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Posted on Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Excel – Convert Text Month to the Month Number

A trick to get a number from a name

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Ever needed to convert the text Sep or September into a 9? Well Excel can convert text months into their respective numbers.

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Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013

Extract the Sheet Name in Excel

The long and the sort versions

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Being able to extract the current sheet name is often handy. Sheet names have to be unique, so you can name your sheets after departments or divisions. Excel will stop you duplicating a sheet name.

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Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Get the Right Day In Excel

Formulas and formats

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To get the day of the week in a cell you have two choices. You can use a format or a formula.

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Posted on Thursday, August 8, 2013

Fixing Excel’s Pivot Table headings

Say goodbye to Sum of

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Pivot Tables are incredibly powerful and easy to use. Unfortunately their headings can include the terms “Sum of” or “Count of”. This is not always what you’d like to present to users. A macro to the rescue.

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Posted on Thursday, August 1, 2013

Importing Date Data Into Excel

Dates and CSV files

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Sometimes when you import data via a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file or a TXT file, the dates don’t always import very well.

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