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23. VBA Tips - Double Click
Submitted by Nick on 14 May, 2009 - 09:34
Here's a VBA tip on how to capture the Double Click event and do something useful with it.
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22. VBA Tips - Pause Code
Submitted by Nick on 13 May, 2009 - 15:23
This VBA tip is about how to pause code.
- There are many reasons why you might want to pause code:
- You might be waiting for a file to arrive and need to pause before rechecking
- Maybe you've launched a batch file and it needs 3 seconds to run before you can continue
This is the code we'll use for this tip:
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21. VBA Tips - List Files In A Folder
Submitted by Nick on 13 May, 2009 - 11:29
This VBA tip will demonstrate how to list all the files in a folder.
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20. VBA Tips - Import A Text File
Submitted by Nick on 13 May, 2009 - 09:30
A lot of VBA code is written to import files into spreadsheets.
- Today, we'll look at how to import a text file
Here's our text file, and we want to import it onto sheet1 of our spreadsheet starting at Range B7.
From this:
To this:
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90. Excel Tips - Replace The * Character
Submitted by Nick on 13 May, 2009 - 08:48
The * character needs special attention if you want to replace it in your spreadsheet
- Replacing * with something will replace everything (not just the * character)
Here's a screen shot of our data in Excel:
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19. VBA Tips - Log An Audit Trail
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 17:46
Logging an audit trail of your changes can be useful, and can be done with a small amount of VBA...
Here's our data:
Here's a screen shot of what we're trying to achieve:
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18. VBA Tips - Write Your Own Excel Function
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 13:18
Writing your own Excel function is remarkably easy as this tip will show you.
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17. VBA Tips - Save A Copy Of A File Daily
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 11:45
Often during your working environment, you will need to track the history of a spreadsheet.
- This tip will teach you how to seemlessly create a daily backup of your file
- The file will be date stamped so that you can sort by date and easily find a file you're looking for when you need
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16. VBA Tips - Get A File Path
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 11:16
Using VBA, there is a quick and easy way to obtain the file path of a file and return it to a sheet
- Use GetOpenFileName
- This brings up a dialog box that allows you to browse your files and choose a file
- You can then use that file path how you want
Here's a screen shot of our setup in Excel:
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15. VBA Tips - Track Changes By Adding A Time Stamp
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 10:22
Using VBA Events, there's a clever way to add a time stamp when cells change so that you don't need to remember whether you have updated it or not:
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89. Excel Tips - Multiply Formulas By 100
Submitted by Nick on 12 May, 2009 - 09:40
Most people know that you can multiply numbers by 100 using paste special, but not many people know that you can use the same methodology to multiply (or divide) formulas by 100 (or any number) as well
Here's what we have: number2 = number1 +3
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88. Excel Tips - Align Shapes
Submitted by Nick on 3 May, 2009 - 10:18
This Excel Tip is about how to align shapes:
- Suppose you have added 3 buttons and they're out of line.
- How can you align them ?
Here's a screen shot of what we have, and what we want to have:
Here's how to do it
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01-May-2009 - ExcelExperts.com Update
Submitted by Nick on 1 May, 2009 - 14:12
May 2009 Stats update from ExcelExperts.com
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87. Excel Tips - Turn Rows into Columns - TRANSPOSE
Submitted by Nick on 30 April, 2009 - 15:16
Suppose you have data in rows, and you want to convert it to columns, how can you do that in Excel ?
- Use the TRANSPOSE function
- TRANSPOSE will flip data 90 degrees to convert row data to column data and vice versa.
Here's a screen shot of our data in Excel:
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14. VBA Tips - Turn Off Message Boxes Whilst Running Code
Submitted by Nick on 22 April, 2009 - 10:25
There are certain message boxes that will popup by default when you're running code.
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13. VBA Tips - Enable / Disable Events
Submitted by Nick on 22 April, 2009 - 09:56
In VBA you can use events to capture certain things that happen on a workbook
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86. Excel Tips - Find Broken Links
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 15:55
Finding broken links can be tricky if you don't know how they're caused.
In this Excel Tip, I will show you how to recreate a broken link, and give you some insight on how to fix them.
The most common type of broken links are range names..
To recreate a broken link, follow these steps:
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85. Excel Tips - Remove Non Numeric Characters
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 13:50
This tip is about removing non-numeric characters from a cell's value:
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84. Excel Tips - Select All Text In A Cell
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 10:51
Here's how to select and copy all the text in a cell:
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83. Excel Tips - Format Text In A Cell
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 10:37
This is a handy tip that a lot of people don't know:
- You can actually format the text within a cell
Here's a screen shot of what it looks like:
Here's how to do it:
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82. Excel Tips - Copy Sheet To New Workbook
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 09:08
You often need to create a copy of the sheet you're currently working on
- One way is to saveAs another file name, then delete the extra sheets... but there is a better way
Steps:
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81. Excel Tips - Add a Link To Email
Submitted by Nick on 21 April, 2009 - 08:53
Adding a link to an email address is simple in Excel:
- All you have to do is to type in the email address into the cell, and it automatically adds a hyperlink that will launch your mail program and compose a mail addressed to the address you typed in
You can then right click and edit the hyperlink, adding a subject, or changing the text that is displayed whilst keeping the link the same.
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80. Excel Tips - Toggle The Screen Lock In Function
Submitted by Nick on 17 April, 2009 - 13:08
This tip is something you would never discover on your own, and can be a massive annoyance reducer:
- Pressing F2 toggles between scrolling into the formula and scrolling on the sheet
It's not immdiately obvious what I am talking about, so here's an example.
Here's our data in Excel:
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79. Excel Tips - Nth Largest Value In A Range
Submitted by Nick on 15 April, 2009 - 14:50
Here's a tip on how to find the Nth largest value in a range, and use it to sort a list of numbers:
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78. Excel Tips - Why Is My Excel File So Big ?
Submitted by Nick on 15 April, 2009 - 13:42
Excel files seem to just get bigger and bigger often balooning in size at the blink of an eye, but how do you find out where all the extra file size is coming from ?
- There is a way to separate out each object in your file, and examine it's contribution to the overall file size
Here's a screen shot of our innocent-looking Excel file:
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77. Excel Tips - Put Chart On A New Sheet
Submitted by Nick on 15 April, 2009 - 11:58
Today's tip is a simple one on how to move a chart
- By default, Excel adds a chart to the current worksheet
- You can easily move a chart off a sheet and onto it's own chart worksheet
Here's a screen shot of how our chart looks in Excel:
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76. Excel Tips - Get Tick Or Cross
Submitted by Nick on 15 April, 2009 - 10:59
You want to use a special character in Excel, but you don't know how to find it:
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75. Excel Tips - Helpful Hints On The StatusBar
Submitted by Nick on 15 April, 2009 - 10:23
There is a way to get some simple information quickly and without having to write formulae :
- Use the statusbar (the thing at the bottom)
Here's a screen shot of our data in Excel:
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74. Excel Tips - Dynamic Charting
Submitted by Nick on 14 April, 2009 - 14:19
When you add a chart, it's not obvious at all how to construct it so that new additions to your data are automatically added to your graph
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73. Excel Tips - Fix Corrupt Spreadsheet
Submitted by Nick on 14 April, 2009 - 09:17
Today's tip is one of the most useful tips I will ever write.
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