Using Arrows to Edit a Named Range
So there you are, editing a named range in like the Excel superstar you are, when you make the mistake of hitting the left arrow key to go back a few characters in your formula. Excel instantly...
View ArticleProtecting VLOOKUPS from Expanding Data
I'm fresh back from the Excel Power Analyst Boot Camp we had here in Dallas. If you were there, thanks for all the great tips - I had lots of fun. If you weren't there, you missed quite the event. The...
View ArticleWhat’s so Special about Zoom 39%
I'm here in Arkansas for the Excel BI Boot Camp. Within one hour of arriving Bob Umlas (long-time MVP veteran) showed me a trick I didn't know. He asked me: "Do you know what's special about zooming...
View ArticleLock Slicers Before Sending Out your Dashboards
Last week, I hosted my Power BI Boot Camp here in Dallas. The folks that attended were seriously one of the best crowds I’ve met. Lots of great discussion about the new era of Power BI and data...
View ArticleAdding Dynamic Annotations for your Charts
Here’s a quick idea for anyone who needs to show annotations or comments on their charts. Tie your annotations to a check box so that users can interactively decide to show them or not. The annotations...
View ArticleBooks, Old Man Skywalker, and Plagiarism
Hey there! Remember me? I’m back from a long 6 weeks of finishing up several book projects. Feels weird to be back at the office. I’m getting a lot of perky people asking me how my holiday went. Mrs....
View ArticleFour Must-Know Options if You’re Using Power Query
Over the last year, Microsoft has added a few options to Power Query that you should definitely embrace (if you’re working extensively with Power Query). These options alleviate some of the annoying...
View ArticleUse Power Query to Get a List of Hidden and System Directories
So here’s a nifty Power Query trick that lets you grab a listing of all Directories and their attributes. If you don’t know, Power Query lets you get a list of files from a folder. You get a nice...
View ArticleUnderstanding the MOD function
After weeks of struggling to get this blog upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, it’s finally up and going again. I’ve had to constantly engage in hand-to-hand combat with WordPress over the...
View ArticleEntering More than 31 Characters in a Worksheet Tab Name
When giving a worksheet tab a name, most people think that you can’t enter more than 31 characters. But guess what…you can! In this post, I’ll show you how to enter more than 31 characters in a...
View ArticleEditing Shape Points to Create Custom Graphics
I’m working on updating my Dashboard Tools Add-in to add more modern looking infographics and maps. I’ve discovered a neat feature called Edit Points. When working with a shape, you can right-click and...
View ArticlePower Pivot and Power Query for Dummies
Need to get a quick ramp-up on Power Pivot and Power Query? Good news…A new book just dropped on Amazon. Learn how to: Create your own database right in Excel with Power Pivot Make pivot tables that...
View ArticleNew DataPig Dashboard Tools Free this Week
I’ve completed updating my Dashboard Tools Add-in to add a few new useful tidbits. With the new features, you can create nifty infographics like this one: Here are a few highlights of the new...
View ArticleGetting Rid of Ugly Page Break Lines
Have you ever sent an Excel report out to your audience just to find out that it prints on 20 pages? To avoid that embarrassment, I routinely adjust the page breaks on my reports so that users don’t...
View ArticleEasy File Search with Tags and the Document Location Widget
I’m back from a long hiatus from blogging. While I was gone, I had a project that involved helping a client tag hundreds of Excel files for easier searching. The Basics of Using Document Tags For those...
View ArticleCreating Map Visualizations within Standard PivotTables
I was puttering around on the internet when I came across Daniel Ferry’s old post on Location mapping in Excel. The idea is that you can use latitudes and longitudes to plot points on a chart. Cool...
View ArticleNew Contest for 2017: The Excel 5 Minute Challenge
Happy New Year everyone! I’m back from a few long months of moving into a new house. Now that I’m all settled in, I’d like to start this New Year with a bang. By that, I mean a new Excel Contest! The...
View ArticleQuickly Wrap Formulas in IFERROR without VBA
Here’s a quick tip for quickly wrapping all formulas in IFERROR without VBA. 1. Select the cells that contain the formulas you want wrapped in IFERROR. 2. Press F5 on your keyboard to activate the...
View ArticleExcel 5-Minute Challenge Update
The Excel 5-Minute Challenge is underway, and I’ve received one video so far. Don’t know about the Excel 5-Minute Challenge? Click here to find out. It would be a shame for all these prizes to go...
View ArticleVote for the Winner! Excel 5-Minute Excel Challenge
Ok…all the submissions for the 5-Minute Excel Challenge have come in. I’ve loaded them to YouTube and have opened up voting. I have to say, these videos are different than I expected. After watching...
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