Featured Tutorials
More than 100 Free Excel Tutorials in 1 Place
Over 100 Excel Tutorials in ONE Place The links in this file are updated on a monthly basis. Check back to get the latest file. On my YouTube channel, I often get questions like: "Do you have a video on *specific* topic?" or "How can I do *this* Excel task?" Actually, a lot of the videos on my channel are from you.
Formulas
Send Email from Excel with Hyperlink Formula
Send Email from Excel with a Hyperlink This post is about creating an email with an Excel formula. “But I already know how to do that; it’s called Insert – Hyperlink”. Don’t click away so fast. We will put our typical XelPlus spin on this and perform an action you may
Top 5 Excel Interview Questions
Top 5 Excel Interview Questions Over the past three decades, Excel has become the de facto standard spreadsheet program for businesses and individuals around the world. Excel accounts for an estimated 800 million users which translates to approximately 80% of all spreadsheet users. When entering the business world, a user whose
Excel XLookup Explained
Excel XLOOKUP Explained (Goodbye VLOOKUP!) In this post, we will examine Excel’s BEST function for performing a lookup… We’re going to look at how the new (upcoming) XLOOKUP function solves common lookup problems typically solved by older functions like… LOOKUP VLOOKUP HLOOKUP INDEX/MATCH This will be just a glimpse of some
Dashboards
Excel Spreadsheet Design
Good Spreadsheet Design Principles There are “Dos” and “Don’ts” when creating Excel spreadsheets. These can be categorized into two main areas: Workbook Structure Visual Design of Excel Worksheets Putting into practice and making a habit of as many of the following principles outlined in this post will elevate your spreadsheets miles/kilometers
Reset Dependent Drop-down in Excel
Reset Dependent Drop-down in Excel (with a tiny bit of VBA) Learn how to reset a dependent drop-down list in Excel with a little bit of VBA. The problem we get with dependent data validation lists is that when you change the value of the first data validation, the value for the
Excel Dependent Combo Box Solves an Annoying Problem
This Excel Dependent Combo Box Solves an Annoying Problem (you've probably had this) In this tutorial you'll learn a lot about combo box drop-down lists in Excel: 1. How to create a combo box drop-down list 2. How to create a dependent Combo Box drop-down. 3. How to restrict the combo
Charts
Progress Circle using Excel Doughnut Chart
Progress Circle using Excel Doughnut Chart When displaying progress, it is common to represent the percentage complete with an advancing bar. To make the visual more interesting, we can connect the ends together and form a circle. This looks eerily like an Excel Doughnut chart.
Excel Fun – Mosaic Chart
GUESS what's HIDDEN in Excel? (Cool Trick) Who says Excel can’t be fun? We will show how you can bring some fun to your next meeting or lecture using only Excel and some creative uses of Excel features. We want to play a game where we slowly reveal portions of a
Project Plan in Excel with Gantt Chart
Project Plan in Excel with Gantt Chart 3 Views (Plan, Actual & Progress) in 1 View This article will show how to create a Gantt Chart in Excel that displays Actual and Planned task information in a single view. The chart will also display task percentage completed as a bar inside
Features
Excel Advanced Filter Trick
Excel's Advanced Filter Little Known Trick This post will focus on an Excel feature that is unknown to most users, even Excel pros. The feature lies in the way we use the Advanced Filter tool. If you’re not familiar with the Advanced Filter tool, you should be. It’s one of the
Excel Flash Fill
Excel's Amazing Flash Fill Excel’s Flash Fill (introduced in Excel 2013) is one of the greatest time-saving features when it comes to fixing data. Flash Fill allows you to “fix” common data format issues like splitting text, merging text, date extraction, text replacement, formatting and much, much more. Flash Fill provides
Excel Spreadsheet Design
Good Spreadsheet Design Principles There are “Dos” and “Don’ts” when creating Excel spreadsheets. These can be categorized into two main areas: Workbook Structure Visual Design of Excel Worksheets Putting into practice and making a habit of as many of the following principles outlined in this post will elevate your spreadsheets miles/kilometers
VBA
Excel Get External Links
Get ALL External Links with THIS Simple Excel Trick (as NEVER seen before!) A terrific feature of Excel is the ability to pull data from external sources, like other Excel files. But with any benefit, there comes a cost. In this case, keeping track of the links and where the links
Excel VBA GetOpenFileName to Browse and Select File
Dynamic User File Selection Using Excel VBA GetOpenFilename Method This post will demonstrate how we can allow a user to select a file using a traditional “open file”-type dialog box. This has tremendous advantages over hard-coded solutions where the filename and its location are statically defined in either VBA code... ...or
Sum Cells by Color
Sum Cells by Color In this VBA tutorial we will look at a way to sum cells based on their background color. Unfortunately, Excel does not possess a function that will provide this functionality. So how will we get this to work? Good question. We will write and build our OWN
DYNAMIC ARRAYS
Excel Get External Links
Get ALL External Links with THIS Simple Excel Trick (as NEVER seen before!) A terrific feature of Excel is the ability to pull data from external sources, like other Excel files. But with any benefit, there comes a cost. In this case, keeping track of the links and where the links
Excel Dynamic Arrays Filter Function
LOOKUP ALL values b/w two dates (Excel Dynamic Arrays Filter Function to return many match results) Extracting records from a data set that matches defined criteria is a skill most users acquire early in their learning. This usually takes the form of applying a filter to the data. But there are
Searchable Drop Down List in Excel (Very Easy with Dynamic Arrays)
Searchable Drop Down List in Excel (Very Easy with Dynamic Arrays) “Does Excel have a feature to allow a Data Validation list to be searchable?” This is a common question asked on this site and most any Excel training venue. What do we mean by a searchable Data Validation list? Let’s
POWERPOINT
Use PowerPoint SLIDE ZOOM the RIGHT WAY
Use PowerPoint SLIDE ZOOM the RIGHT WAY Imagine walking into a meeting and seeing that the speaker is about to embark on a PowerPoint journey. The first thought you may have is, “Oh, no! Not another PowerPoint slideshow. I’d rather watch a slideshow of my grandparents vacation photos.” This common reaction
CHOOSE the RIGHT Chart Animation in PowerPoint
CHOOSE the RIGHT Chart Animation in PowerPoint Have you ever been tasked with presenting a chart or a graph in a meeting? If you are using PowerPoint during the presentation, the way you setup the PowerPoint slide matters. Let’s look and a normal (otherwise known as “boring and confusing”) slide and
3 PowerPoint HACKS for INSTANT Improvement
3 PowerPoint HACKS for INSTANT Improvement (incl. Morph between Shapes) This post will introduce you to three PowerPoint techniques that you can use to impress your colleagues and boss. They will think you spent HOURS honing and crafting your presentation… …but you won’t. This will be our little secret.
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Accounting Basics Explained Through a Story
Accounting Basics Explained Through a Story In this post, I'll give you an introduction to accounting by telling you a story. It's a story about Claudio, and how he runs his business in Italy. Before we start, let's just get clear on what accounting is. Accounting makes it possible to systematically
Top 5 Excel Interview Questions
Top 5 Excel Interview Questions Over the past three decades, Excel has become the de facto standard spreadsheet program for businesses and individuals around the world. Excel accounts for an estimated 800 million users which translates to approximately 80% of all spreadsheet users. When entering the business world, a user whose
Excel Dynamic Arrays – Excel will never be the same
Excel Dynamic Arrays - New Functions and Calculation Methods Dynamic Array formulas are new to Excel Office 365. Microsoft has listened to our requests and designed a set of functions that will completely change the way we use Excel. After this, everything will change! You'll be using simple Excel formulas for