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PowerPoint & The Star Wars Opening Effect
It’s hard to believe, but apparently there are people out there who have not seen any Star Wars movies!! For those of you that have seen it, I am about to show you how to replicate the opening text sequences using PowerPoint to create the PowerPoint Star Wars Effect. For those of you that have […]
Continue readingSimplify IF AND OR eBook
My second eBook is almost ready! It is now being reviewed and will be available soon to all subscribers. This time around we look at IF AND OR functions – these are areas where I am frequently being asked for help to clarify.
Continue reading1 Tip For More Effective Meetings
In an earlier post I wrote about my pet hates when it comes to meetings and ways I thought could lead to more effective meetings (The ABCs of Good Meetings). Now I would like to add 1 more tip for more effective meetings. 1 Tip for more effective meetings So, I have seen an improvement […]
Continue readingUsing Pivot Charts For Better Analysis
Using Pivot Charts when analyzing data can show you more in one image and quicker than standard charts where you may have to create multiple charts. In this image, there are two standard charts showing the sales by person and the sales by region. But to the right we have a Pivot Chart which shows […]
Continue readingVLookup with multiple values
So, you can use a VLookUp to retrieve a piece of information. You can use SumIf to total a range based on criteria and you can use CountIf to count how many times criteria appears. What do you do though when you have to create a VLookUp with multiple values? The VLookUp will run through […]
Continue readingEXCEL SUBSTITUTE FUNCTION
I have been coming across more and more cases where people have problems with lookup formulas because databases do not have matching information. The most common type of incident I come across are where one database contains a name like “Adam O’Reilly” and another database has the name as “Adam OReilly”, with no apostrophe. So […]
Continue readingSelecting Next Cells In A Different Order
If you have ever used Excel, you probably know already that you can move from your current cell to the one to the right, or below by using the tab or return keys. So what if you want to select the next cell, but the next cell is not in the normal order? For example, […]
Continue readingCreate A Planner In Excel
It’s that time of year again when I start receiving requests for help with creating planners for the new year. These planners are usually for teams or groups to organise holiday schedules and rosters. This year I created a reusable planner that can be used in future years and also includes most of the features […]
Continue readingA Quicker Way To Create VLookUps Across Multiple Columns
Recently I have been asked by a few people for a quicker way to create VLookUps across multiple columns. In each case the user wanted a VLookUp to pull in several columns of data, but did not want to have to create a VLookUp for each column (one case would have been over 20 columns […]
Continue readingExcel VBA Macros : How To Change Text In A Cell
The Story So Far… Our series of posts on Excel VBA Macros began with these posts: Introduction Setting up Excel for VBA Recording your first Macro (and challenge question) Answer to challenge question Reading your first Macro If you have not already read them, I would suggest going through them now before continuing. The last […]
Continue readingExcel VBA Macros : Understanding Our First Macro
The Story So Far…. If you have been following these posts so far, you should have read Introduction Introduction 2 & Setting Up Excel For Macros Recording A Macro & Challenge Question Answer To Challenge Question You should have a file saved from the earlier posts where you recorded a macro and ran it using […]
Continue readingExcel VBA Macros : Answer To Challenge Question 1
The Challenge In the last post (click here) we recorded a macro. This macro took our basic report….. and automatically formatted the basic report to a layout that we needed….. However, when we added in an extra row and ran the macro, it didn’t give us what we might have expected….. Your challenge was […]
Continue readingExcel VBA Macros : Recording Your First Macro
This post will give you more of an introduction to Excel VBA Macros and you will be recording your first macro. After recording the macro, we will then look at the code generated and start breaking it down, this will be the start of your adventures coding macros!! The Story So Far….. The following […]
Continue readingExcel VBA Macros : Introduction
If you spend a lot of time working with Office applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. there is a good chance that you do repetitive and monotonous tasks, probably without thinking about it or questioning it. Over the next few posts I will talk about Excel VBA Macros and the first examples will look […]
Continue readingMaking Office work for you with VBA Macros
Don’t be a slave to your computer!! Introduction to VBA Macros You may have heard references to VBA or Macros in the past, but what are they? VBA VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications, allows users to increase and improve the functionality of some programs by making more use of menus, tool-bars and options already […]
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