Excel isn’t just about crunching numbers; it’s also a powerful tool for data sharing. But with shared access comes the risk of accidental data modification. The solution? Learning how to protect and unprotect cells in Excel. Unlocking Editable Areas in Your Data To make certain data available for editing, follow these steps: Highlight the cells you want to leave unlocked. Head to the ‘Home’ tab, look for the ‘Cells’ group,[…]
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Microsoft Excel: Text to Columns – Split Pasted Data Effortlessly
Text to Columns is a powerful Excel feature that allows you to separate text or data in a single column into multiple columns. This article covers the basics of using Text to Columns, focusing on the differences between delimited and fixed-width separation, treating consecutive delimiters as one, and using multiple delimiters. Common Use Cases for Excel Text to Columns Some common examples where Text to Columns is useful are::[…]
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In Excel, visualizing the relationship between the cells used in a formula can be a powerful tool for understanding the spreadsheet’s structure and for debugging purposes. Here’s a tip on how to highlight all cells referenced in a formula in Excel: Select the Cell Containing the Formula: Begin by selecting the cell that contains the formula you’re interested in. When a cell with a formula is selected, Excel provides a[…]
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Have you ever spotted an error in a spreadsheet? Errors in spreadsheets are common, with more than 90% of spreadsheets containing errors. These errors remain undetected as spreadsheets are rarely tested. Research has shown that 50% of spreadsheet models used in large businesses have material defects. Organizations rely on spreadsheets for complex data management and decision-making. It is important to be aware of the risks associated with spreadsheet errors. Errors[…]
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Want to give your Excel worksheets a professional edge while ensuring data accuracy? Create dropdown lists in Excel, a feature that doesn’t require any macros! For instance, let’s consider an input cell where the user needs to enter a month name. Setting Up Your Dropdown Items Start by entering your dropdown items into a column on your worksheet. Let’s consider the month names entered from cell E1 to E12. The[…]
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Think that Excel math operations always require complex formulas. It’s time to introduce you to a game-changing feature – Excel Paste Special math operations. This powerful tool allows you to perform basic calculations without writing a single formula. Let’s dive into an example: Imagine you have a list of product prices in Excel, and you’re tasked with increasing all these prices by 5%. The traditional way might involve creating formulas,[…]
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How do you select all the data within your worksheet? Many users learn early on the “click + hold + drag” method for selecting a range of data using Microsoft Excel. If you have hundreds of rows of data, this method can be very tedious when needing to select all of the data within a worksheet. Selecting the Entire Excel Worksheet 3 Different Keyboard Shortcuts to Select “All” Data within a[…]
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Microsoft Excel allows you to concatenate text by using operators and functions. What does the word concatenate mean? Concatenation is the process of joining character strings end to end and has a wide variety of uses. There are four different ways to concatenate text in Microsoft Excel each with its advantages and disadvantages: The & Operator Concatenation() – Deprecated replaced by the Concat() function Concat() Textjoin() – Available in Excel[…]
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Microsoft Excel contains helpful tools you can use to create barrier-free spreadsheets with accessibility features. Spending only an extra minute or two, you can use Excel’s ‘Check Accessibility’ feature to review and help make your work more user friendly for someone using adaptive technologies such as a screen reader. To begin, click the Check Availability icon on the Review tab, The Accessibility Checker will highlight any potential errors[…]
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The PivotTables feature within Microsoft Excel can be a powerful ally in analyzing large amounts of data. However, to reduce the chance of errors, be sure to prepare Excel data for PivotTables analysis by following these 8 data clean up tasks first. Fail-Proof Tips to Get Excel Data in Shape for PivotTables Analysis You already know Excel is popular program for analyzing data, and PivotTables is one of the[…]
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