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Simple but effective tables, part 9
- 09 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. The previous two-part article looked at the use of structured references to refer to all or part of an Excel Table, from cells outside of the Table as well as cells within the Table. We are going to conclude our exploration of Tables by looking at Filtering and Sorting, and using Sparklines and check boxes in Table columns. Then, in the next part of the series, we will look at how Tables work with Power Query.
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Excel Tips & Tricks #489 – The basics of charts in Excel part 2: Combo charts
- 08 Apr 2024
- Tom Edmunds
Hello and welcome back to Excel Tips and Tricks! This week, we have a Creator level post exploring the concept of a combo chart in Excel that can be used for two or more series of data.
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Excel Tips & Tricks #488 – The basics of charts in Excel
- 11 Mar 2024
- Thomas Edmunds
Hello and welcome back to Excel Tips and Tricks! This week, we have a Creator level post exploring the basics of the different chart types in Excel.
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Enhancing data display and entry with Excel Form Controls
- 13 Nov 2023
Form Controls are objects that can be used to display data or make it easier for users to enter data, to perform an action or to make a selection.
Data tables
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Simple but effective Tables. Part 10
- 23 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. We are going to conclude our series of articles on the practical use of Excel Tables by looking at how Tables work with Power Query.
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Simple but effective tables, part 9
- 09 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. The previous two-part article looked at the use of structured references to refer to all or part of an Excel Table, from cells outside of the Table as well as cells within the Table. We are going to conclude our exploration of Tables by looking at Filtering and Sorting, and using Sparklines and check boxes in Table columns. Then, in the next part of the series, we will look at how Tables work with Power Query.
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Simple but effective tables, part 8
- 07 Aug 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. Last time we started looking at the use of structured references to refer to all or part of an Excel Table, using examples based on referring to the Table from cells outside the Table. This time we will look at structured references within a Table and some more advanced examples of how to use structured references.
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Simple but effective tables, part 7
- 24 Jul 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity.
Filtering and queries
Articles and webinars on filtering and queries.
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Simple but effective Tables. Part 10
- 23 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. We are going to conclude our series of articles on the practical use of Excel Tables by looking at how Tables work with Power Query.
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Simple but effective tables, part 9
- 09 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
In this series we are going to examine some of the capabilities of Excel Tables. We will be concentrating on the practical use of Tables to improve spreadsheet productivity. The previous two-part article looked at the use of structured references to refer to all or part of an Excel Table, from cells outside of the Table as well as cells within the Table. We are going to conclude our exploration of Tables by looking at Filtering and Sorting, and using Sparklines and check boxes in Table columns. Then, in the next part of the series, we will look at how Tables work with Power Query.
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Your Questions Answered #11 – Tips and Tricks Live extended
- 11 Jul 2024
- David Benaim
In last month’s ‘Excel Tips and Tricks live – your questions answered’ webinar, David Benaim and Ian Pay tackled Excel questions and queries covering best practices when using Power Query, the use of formulas such as XLOOKUP, and a range of techniques for data handling and analysis in Excel. In this article, David returns to answer some of the unanswered questions from the webinar.
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Avoid Column Name errors in Power Query
- 24 May 2024
- Mark Proctor
Changing column names are a frequent cause of Power Query errors. This article explores a few techniques to avoid those errors and ensure Power Query refresh runs smoothly.
Formulas and functions
Articles and webinars on formulas and functions.
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Taking the new GROUPBY() and PIVOTBY() functions further
- 20 Nov 2024
- Simon Hurst
The main capabilities of the recently introduced GROUPBY() and PIVOTBY() functions have already been covered in recent articles. Here we are going to look at one aspect of their use in a bit more detail: the ability to use functions and formulas within the individual arguments of each function.
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Ticks, crosses and noughts
- 05 Nov 2024
- Simon Hurst
Experimenting with an Excel tip in a recent LinkedIn post leads to an exploration of the use of conditional formatting for adding ticks and crosses to Excel cells, and the discovery of a surprising comparison capability.
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Top 12 Excel Combinations: 3. IFERROR FORMULATEXT
- 31 Oct 2024
- Liam Bastick
In the latest instalment of his series counting down the "Top 12" of Excel function combinations, Liam Bastick considers IFERROR FORMULATEXT.
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Solving the array of arrays issue
- 25 Oct 2024
- Mark Proctor
In this post, we explore the "array of arrays" issue in Excel’s calculation engine. We demonstrate how this leads to unexpected results and how we can work around the issue.
PivotTables
Articles and webinars on PivotTables.
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Power Tools Part 4: Build dynamic dashboards with Power Pivot
- 04 Mar 2024
- ICAEW
This webinar explores the fundamentals of Power Pivot and how to best use this functionality in Excel to structure and analyse data, based on real-life examples accounting and finance professionals will encounter.
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Excel's new functions might change data analysis forever
- 29 Feb 2024
- Liam Bastick
Excitement is building, as a range of new functions introduced by Microsoft towards the end of last year are – hopefully – edging closer to general release. Here, Microsoft MVP Liam Bastick explores how they work and what they might mean for you.
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Formatting Slicers
- 30 Aug 2023
- Liam Bastick
In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, you can use report filters to filter data in a PivotTable report, but it is not easy to see the current filtering state when you filter on multiple items. In Microsoft Excel 2010 and later versions (that is, from when Slicers were introduced), you have the option to use Slicers to filter the data
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Coming soon: graphic details in PivotTables
- 24 Jul 2023
- Simon Hurst
An imminent Excel enhancement will allow you to include Data Types and images in your PivotTables. Is this your chance to build PivotTables containing employee photos and product pictures?
Reports and dashboards
Articles and webinars on reports and dashboards.
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Enhancing data display and entry with Excel Form Controls
- 13 Nov 2023
Form Controls are objects that can be used to display data or make it easier for users to enter data, to perform an action or to make a selection.
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Excel – smarten up your dashboards
- 19 Dec 2022
- Simon Hurst
It might have taken you hours, or even days, to turn your data into an interactive Excel dashboard, driven by multiple Slicers, but investing just a few more minutes on improving the presentation of your dashboard can give it greater impact and help it communicate its message even more effectively.
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Traffic cameras - incorporate real traffic lights in your Excel reports
- 22 Nov 2022
- Simon Hurst
Although the imminent new Excel IMAGE() function provides additional options for displaying pictures that change dynamically based on values in cells, there is already a way to do this using the Excel Camera. The examples in this article show you how to display product pictures and real traffic lights.
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Dynamic Arrays and Charts – bigger and better Excel dashboards await
- 03 Nov 2022
- Simon Hurst
The latest Excel enhancement to the working of Charts and Dynamic Arrays reinforces the suspicion that the Excel development team could indeed be avid followers of the Excel Community. In this article, we’ll see how the new ability for charts to use Dynamic Arrays dynamically as their data source allows Excel dashboards to be even more automatic and exciting.
VBA and macros
Articles and webinars on VBA and macros.
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Excel’s real-life superpowers
- 24 Oct 2024
- Simon Hurst
Useful as some features are when used in a spreadsheet, they could be even more empowering if available in real-life. In this article we consider some examples and explore the use of AI in illustrating the possibilities.
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Excel Tips & Tricks #493 - How to add a custom ribbon to your workbook part 2
- 14 Aug 2024
- Ruth Butler-Lee
This week, we have a developer level post which explores how to set up your custom ribbon with tailored buttons.
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Office Scripts vs VBA: What’s the difference?
- 13 Feb 2024
- Mark Proctor
Office Scripts are a new scripting language for automating Excel. In this article, Mark Proctor explores how Office Scripts differ to VBA and what we can or cannot do with each.
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Your Questions Answered #6 – Financial Modelling and Scenario Planning continued: What are your thoughts on incorporating macros into models?
- 31 Jul 2023
- Ben Ducker
In a recent webinar on 'Financial Modelling and Scenario Planning: Mastering Effective Decision-Making', Craig Stirk and Ben Ducker explored why scenario planning is important and why structured models can help. Ben returns to answer some questions from the webinar they were unable to respond to during the session.
Worksheet design & formatting
Articles and webinars on worksheet design and formatting.
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Excel’s real-life superpowers
- 24 Oct 2024
- Simon Hurst
Useful as some features are when used in a spreadsheet, they could be even more empowering if available in real-life. In this article we consider some examples and explore the use of AI in illustrating the possibilities.
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Multiple conditional formats
- 18 Oct 2024
- Simon Hurst
It is possible to apply multiple conditional formats to the same cell or range of cells. Where rule formats don’t clash with other rules, then all the rules that satisfy the condition will be applied. However, where rules are mutually exclusive, for example where they both change the font colour, rules are evaluated in a specific order of priority. In this article we look at making sure that your rules are in the right order.
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Using slicers with PIVOTBY, GROUPBY and FILTER
- 01 Oct 2024
- Mark Proctor
The newest functions, GROUPBY and PIVOTBY will be rolling out to users over the next few months. In this article, we uncover the techniques we can implement for using slicers with these new functions.
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Excel Tips and Tricks #495 - Excel “Tick”ery!
- 27 Sep 2024
- Ian Pay
Welcome back to Excel Tips and Tricks! For our latest tip, we have a General User post exploring one of the latest pieces of Excel functionality – Checkboxes.
Wider productivity tools
Articles on other business tech products and wider productivity tools such as the Microsoft Office suite.
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Unsend your emails
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- 09 Oct 2024
- Simon Hurst
Inspired by a recent catastrophic email event that made the national news, we once again abandon Excel to look at another Office application, this time Microsoft Outlook. In particular, we see how Outlook can help to protect us from ourselves.
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The one click solution to all your Word problems
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- 23 Sep 2024
- Simon Hurst
We venture outside the world of Excel to examine how you can resolve all your Word issues with a single mouse click or keyboard shortcut.
Excel, Teams, Power BI, Canva, Zoom, Google Sheets++: New tech features for Jun-Aug 2024
- Article
- 09 Sep 2024
- David Benaim
Our digest of new features across Microsoft 365 & other business tech products in written, images & video format covering the last three months.
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Presenting for the 2020s with PowerPoint and AI apps
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- 25 Jul 2024
PowerPoint MVP & YouTuber David Benaim highlights his favourite features of PowerPoint, and showcases some game-changing AI tools for image manipulation.
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