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31ExcelTutorialsLearnandBeAwesomeinExcel
PublishedonMar11,2010inChartsandGraphs,Featured,LearnExcel

InOctober2008,IhavestartedanambitiousseriesofpostsonthisblogcalledSpreadcheats.These
arelittletricks,nuggets,tutorialsonusingExcelthatwouldmakeanyoneaspreadsheetguru.

Thespreadcheatsserieshasbeenwildlysuccessful.Iamcompilingallthisusefulinformationandarticles
intoonebigpostsothatanyonecanfollowthelinksandbecomegoodinExcel.Readon,

[Note:Thisisnotforbeginners.Ifyouknowwhataformulais,youwouldenjoythis31articles]

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Collapse,ExpandExcelChartsusingthishiddentrick
PublishedonJan12,2010inChartsandGraphs

Doyouknowthatyoucollapseorexpandexcelcharts?Dontbelieveme?Meneither.WhenIfirst
realizedthatwecancollapse/expandchartswithoutwritinganymacrosorlengthyformulas,Icouldnt
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waittoshareitwithallofyou.Thisissuchasimpleyetpowerfultrick.Seeitforyourself.

Thetrickliesinusinggroup/ungroupdatafeatureandcarefullyaligningchartswiththecellgrid.The
wholeprocesstakesjustabout2minutesandproduceswowfactorworthaweek.Gocheckit,now.Also,
adownloadabletemplateisincludedinthepost.

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PrintWorksheetsinOnePageAcross[QuickTips]
PublishedonDec22,2009inExcelHowtos

Haveyoueverwonderedhowtoprintexcelsheetsinonepageacross?sothatwhenyouprintalarge
excelspreadsheettheoutputcanbereadonepageafteranother.WecanusetheprintsettingsinExcel
todothisveryeasily.Inthisepisodeofquicktipswewilllearnhowtodothiswithin5seconds.

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WhatisExcelSUMPRODUCTformulaandhowtouseit?
PublishedonNov10,2009inFeatured,LearnExcel

TodaywewilllearnanewandexcitingexcelformulatheallpowerfulSUMPRODUCT.

AttheoutsetSUMPRODUCTformulamaynotseemlikeallthatuseful.Butonceyouunderstandhow
excelworkswithlists(orarrays)ofdata,theSUMPRODUCTsrelevancebecomescrystalclear.

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PreventDuplicateDataEntryusingCellValidations
PublishedonOct26,2009inExcelHowtos

WeallknowthatdatavalidationisaveryusefulfeatureinExcel.Youcanusedatavalidationtocreatea
dropdownlistinacellandlimitthevaluesusercanenter.But,doyouknowthatyoucanusedata
validationinamultitudeofwaystopreventusersfromenteringwrongdata?

Hereisapracticalapplication:Preventusersfromenteringduplicatevaluesinarangeofcells.

Foreg.youaremakinganinvoice.WouldntitbecoolifExcelpromptedyouwhenyouenteraduplicate
lineitemsothatincreasetheitemquantityinsteadofrepeatingit.

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ExcelPivotTablesTutorial:WhatisaPivotTableandHowto
Makeone
PublishedonAug19,2009inExcelHowtos,Featured,LearnExcel,PivotTables&Charts

ExcelpivottablesareveryusefulandpowerfulfeatureofMSExcel.Theycanbeusedtosummarize,
analyze,exploreandpresentyourdata.InplainEnglish,itmeans,youcantakethesalesdatawith
columnslikesalesman,regionandproductwiserevenuesandusepivottablestoquicklyfindouthow
productsareperformingineachregion.

Inthistutorial,wewilllearnwhatisapivottableandhowtomakeapivottableusingexcel.

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UseROWS()andCOLUMNS()formulastogeneratenumbers
inasequence[quicktip]
PublishedonAug17,2009inLearnExcel

Hereisaquickexcelformulatiptostartyourweek.UseROWS()andCOLUMNS()formulasnexttimeyou
needsequentialnumbers.WhatdoesROWS()excelformulado?ROWSexcelformulatakesarangeasan
argumentandtellsyouhowmanyrowsarethereinthatrange.For.eg.ROWS(A1:A10)gives10.How
canyou[]

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BuildaRetirementCalculatorusingExcel(learnhowtouse
GoalSeekasabonus)
PublishedonJul29,2009inExcelHowtos,Featured,LearnExcel,personalfinance

Inthisinstallmentofspreadcheats,wewilllearnhowtousegoalseekfeatureofexcel.Wewillbuilda
retirementsavingscalculatorusingexcel.WewilllearntouseExcelsFV()formulatoestimatethecorpus
thatcanbeaccumulatedbysavingfixedamounteverymonth.

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DoyouknowtheseDoubleclickTricksinExcel?
PublishedonJun12,2009inExcelHowtos,Featured,LearnExcel

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Mostofusthinkofmasteringformulas,learningmacrosandbeingsupergoodwithchartswhenwethink
ofbeingproductivewithspreadsheets.Butoftenlearningsimplestufflikekeyboardshortcuts,using
mouseandworkingwithmenusandribbonscanbeahugeproductivityboosterforus.Soaspartofthis
installmentofspreadcheatswe[]

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StatisticalDistributionsinExcel[spreadcheats]
PublishedonJun1,2009inLearnExcel

Excelhasverypowerfulformulasandaddinsforperformingalmostanykindofstatisticalanalysis.Today
wewilllearnhowyoucanmakeastatisticaldistributionoftestscoresusingexcel.Thereisa
downloadableworkbooktoo,foryoutotakealookattheformulasandplaywiththem.

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CreateaDynamicChartinExcelin2Minutes[spreadcheats]
PublishedonMay19,2009inChartsandGraphs,Featured,LearnExcel

HereisareallyfunandsimplewaytocreatedynamicchartsinExcel.Itusesdatafiltersinaninnovative
wayandcreatesthedynamiceffect.Tocreatethedynamiccharts,justfollowthese5steps:

(1)Prepareyourcharts:Makeasmanychartsasyouwant.Letssay3.
(2)Setuptheareawheredynamicchartswillbeloaded:Justtake3cellsinarowandadjusttherow
heightandcolumnwidthsuchthatthechartscanbefitinsidesnugly.Also,typethechartnames(1for
eachcell)inthecell.Letussay,thechartsyouhaveareforCosts,SalesandProfits,justtypethese
namesinthecells.
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CalculateMovingAverage
PublishedonApr28,2009inLearnExcel

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Aspartofourspreadcheats,todaywewilllearnhowtocalculatemovingaverageusingexcelformulas.As
abonus,youwillalsolearnhowtocalculatemovingaverageoflatest3monthsaloneusingthecount,
averageandoffsetformulas.Onceyoufinishthetutorial,youhavesomehomeworktodoaswell.Sogo
aheadandlearnhowtocalculatemovingaverages.

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ExcelFormulaErrorsUnderstandandDebugThem
PublishedonApr20,2009inAllTimeHits,ExcelHowtos,Featured,LearnExcel

Inthisinstallmentofspreadcheatswewilllearnhowtounderstandexcelformulaerrorsandfixthem.
The#DIV/0!,#NAME?,#N/A,#NULL!,#NUM!,#REF!,#VALUE!errorsandhowtofixthem.

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UsingArrayFormulasinExcelFindifalisthasduplicate
items
PublishedonMar25,2009inExcelHowtos,LearnExcel

Inthisinstallmentofourspreadcheatsseries,wewilllearnhowtousearrayformulasandfindoutifalist
hasanyduplicateitems.WewilluseCountifandarrayformulastodothis

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ExcelConditionalFormattingBasics
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PublishedonMar13,2009inExcelHowtos,LearnExcel

DoyouknowWhatisexcelconditionalformatting?Learnthebasics,fewexamplesandseehowyoucan
useitindaytodayworkinthisinstallmentofspreadcheats.

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