How to create a mortgage calculator using Microsoft Excel
Most folks think of the Microsoft Office Suite as something you you have to use at work and perhaps they use it for personal correspondence at home as well. Of course, there are some savvy computer...
View ArticleHow to create a bulleted list in Microsoft Excel
I remember a time when I had "Googled" how to create a bulleted list in MS Excel and was very disappointed when all I found was articles telling me that it couldn’t be done. Perhaps you have searched...
View ArticleHow to copy or move Microsoft Excel worksheets to another workbook
If you have the need to more or copy a worksheet from one workbook to another it is very easy to do in version 2010. You can use the Move or Copy dialog box to accomplish this task very easily and...
View ArticleNeed to See Two Excel Worksheets Simultaneously?
Sometimes you may need to see two worksheets in the same workbook side by side. I have actually had folks write to me asking how they can do this. I tell them, relax – it isn’t all that difficult....
View ArticleSorting/Filtering Conditional Format Results
A client recently e-mailed me inquiring about filtering in his Excel worksheet. It seems he had a list of data in column A and one in Column B. He had created a conditional format such that any data...
View ArticleClean Your Text in Excel
There is an interesting function in Excel worksheets. I know that you are most likely thinking – well most of them are pretty interesting, but this particular function is interesting in that it makes...
View ArticleUnderlines in MS Excel
Some folks are not aware that there are several kinds of underlines available in Excel that you can use within your cells. Follow the steps below to learn how: Display the Home tab of your Ribbon. In...
View ArticleSpecify the Page Printing Order in MS Excel
When the information in your worksheet will not fit on a single page, Excel will break it up for you at row and column boundaries, and then it will print your data on multiple pages. You cannot control...
View ArticleTurn the Legend On and Off in Your Excel Chart
As you most likely already know, when you create a chart in MS Excel, it will automatically create a chart legend for you, depending on which type of chart you have created. You are not, however,...
View ArticleWorking With Dates in Excel
There are two ways to work with dates in Excel, the hard way where you do all the work or the easy way where Excel does all the work for you. If you work with monthly sheets e.g. Jan, Feb, etc. then...
View ArticleUsing Conditional Formatting in MS Excel
Have you ever had a need to use conditional formatting in a row in your worksheet? Suppose you need to highlight all the values in your row that exceed a certain number. I had a client call me...
View ArticleDelete Every Other Row in your Excel Worksheet
There are lots of instances where you would like to delete every second, third, fifth, etc. rows in your worksheet. One instance that readily comes to mind is when you use data from another source....
View ArticleCount With Pivot Tables in MS Excel
Lots of businesses have data tables set up in worksheets but this tip is not just for businesses. Say you have a large business and have set up a data table of your clients. In the first column you...
View ArticleI Know I Put That Name Someplace!
Folks define names in their Excel worksheets all the time and they can sometimes end up with so many names that they have difficulty remembering them or finding them! Of course, you can can jump to a...
View ArticleCopy and Move Cells to New Workbook in MS Excel
You may have an occasion when you would like to copy cells from your current workbook to a new one. Fortunately, this is very easy to do. Follow the steps below to learn how: Close all open workbooks...
View ArticleShare your Customization in MS Excel
Once you have your ribbon customized perfectly and want everyone else to have the same, it’s a very easy task to share with your colleagues. Follow the steps below to learn how: Right-click your Ribbon...
View ArticleFreezing Top and Bottom Rows in MS Excel
If you have a very large worksheet containing rows and rows of data it would be a lot easier for you if you were able to freeze both the top and bottom rows of your worksheet. Unfortunately, there is...
View ArticleGetting Zeros to Show in Excel
While working on a spreadsheet the other day I had difficulty getting zeros to show in a column of zip codes even though the numbers were formatted as zip codes. I’d never had this problem before, but...
View ArticleHow to Quickly Enter Similar Data in an Excel 2007 Worksheet
A very cool shortcut you can use in Excel 2007 allows you to copy data from the cell above the current cell. Follow the steps below to learn how: Click Ctrl + “ (quotation mark) Say you enter the...
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