March 7, 2011
How to Join Text Together in Excel Using CONCATENATE and &
Often data imported into Excel from another system isn’t quite in the format we want. Text can be split across
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February 23, 2011
Excel Text to Columns to Correct Date Formats
If you work in Excel with data imported from other databases you’ll often find it doesn’t import it in the
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February 19, 2011
Excel Group and Outline Data
In my last tutorial I showed you how to insert a Subtotal using the Subtotal tool. If you’ve read that
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February 11, 2011
Excel Dashboard Reports
The dashboard in your car is one of the key tools you use to monitor how it’s running, so it’s
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February 4, 2011
How to Insert Subtotals in Excel
The Subtotal tool in the Outline group on the Data tab of the ribbon automatically inserts subtotal formulas and grand
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February 1, 2011
Excel VLOOKUP to the Left Using CHOOSE
A little while ago I showed you how to do a lookup to the left using the INDEX and MATCH
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January 28, 2011
How to Use Excel Filters
Excel Filters are right at home with large tables of data. You can use them to limit the data displayed
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January 21, 2011
Excel Pivot Table Video Tutorial
An Excel Pivot Table is one of the most powerful productivity tools available, but some common data layout mistakes can
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January 12, 2011
How to Use Excel Conditional Formatting
Imagine examining hundreds of rows of raw data in Excel in an attempt to find a pattern or trend. You’d
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January 7, 2011
Excel Cell Formatting Tips & Tricks
Here are some easy solutions to Excel cell formatting frustrations that I get asked about all the time. Enter your
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December 17, 2010
Calculating Time in Excel
Calculating time in Excel can be very frustrating, especially when all you want to do is sum a column of
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December 13, 2010
Make Excel Speak What You Type
There’s a little known tool in Excel that will convert your text into speech and read your worksheet to you.
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Excel Custom Cell Formats
Learning how to customise a cell format in Excel allows you to not only format your data the way you
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December 3, 2010
INDEX MATCH Functions in Excel
In this tutorial, we'll dive into the powerful Excel INDEX and MATCH functions, which are essential for manipulating and analyzing
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November 30, 2010
Excel Running Total Formula
Quite often we want to see a running total or running balance column for our data. There are a few
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November 26, 2010
Excel HLOOKUP Formulas Explained
The Excel HLOOKUP formula is just like the VLOOKUP formula, only the table you are looking up is laid out
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November 24, 2010
Excel OFFSET Function Explained
The OFFSET function is one of Excel’s best kept secrets. Probably because it’s quite tricky to explain, and can be
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November 21, 2010
Excel Drop Down Lists
Creating Excel drop down lists, or Data Validation Lists as they're formally known, enables you to control the value entered
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November 8, 2010
How to Round Numbers in Excel Using 3 Rounding Functions
It’s common practice in Excel to format decimal places to get the desired rounding of numbers. But the problem with
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November 1, 2010
Excel Pivot Tables Explained
Excel Pivot Tables are one of the most powerful tools at our disposal, and once you understand how they work,
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October 27, 2010
Excel Named Ranges Explained
Named Ranges in Excel are an essential tool for simplifying and enhancing the functionality of spreadsheets. They allow you to
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Get Your Own Interactive Google Map FREE
Have you ever wanted your very own interactive Google Map dotted with locations relevant to your business? You might want
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October 6, 2010
Excel SUBTOTAL Formula Explained
If you think SUM is handy, wait til you meet SUBTOTAL. SUBTOTAL has so many tricks up its sleeve you’ll
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September 29, 2010
Excel Nested IF’s Explained
Did you know we can use a nested IF formula to extend the number of logical tests and therefore, possible
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September 25, 2010
Excel’s IFERROR Puts an End to Messy Workarounds
Before the introduction of the IFERROR function in Excel 2007, if you wanted to hide errors displayed by some formulas
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September 24, 2010
Excel Absolute References $ – The Missing Link
Excel Absolute References are the backbone of ALL formula writing enabling you to copy and paste formulas with ease. Enter
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September 22, 2010
Excel VLOOKUP – Sorted List Explained
In my previous Excel VLOOKUP formula tutorial I mentioned that there are two ways you can use a VLOOKUP but
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September 20, 2010
Excel VLOOKUP Formulas Explained
The Excel VLOOKUP formula is my favourite! Perhaps because it was one of the first formulas I mastered. It gave
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September 13, 2010
Excel COUNTIF and COUNTIFS Formulas Explained
In this tutorial we’re looking at the COUNTIF and COUNTIFS Formulas, and we'll take a look at a couple of
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September 10, 2010
Excel SUMIF and SUMIFS Formulas Explained
SUMIF extends the capabilities of the basic SUM function by allowing you to tell Excel to only SUM items that
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