I recently had to re-install Office and I found an annoying Microsoft Word default setting. The setting causes a sentence to go to the next page for no valid reason. Here is the setting to change. (more…)
Sometimes when creating text you need to handle plurals correctly. The IF function makes it easy. (more…)
Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature has a built-in unique option. Its unique option only identifies entries that are not repeated. This is different to the Advanced Filter Unique option which lists each unique item from a range once. To filter by entries only appearing once you can use Conditional Formatting with filtering. No formulas required. (more…)
In February 2019 I demonstrated how to use the Format as Table feature in Excel, including some advanced techniques. CPD note - if you are claiming CPD for watching this recording you need to keep your own records. People who attend the live sessions receive an annual listing of attendances. Download Webinar Materials https://vimeo.com/316946174 Many of Excel's features and functions work seamlessly with formatted tables. They can help you improve the structure and reliability of your spreadsheet files. Formatted tables…
Grouping of dates in Excel’s PivotTables is fairly common and in the most recent versions of Excel, automatic. Many people don’t realise that you can perform other types of grouping in Excel. (more…)
Let’s say you want to allocate a value across multiple months based on a start date and how many months you want to allocate. The monthly allocation will be averaged based on the number of months. The solution isn’t that hard. (more…)