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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
Recently I saw an interesting Earth Venus cosmic dance video on Facebook. See the original video below or here.
Although this is not entirely accurate from physics & astronomy perspectives, the dance is a stunning example of patterns that are generated by simple things.
I wanted to recreate this cosmic dance in Excel. How else am I to get my spreadsheet fix on a Saturday?
Here is a quick demo of the final outcome. Read on to learn more about the Earth Venus cosmic dance.
Here is a simple IF formula challenge for you. Go ahead and post your answers in the comments section. Can this person vote in Sumeria?
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
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?
As announced earlier, here is the first one of our Master Classes. In this one, you will learn how to create advanced interactive charts in Excel by
Hi folks,
I have an exciting announcement for you. Starting this month, I will be running a monthly master class on advanced Excel. This is a video class to help advanced users learn creative, powerful ways to use Excel in their day to day work.
The idea is simple. Every month, I will create a lengthy video discussing one of the below topics, specifically targeted at advanced Excel users. As our blog grew, we have a lot of experienced, advanced users and I want to help you achieve more. You will learn,
Each class will be on an different topic with in-depth coverage, creative outputs and awesome techniques. You can sign up for the class that suits your needs.
Here is a simple but effective rule for your next dashboard. Tell all versions of truth. All versions? But there is only one version no? Of course,
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Everything from Power Query to Dashboards, Shortcuts to Formulas, Pivots to Charts in one course.
BeginnerTables & Structural Referencing
Cell referencing
Excel operators
IF
IntermediateSUMIFS, COUNTIFS
XLOOKUP NEW
VLOOKUP
INDEX + MATCH lookups
AdvancedMulti-condition lookups
Array Formulas
OFFSET
INDEX
Lists100+ Excel Formulas list
Top 10 formulas
15 Everyday formulas
Challenges & Home workExcel Homework
BeginnerExcel Pivot Table Tutorial
Multi-table pivots with data model
Advanced
Advanced Pivot Tables
Distinct count in Pivots
Ranking values in Pivots
GETPIVOTDATA
How to use slicers
Lists35 shortcuts & tricks for data analysis
Top 10 pivot table tricks
15 quick & powerful ways to analyze business data
ResourcePivot Tables Page
BasicsHow to pick right charts
Why bar charts should start at 0
Add a line to column chart
Correlation vs. Causation
ExamplesHand-drawn charts
Budget vs. Actual chart
Interactive charts
Chart typesHistograms & Pareto charts
Forecasting with charts
Gantt chart
Funnel chart
5 star chart
Indexed charts
Panel charts - Small multiples
AdvancedTarget vs. Actual progress - Biker on a hill chart
Stacked chart with indicators
Cropped chart - when some values are too big
Jitter plot
Joy plot
Step chart
Dynamic chart with check boxes
Lists & TricksCharting shortcuts & tricks
Using shapes in charts
Awesome chart titles with this trick
Use chart themes and styles
Use selection pane to work with charts faster
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Have been using Excel for a while? Check out these tutorials to learn more and become awesome.
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Excel challenges
Advanced Charting
Data Tables & Simulations
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