynamic chart I could come up with.
The chart shows all the balls – Telstar, Tango, Azteca, Etrvsco, Questra, Tricolore, Fevernova, Teamgeist and latest Jabulani. Use the scroll-bar to scroll thru years 1930 thru 2010. (there was no FIFA world-cup in years 1942 and 1946 due to second world war)
Few things to note:
- Although I could get the ball images from 1930 (thanks to this site), I couldnot find any solid information on ball names or underlying technology between 1930 – 1966.
- The chart is a combo chart of line and scatter plots. The smaller balls are part of line chart (so is the maroon color highlight ring).
- The bigger ball is scatter chart.
- I have used text boxes (4 of them) to show ball names, detailed descriptions etc. [learn how to use text boxes in charts to create better labels / legends]
- The scrollbar form control makes the chart interactive [learn how to use scroll bar form control]
- The chart works in Excel 2007 and above. In 2003, it mysteriously collapsed all balls to bottom left corner.
Download the Official FIFA Worldcup Soccer Balls since 1930 in an Excel Chart
Click here to download the excel file containing this chart. Play with it. [mirror]
References:
Explore:
- Facebook Privacy – a Panel Chart
- Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI Records in an Info-graphic Poster (designed in excel)
- Replicating India’s Flag in Excel using Charts [Flag Project]
- Exploring Flu Trends using an Excel Chart
Have a good weekend.
11 Responses to “Fix Incorrect Percentages with this Paste-Special Trick”
I've just taught yesterday to a colleague of mine how to convert amounts in local currency into another by pasting special the ROE.
great thing to know !!!
Chandoo - this is such a great trick and helps save time. If you don't use this shortcut, you have to take can create a formula where =(ref cell /100), copy that all the way down, covert it to a percentage and then copy/paste values to the original column. This does it all much faster. Nice job!
I was just asking peers yesterday if anyone know if an easy way to do this, I've been editing each cell and adding a % manually vs setting the cell to Percentage for months and just finally reached my wits end. What perfect timing! Thanks, great tip!
If it's just appearance you care about, another alternative is to use this custom number format:
0"%"
By adding the percent sign in quotes, it gets treated as text and won't do what you warned about here: "You can not just format the cells to % format either, excel shows 23 as 2300% then."
Dear Jon S. You are the reason I love the internet. 3 year old comments making my life easier.
Thank you.
Here is a quicker protocol.
Enter 10000% into the extra cell, copy this cell, select the range you need to convert to percentages, and use paste special > divide. Since the Paste > All option is selected, it not only divides by 10000% (i.e. 100), it also applies the % format to the cells being pasted on.
@Martin: That is another very good use of Divide / Multiply operations.
@Tony, @Jody: Thank you 🙂
@Jon S: Good one...
@Jon... now why didnt I think of that.. Excellent
Thank You so much. it is really helped me.
Big help...Thanks
Thanks. That really saved me a lot of time!
Is Show Formulas is turned on in the Formula Ribbon, it will stay in decimal form until that is turned off. Drove me batty for an hour until I just figured it out.