User Tips by Category
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General
- Clearing The Text To Columns Parameters
- Making An Exact Copy Of A Range Of Formulas, Take 2
- Create A Drop-Down List Of Possible Input Values
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: Charts And Graphics
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: Formatting And Printing
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: General
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: User Interface
- Using Custom Number Formats
- Navigating Excel’s Sheets
- Override Excel’s Text Import Wizard
- Sharing Autocorrect Shortcuts
- Making A Worksheet Very Hidden
- Importing A Text File Into A Worksheet
- Using A Workspace File
- Protecting Cells, Sheets, Workbooks, And Files
- Resize Excel’s Sheet Tabs
- Changing The Number Of Sheets In A New Workbook
- Close All Workbooks Quickly
- Restrict Cursor Movement To Unprotected Cells
- Change The Color Of Worksheet Tabs
- Making An Exact Copy Of A Range Of Formulas
- Creating A Database Table From A Summary Table
- Solving Common Setup Problems
- Getting A List Of File Names
- CommandBar Calculator
- Spreadsheet Protection FAQ
- Extended Date Functions
Formatting
- Quantifying Color Choices
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: Formatting And Printing
- Comparing Two Lists With Conditional Formatting
- Alternate Row Shading Using Conditional Formatting
- Duplicate Repeated Entries In A List
- Removing Or Avoiding Automatic Hyperlinks
- Working With Fractions
- Using Conditional Formatting
- Fix Incorrect Decimal Places During Data Entry
- Display Text In Multiple Lines
- Changing The Default Cell Comment Formatting
- Change The Formatting Of Your Subtotal Rows
Formulas
- Formulas To Perform Day Of Month Calculations
- Making An Exact Copy Of A Range Of Formulas, Take 2
- Calculating Easter
- Converting Unix Timestamps
- Naming Techniques
- Creating A List Of Formulas
- Cell Counting Techniques
- Summing And Counting Using Multiple Criteria
- Chart Trendline Formulas
- Making An Exact Copy Of A Range Of Formulas
- Comparing Two Lists With Conditional Formatting
- Locate Phantom Links In A Workbook
- Dealing With Negative Time Values
- Converting Non-numbers To Actual Values
- Compare Ranges By Using An Array Formula
- Calculate The Number Of Days In A Month
- Identify Formulas By Using Conditional Formatting
- Displaying Autofilter Criteria
- Calculating A Conditional Average
- Display Text And A Value In One Cell
- Automatic List Numbering
- Calculate The Day Of The Year And Days Remaining
- Rounding To “n” Significant Digits
- Working With Pre-1900 Dates
- Using Data Validation To Check For Repeated Values
- Sum The Largest Values In A Range
- Count Autofiltered Rows
- Perform Two-Way Table Lookups
- Referencing A Sheet Indirectly
- Delete All Input Cells, But Keep The Formulas
- Round Values To The Nearest Fraction
- Avoid Error Displays In Formulas
- Change Cell Values Using Paste Special
- Hiding Your Formulas
- Counting Distinct Entries In A Range
- Force A Global Recalculation
- Summing Times That Exceed 24 Hours
- Transforming Data With Formulas
- Creating A “Megaformula”
- Alternatives To Nested IF Functions
- A Formula To Calculate A Ratio
Charts & Graphics
- Saving A Range As A Graphic File
- A Quick And Dirty Slideshow Macro
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: Charts And Graphics
- Pasting An Image To A UserForm Control
- Interactive Chart With No Macros
- Creating A Splash Screen For An Excel Workbook
- Creating A Clickable Image Map
- A Class Module To Manipulate A Chart Series
- Chart Trendline Formulas
- Removing Lines From A Surface Chart
- Update Charts Automatically When You Enter New Data
- Creating A Non-Graphic Chart Directly In A Range
- Creating A Linked Picture Of A Range
- Creating A Thermometer Style Chart
- Displaying A value in an AutoShape
- Handle Missing Data In A Line Chart
- Format Cells To Display In Thousands
- Unlink A Chart Series From Its Data Range
- Display Multiple Charts On A Single Chart Sheet
- Layouts For Column Charts
- Saving A Chart As A GIF FIle
- Rotating Text With An AutoShape
- Creating A Transparent Chart Series
- Creating Combination Charts
- Animated Hypocycloid Charts
Printing
Developer Tips by Category
General VBA
- Clearing The Text To Columns Parameters
- A Macro To Count Word Frequencies
- Saving A Range As A Graphic File
- A Quick And Dirty Slideshow Macro
- Maximize Excel Across All Monitors
- Understanding The IsDate Function
- Excel 2007 Upgrade FAQ: Macros
- Controlling User Scrolling
- Creating A List Of Formulas
- Selecting All Unlocked Cells
CommandBars & Menus
- Add The Speech Controls To The Ribbon
- Identifying CommandBar Images
- Creating Custom Menus
- Developer FAQ - CommandBars
- CommandBar Calculator
UserForms
- Pasting An Image To A UserForm Control
- Displaying Help
- General Userform Tips
- Selecting A Directory
- Displaying A Progress Indicator
- Importing And Exporting Userforms
- Handle Multiple Userform Buttons With One Subroutine
- Filling A Listbox With Unique Items
- Displaying A Menu Of Worksheets To Print
- Creating A Color Picker Dialog Box
VBA Functions
- Extracting An Email Address From Text
- Quantifying Color Choices
- Determining The User’s Video Resolution
- Identifying Unique Values In An Array Or Range
- Getting A List Of File Names Using VBA
- Looping Through Ranges Efficiently In Custom Worksheet Functions
- Undoing A VBA Subroutine
- Determining The Last Non-empty Cell In A Column Or Row
- Multifunctional Functions
- Some Useful VBA Functions
Excel Tips
Excel has a long history, and it continues to evolve and change. Consequently, the tips provided here do not necessarily apply to all versions of Excel.
In particular, the user interface of the most recent version, Excel 2007, is vastly different from its predecessors. Therefore, the menu commands listed in older tips, will not correspond to the Excel 2007 user interface.
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