Here are the steps to use it: You have dates in the range A1: A10 and now, you want to get the month from the dates in the B column. Once you do this it will extract the month from the rest of the dates, just like below. In Excel, using a live image of a table can help you resize it according to space, and to create a live image there are two different ways in which you can use it.
One is camera tools and the second is the paste special option. Here are the steps to use the camera tool and for paste special use the below steps. A few of the Excel users know that there is a default data entry form is there which we can use. And the best part is there is no need to write a single line of code for this. We all have some favorite options or some options which we use frequently. To access all those options in one place you create a tab and add them to it.
Follow these steps:. In simple words, Goal Seek is a problem-solving tool. It helps you find the input value by proving the value you want in the result. This is an option where you can make Excel speak the text you have entered into a cell or a range of cells. TRIM can help you to remove extra spaces from a text string. Just refer to the cell from where you want to remove the spaces and it will return the trimmed value in the result.
In Excel, to remove these duplicate values is quite simple. Once you click OK, Excel will remove all the rows from the selected data where values are duplicates and show a message with the number of values removed and unique values left. I know five different ways to merge text from a range but out of those Fill Justify is my favorite.
Let say you have words in the range A1: A5 and you want to concatenate all of them in a single cell. You can do this simply by the find and replace option. So, you have text in multiple cells, and you want to combine all the text into one cell.
No, this time not with fill justify. All you need to do is to add a delimiter if any , and TRUE if you want to ignore empty cells, and in the end, refer to the range.
But if you convert this table to something like the one below you can use it easily anywhere. But if you convert this table into something like the one below you can use it easily anywhere.
So how to do this? The easiest way to deal with these error values is to select them and delete them and these are the simple steps. The normal way is to cut and paste them one by one.
But we also have an out-of-the-box way. In Excel, you can sort columns just like you sort rows and by using the same methods you can arrange them in a custom order. Click here to learn this full tip.
Sometimes you have dates that are stored as text and you can use them in a calculation and further analysis. The easiest way to convert a negative number into a positive is by using the.
Before I started to use format painter for applying cell formatting, I was using paste special with the shortcut key. I always found it quicker than using a shortcut key to change the name of a worksheet. All you have to do is just double-click on the sheet tab and enter a new name. Let me tell you why this method is faster than using a shortcut. Suppose if want to rename more than one worksheet using a shortcut key.
Before you change the name of a worksheet, you need to activate it. But if you use the mouse it will automatically activate that worksheet and edit the name with only two clicks. I am sure shortcut addicts always use a shortcut key to drag formulas and values in downward cells. But using a fill handle is more impressive than using a shortcut key. This method only works if you have values in the corresponding column and it works only in the vertical direction.
Just make a double click on the active tab in your ribbon and it will collapse the ribbon. And if you want to expand it back just double click on it again. You often use shapes in our worksheets to present some messages and you have to insert some text into those shapes. Besides the typical method, you can use a double click to edit a shape and insert the text into it. Whenever you have to adjust column width you can double click on the right edge of the column header.
It auto sets the column width according to the column data. This trick can be useful if you are working with a large dataset. By using a double click, you can go to the last cell in the range which has data. All you have to do is just make a double-click on the border of the graph to open the formatting option.
As you already know Excel stores data in pivot cache before creating a pivot table. You can extract data from a pivot table by double-clicking on data values. As soon as you do this Excel will insert a new worksheet with the data which has been used in the pivot table.
There is a right-click drop-down menu in Excel which few users know about. To use this menu all you need to do is select a cell or a range of the cell and then right-click and while holding it, drop the selection to somewhere else.
Normally while working on Excel I create more than 15 Excel files every day. And, if I save each of these files to my desktop it looks nasty.
Here are the steps to disable the start-up screen in Microsoft Office. From now onward, whenever you start Excel it will directly open the workbook without showing the start-up screen.
So, you need to enable it from settings. When you open a macro-enabled file, you need to enable macro options to run VBA codes. Follow these simple steps:. If you do a lot of data entry in Excel, then this option can be a game-changer for you. With the auto-correct option, you can tell Excel to change a text string into another when you type it. Just think like this, you have a list of 10 products which you sell.
Whenever you need to insert those product names you can insert them using a custom list. Let me tell you how to do this:. Now, to enter the custom list you have just created, enter the first entry of the list in the cell and then drill down that cell using the fill handle. If you are not happy with the default color of cell grid-lines then you can simply change it with a few clicks and follow these simple steps for this:. This is one of my favorite one-time set up to save time in the long run.
The thing is instead of going to the start menu to open Microsoft Excel, the best way is to point it to the taskbar. If you have a macro code that you need to use frequently. Well, the easiest way to run a macro code is to add it to the quick access toolbar.
So instead of selecting each cell one by one, you can select all the cells where you have a formula. To do some one-time calculations you can use the paste special option and save yourself from writing formulas.
Well, you can use a VBA code to highlight values but the easiest way is to use conditional formatting. Here are the steps you need to follow:. If you ever noticed that when you select a range of cells in Excel, a small icon at the bottom of the selection appears. When you click on this icon you can see some of the options which are there on the ribbon which you can directly use from here to save your time. There is an option in Excel which you can use to open a specific file s whenever you start Excel in your system.
Here are the steps. The idea behind this option is to get information by seeing definitions, images for the topic text from different online sources. Sometimes you need to add screenshots to your spreadsheet. And for this, Excel has an option that can capture the screen instantly, and then you can paste it into the worksheet. If you use Excel to Excel , then you can locate a keyboard shortcut by pressing the ALT key. Once you press it, it shows the keys for the options which are there on the ribbon, just like below.
In the same way you can reach to all the option using the shortcut keys. Check out these selected 21 tips out of Serial Numbers. Current Date and Time. Sort Buttons. Drag and Drop. Status Bar. Paste from Clipboard. There is a problem with normal copy-paste that you can only use a single value at a time.
Add Bullet Points. Under the number tab, select custom. In the input bar, enter the following formatting. Copy of Worksheet. To create a copy of a worksheet in the same workbook drag and drop in the best way. Undo-Redo Buttons. First of all, you need to add it to the quick access toolbar here are the steps.
It will show you a window to select the formatting type and after selecting that click OK. Format Painter. Cell Message. Here are the steps to do this: First, select the cell for which you want to add a message. In the data validation window, go to the Input Message tab. Month Name. Highlight Blank Cells. Font Color with Custom Formatting. Theme Color. Clear Formatting. Sentence Case. Random Numbers. Count Words. Calculate Age. Root of Number. Days in Month. Smooth Line. Chart Formatting. Hide Axis Labels.
Display Units. Round Corner. Select your chart and open formatting options. In borders sections, tick mark rounded corners. Hide Gap. Show the gap for the empty cell. Use zero. Connect data points with the line. Here are the steps to use these options. Pictograph in Excel. Chart Template. Default Chart. Click on the arrow at the bottom right corner. Click OK. Hidden Cells. Select your chart and right click on it.
Print Titles. Now in the page setup window go to the sheet tab and specify the following things. Page Order. Specifying the page order is quite useful when you want to print large data. Now here, you have two options: The First Option: To print your pages using a vertical order. The Second Option: To print your pages using a horizontal order. Print Comments. Scale to Fit. Specify the number of pages in which you want to adjust your entire data using width and length.
Custom Header-Footer. Click on the custom header or footer button. Center on Page. Horizontally: Aligns data to the center of the page.
Vertically: Aligns data to the middle of the page. The wizard walks users through four steps that define how information will be converted for Web display. Specifying format options, such as rules between data. Faster access to worksheets When working with large workbooks in which all of the worksheet tabs are not visible, your users probably get frustrated with scrolling to find the sheet they need.
Here's a really quick tip to pass on. Right-click on any of the tab-scrolling buttons to the left of the sheet tabs , and a shortcut menu will pop up. You can then select the tab you want.
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