Make your data colour coded with Conditional Formatting
Conditional Formatting, such a great tool. On the home tab of your #Excel sheet or shortcut key Alt, H, L. Start by selecting the cells that you want to apply the formatting too. I have used it to highlight all the cells in my column that are over 85. You can use it to automatically […]
Make your life easier, use shortcut keys in Excel.
Shortcut keys can make your time on Excel much more efficient. Reaching for the mouse or touch pad to do something is definitely slower than using a shortcut key. Also, some of the best shortcut keys saving typing time and are more accurate. It can take a bit of time to get used to using […]
Custom Spreadsheet Solutions – Still going.
I have decided to rewrite some of my old blogs, so this is a rewrite of my first every post where I introduced the business: Custom Spreadsheet Solutions. “A brand new business looking to create customised spreadsheet solutions for organisations.” I am really pleased that I still get to do this work, and the concept […]
Clipboard memory knows what you just copied, and the thing before that as well…
I am generally not a fan of copying and pasting as it is usually an inefficient thing to do. But, sometimes it is helpful and if you are going to do it at least do it well. Did you know that everything you copy is stored on the clipboard memory? This means that you can […]
Line up
When you have graphs(Charts) or pictures in Excel and you want to get them lined up you can use Align. It is available on the Page Layout Menu and also the Format Shape Menu. You need to select the elements first. Use the Shift key (hold it down) while you click all the elements you […]
Custom Number Format the rescue.
You can do a lot with custom number formats. One thing that is tricky is when you are presenting information and you want to have the units correct is allowing for 0 days, 1 day, 2 days. The lack of “s” when the unit is 1 is tricky, but can be sorted with a custom […]
Display just the way you want.
The data displayed in a cell can be different to the data that is stored in the background. You can change the way the data looks by formatting the cell. Perhaps the simplest way to understand this is to enter a number and then format it as money (either Currency or Accounting). The data stored […]
How to fit in… your data into a cell.
Fitting data into a cell can be tricky, but with a few simple tricks and tips, you can fit the data into the size and shape of cell that you want. Resize your columns. You can change the width of an individual column (or row height) by moving your mouse pointer to the line between […]
Powerful Filter Button Options.
Once you have added Filter buttons to your data, either via the home menu or because you have a table, you have a lot of options on how to use them. Filter by Color – if you have colours on your cells, either from formatting or conditional formatting, you can use this to filter just […]
Getting started with Filter buttons.
Add Filter buttons to your data using Sort and Filter, then Filter. Found on the Home Menu. (Shortcut keys: Alt H, S, F) If you add filters to your data, you can access the sorting from the filter button. Sort A to Z (Smallest to Largest) and Z to A (Largest to Smallest) are available […]