If you’re like me and you’re not that great with the number pad on a standard keyboard, Excel’s ability to speak what you type as you enter it can make the difference between a couple of minutes in front of a spreadsheet or hours. The Speak Cells command will enable Excel to dictate the information [...]
One of Excel’s most powerful formatting tools is the Find and Replace command. Find and replace allows users to specify elements to locate in a spreadsheet. You can use this powerful command to locate a formula you wish to update, a set of values that have changed, and the formatting applied to cells. In this [...]
One of my favorite and frequently used toolbars is the Quick Access Toolbar located above the Office Ribbon. By default the toolbar has shortcuts for the Save, Undo, and Redo commands, fortunately Microsoft likes to make our lives easier and allowed users to customize this easy to access toolbar. The how-to below will walk you [...]
Data entry rules in Excel give users more control over the type of data that can be entered into cells in spreadsheets. We discussed how to use lists in a previous how-to, in this example we’ll show you how to specify the data type that can be entered and the different options available to you. [...]
Outlining and grouping rows or columns in Excel makes it easy to organize and declutter spreadsheets that have a ton of data on display. Say you have several rows with the sales figures by month and the last row is a summation of the data, rather than display all months you can group the data [...]
Commenting in Excel allows you to keep annotations and references on specific cells. Comments are generated by the user as described in the tutorial below or when the Excel spreadsheet is set to Track Changes (future article). Comments appear only when you create and edit them or when you toggle their display using the Show [...]
The use of Special Characters is probably one of the least frequently accessed features in Excel, nevertheless it requires special attention because everyone should know how to insert special characters while using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other applications. We live in a world where everything is copyrighted, trademarked, and patented…so it is important that we [...]
As a frequent user of Excel I find that one of the most useful features is AutoFill. When preparing spreadsheets for presentations or when your organizing data to keep a sense of sanity, AutoFill will simplify that task. AutoFill will ensure data integrity and will maintain order when data series require it.
In the example [...]
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