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PSA: Don’t let auto correct spoil your party

Published on Aug 26, 2016 in Learn Excel
PSA: Don’t let auto correct spoil your party

So here is a news from strange but true department. Microsoft Excel blamed for gene study errors [bbc.com].

Microsoft’s Excel has been blamed for errors in academic papers on genomics.
Researchers trying to raise awareness of the issue claim that the spreadsheet software automatically converts the names of certain genes into dates.
Gene symbols like SEPT2 (Septin 2) were found to be altered to “September 2”.

Aah, classic!

This is what happens when you spend countless hours learning genome sequencing and very little about the software tools where your data goes. May be we need clippy back to warn people about such sticky situations.

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Split Text on New Line using Excel & VBA [Macros]

Published on Aug 23, 2011 in Excel Howtos, VBA Macros
Split Text on New Line using Excel & VBA [Macros]

Hafiz, One of our avid readers, writes in. My problem is when I convert data from text to column using dash “-“, conversion is easy. but when the gap provided in text is with “alt+enter”, I can’t convert the data.

Well, I tried to use text to columns feature (from Data ribbon) and it would not work.

Although you can use formulas to do the splitting, they might become tedious. So the next logical option is to use macros.

In this article, learn how to use VBA to split text on New Line characters

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Excel Links – Change in Posting Schedule Edition

Published on Jun 28, 2010 in excel links
Excel Links – Change in Posting Schedule Edition

Ok, this is bound to happen. After regularly writing for about 2 years now, I have decided to revise posting schedule on Chandoo.org. Usually I write 5 posts per week (about 21-22 per month). While I have not ran out of ideas yet (my notebook still has 94 different ideas yet to become posts), I […]

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Get Stock Quotes using Excel Macros [and a Crash Course in VBA]

Published on Jun 2, 2010 in Learn Excel, VBA Macros
Get Stock Quotes using Excel Macros [and a Crash Course in VBA]

Have you ever wanted to fetch live stock quotes from excel? In this post we will learn about how to get stock quotes for specified symbols using macros. We use Yahoo! Finance API to fetch the stock quotes and other information related to a company using excel macros. Along the way, we will also learn various interesting things about Excel VBA. Think of this post as a crash course in VBA.

This is a guest post by Daniel Ferry.

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How to Convert Text to Dates [Data Cleanup]

Published on Mar 23, 2010 in Excel Howtos, Learn Excel
How to Convert Text to Dates [Data Cleanup]

Sometimes when we import data from another source in to excel, the dates are not imported properly. This can be due to any number of reasons. In this post, we will learn some tricks and ideas you can use to quickly convert text to dates.

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