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August 21, 2013

Calculate Elapsed Days, Hours and Minutes in Excel

I had an email from Steve a little while ago asking how he could display the number of elapsed days,

August 14, 2013

Excel Test if a Range Contains Text, Numbers or is Empty

I received an email from Bill this week asking how he can check if a range of cells contains text

August 7, 2013

Excel Quintile Chart

One of my Excel Dashboard course members, Mark Maher, emailed me wanting to know if a chart that Stephen Few

August 2, 2013

Excel Pivot Tables to Extract Data

I regularly get asked: “What formula can I use to extract a list or subset of data from a master

July 23, 2013

Tour de France Excel Dashboard

Since Phil is somewhat of a cycling fan I have been subjected to late night TV of le Tour. Personally

July 18, 2013

Excel Formulas Not Working?

Excel Formula Help is Here Excel formulas can be frustrating to understand, especially when you start nesting functions. If you've

July 17, 2013

Excel CLEAN Formula

Ever copy and paste some data from a web page, or import it from another program, and end up with

July 17, 2013

Excel SUBSTITUTE Formula

The Excel SUBSTITUTE function replaces new_text for old_text in a text string. The Excel SUBSTITUTE Function Syntax is: SUBSTITUTE(text,old_text,new_text,[instance_num]) The

July 10, 2013

Excel Form Controls

Written by Alan Murray of Computergaga. Form controls such as option buttons, combo boxes and check boxes allow you to

July 2, 2013

Interactive Excel Chart with Map

Today I’d like to share with you a video tutorial by Isaac Gottlieb on supply-chain decision making from his book

June 30, 2013

Excel ACCRINT Function

The Excel ACCRINT function returns the accrued interest for a security that pays interest periodically. The Syntax is: ACCRINT(issue, first_interest,

June 25, 2013

Excel Bank Reconciliation Formula

This week I had a question from Dominique that took me back to my accounting days. She asked “how can

June 12, 2013

Excel Find Column Containing a Value

Last week I had an email from Mike asking how he can lookup a suburb in a range of columns

June 5, 2013

Excel Combo Box KO’s Data Validation

Data Validation or Drop Down Lists are one of Excel’s greatest features, but I have one gripe with them, and

May 29, 2013

Excel Formulas

Here you'll find a list of common Microsoft Excel formulas and functions explained in plain English, and applied to real

May 28, 2013

Excel Conditional Formatting Gantt Chart

Gantt charts are handy for planning and managing project tasks over time. They give a visual representation of the whole

May 22, 2013

Excel Gantt Chart

Gantt charts are commonly used in project management and while Excel doesn’t have a native Gantt chart in its chart

May 16, 2013

VLOOKUP Multiple Values in Multiple Columns

A few weeks ago David T asked me to help him understand a VLOOKUP formula in a workbook he’d inherited

May 9, 2013

Excel BETWEEN Formula

A little while ago Brendan asked me how he could check if values in a list fall between two limits.

using excel table as data validation source

April 30, 2013

Excel Tables as Source for Data Validation Lists

I’ve set up a table with some team names that I want to use in a Data Validation list. The

April 25, 2013

Excel Step Charts

I recently came back from a family skiing vacation in Whistler, Canada, which by the way was fantastic. Here we

April 18, 2013

Excel Advanced Filters

To be honest I don’t use Advanced Filters much. I tend to use the regular AutoFilter, or if I need

April 10, 2013

No More Back and Forth Between Tabs

Moving back and forth between worksheets in a large workbook can be tedious. Of course you can use the shortcut

April 2, 2013

Excel PivotTable Month Comparison [Video]

In this last tutorial, in my 3 part series on PivotTable tips and tricks, I’m going to show you how

March 26, 2013

Excel PivotTable Grouping

Battling to consolidate monthly figures into quarters, or segment data into numeric bands? Perhaps you're aiming for a bespoke grouping

March 19, 2013

Excel PivotTable Add Percentage of Total Column [Video]

Excel PivotTables make light work of analysing data but there are a few tricks once you get past the basics.

March 13, 2013

World’s Most Accurate Pie Chart

As fun as this chart is, it actually makes a valid point and that is; pie charts are (typically) not

March 6, 2013

Excel Conditional Formatting with Formulas

Excel’s Conditional Formatting tool is diverse with loads of built in rules that you simply point and click to use,

February 27, 2013

Excel PivotTables Unique Count 3 Ways

PivotTables are the Origamists of Excel. Folding and summarising data into almost any shape. I say 'almost' because until Excel

Excel Surveys an Easy Way to Collect Data

February 20, 2013

Excel Surveys (Forms) an Easy Way to Collect Data

Note: Excel Survey is now called Forms. A while back Quiara asked me if there was a way she could