Key Takeaway: Remove all formatting in Excel: Clear all formatting in a worksheet by selecting all cells, then clicking “Clear All” in the “Editing” group of the “Home” tab. Removing formatting from cells: To remove formatting from specific cells, click on the cell, then click “Clear Formats” in the “Clear” dropdown menu in the “Editing”…
Key Takeaway: ISO Week Numbers provide an alternative way to arrange dates in Excel and are used widely in business and finance. Unlike using the calendar month, ISO Week Numbers provide 52 uniform weeks per year, making planning and analysis more streamlined. Setting up ISO Week Numbers in Excel requires you to enable the Analysis…
Key Takeaways: Excel functions are powerful tools for data analysis and manipulation, allowing users to perform various mathematical, date/time, text, logical, and lookup/reference operations. Some of the most common mathematical functions in Excel include SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, COUNT, IF, ROUND, ABS, MOD, and CEILING. These functions can help users perform calculations, manipulate data, and…
Key Takeaways: Working with fonts in Excel involves changing font style and size, adding bold, italic, and underline formatting, and using font colors to make spreadsheets more visually appealing and easier to read for users. Formatting cells with font options includes wrapping text, merging and centering cells, and adjusting column width and row height to…
Key Takeaway: Using graphics in Excel is a powerful tool for visualizing and understanding complex data series. Creating charts in Excel offers a flexible and customizable way to represent data series, including the ability to add and format data series within a chart and customize chart options to fit your needs. Conditional formatting is another…
Key Takeaway: Understanding time formats in Excel is essential for converting numeric values to times. Excel recognizes time as a decimal value, and it’s important to know the different time formats available in Excel. The TIME function is a powerful tool for converting numeric values to times in Excel. It allows for precise control over…
Key Takeaway: Using a progression indicator in a macro in Excel can help track progress and provide visual feedback to the user, improving user experience and increasing efficiency. To set up the progression indicator in Excel, first create the macro and define the range where the indicator will appear. Then write the code to add…
Key takeaways: Default cell movement is an important feature in Excel that affects the way cells shift when columns or rows are deleted. Understanding how default cell movement works can speed up data entry and reduce errors in data manipulation. Deleting cells in a single column or row will shift the remaining cells to fill…
Key Takeaway: In-cell conditional formatting is a useful tool for quickly identifying values that fall outside of predetermined limits. By setting limits and applying conditional formatting in Excel, users can easily spot anomalies and take corrective action. Formula-based conditional formatting is another way to identify values that are out of limits. Using IF and AND…
Key Takeaway: For Next loops are commonly used in Excel VBA programs to repeat a set of instructions for a specified number of times or through a set of elements in an array or range. The Exit For statement allows you to exit a For Next loop prematurely when a specific condition is met, saving…