In Cell Text Formats – 2 Quick Tips

In Cell Text Formats – 2 Quick Tips

Did you know you can apply any text effect to a single character or group of text characters within a cell ?

This post will show you 2 quick tips to assist you in this technique.

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Yet Another Sales Funnel Chart in Excel

Yet Another Sales Funnel Chart in Excel

A while ago, our reader Shay emailed me a Sales Funnel chart template.

I had to create a sales funnel for my company and I looked all over the internet to see how to do what I needed to do. I couldn’t find anything. I tried your funnel chart as well but because my numbers are all over the place I couldn’t get it to work for me.

I get so much information from you that I decided to share this chart with you. I used the shapes drawings to create the funnel graphic and the camera tool to place the values in each shape. I used formulas in the original data so that I will not have to recalculate every month.

I took the liberty of making little changes to Shay‘s funnel chart template to make it even better. Here is how the funnel looks like.

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Do you use Pivot Tables? What do you use them for & where do you struggle [Survey]

If you like to analyze data, then you would fall in love with Pivot Tables on first sight. Pivot tables are a powerful, dead-simple & lovely way to play with your data, automate your reports and save time. That said, not all of us know how to use them or how to get them to […]

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Formula Forensic 014 – Faseeh’s Formula

Formula Forensic 014 – Faseeh’s Formula

“I have a large list which includes blanks, I want to retrieve the list without the blanks”
Faseeh, responded with a neat array formula.

Today Formula Forensics pulls Faseeh’s Formula apart to see what makes it tick.

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14 ways to check if an year is leap year, using Excel [just for fun]

14 ways to check if an year is leap year, using Excel [just for fun]

Today is February 29th, and that means, this year we have one more day to be awesome. So lets celebrate it in Excel style!

Lets learn 14 different ways to tell if an year is leap year, using Excel Formulas.

Why 14? because, we are awesome like that.

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How to add your own Macros to Excel Ribbon [quick tip]

How to add your own Macros to Excel Ribbon [quick tip]

Do you know that in Excel 2010 you can create your own Ribbon tabs and add anything to them, including your own macros? Today, we are going to take a look at this useful feature and learn how to add your own macros as buttons to Excel Ribbon. Steps to Add your own macros to […]

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Join my Excel Dashboard Masterclass in Australia [May-June 2012]

Hello folks, I have a super exciting news to share with you all. I will be conducting a series of Masterclasses on Advanced Dashboards & Excel in Australia this Autumn (May – June 2012). So if you live in (or nearby) Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth or Brisbane and want to one up your dashboard skills, […]

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