Episode 814 - Renaming Sheets

After all of these episodes about using the macro recorder, Jonathan tried to record a macro to rename worksheets. The code fails sometimes and works other times. We will take a look at that code and understand how to generalize it to have it always work in Episode 814.

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Episode 813 - Code Genie

Ever wonder how MrExcel spends his free time? He watches the macro recorder write code before his eyes. In Episode 813, learn how to arrange the VBA window and the Excel window to watch which lines of code appear in response to actions in Excel.

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Episode 812 - Recording AutoSum Don't!

Today, a closer look at the macro from Episode 811. While it LOOKED like it worked, the recorded macro leaves a lot to be desired. Your totals will be wrong if you rely on the AutoSum button during macro recording. Episode 812 shows you the workaround.

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Episode 811 - Mixed Recording

Part 1 of 2: Many times, you have to use a clever mix of relative and absolute recording to get the macro to perform certain tasks. The goal today is to navigate to the bottom of a data set, add totals, and then move back to row 1. Episode 811 will show you how to handle the relative button, but watch out, as episode 812 will reveal yet another problem.


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Episode 810 - Recording Moving

While yesterday's macro showed a simple formatting macro, it had a limitation that you can not move to a new cell. That is a fairly severe limitation. In Episode 810, we take a look at why moving the cell pointer causes a macro to fail and the simple setting to allow the macros to work.

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Episode 809 - Format Macro

Record a simple macro in Excel 2007. In Episode 809, we take a look at a simple macro that the macro recorder can reliably record. The trick is that you never move the cell pointer during the recording of the macro.

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Episode 808 - Where are macros?

In our second Where is it Wednesday episode, we take a look at how to unlock all of the macro functionality in Excel 2007. Episode 808 shows you how.

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Episode 807 - GetPivotData

Dan from Philly checks in with some good uses for GetPivotData - the function that most people love to hate. If you've ever been annoyed when Excel starts using this function, take a step back and see the actual uses for the function. Episode 807 shows you how.

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Episode 806 - Fuzzy Match

Pat needs to find duplicate addresses. However, the addresses are typed differently, data is in different columns, it is a real mess.

In Episode 806, we will take a look at using FuzzyMatch functions from the MrExcel Message Board to solve this problem.

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Episode 805 - Widgenie

A new free web service that lets you turn Excel data into great looking charts on a webpage. Episode 805 shows WidGenie.com

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Episode 804 - AutoComplete

Graeme sends in a cool tip to make the AutoComplete feature work a bit better. When you have blanks in the column, AutoComplete doesn't want to work beyond the blanks. Episode 804 will show you two ways to work around this problem.

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Episode 803 - Move or Copy Sheet

In our first Where's it Wednesday segment, I tried to figure out where the popular Move or Copy Sheet command is hidden in Excel 2007. Check out the cool new Wednesday theme from George Wood in Episode 803!

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Episode 802 - Mailbag

Episodes 790, 795, 797, and 798 generated a lot of e-mail. We will review different ways to create split cells, copy without borders, and type months and years. Episode 802 will show you how.

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Episode 801 - Stacked Chart Labels

How to add a the total of the stacked columns at the top of the chart. This is obscure but possible in Excel 2003, but as Episode 801 shows, it is maddeningly impossible to do in Excel 2007.

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Episode 800 - Chart Conditional Formatting

Johann from Mexico City sends in a cool tip for creating charts that seem like they use conditional formatting to color the columns. Episode 800 will show you how.

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Episode 799 - Quick Hide/Unhide

Travis has a spreadsheet where you can quickly hide and unhide detail rows using the tiny "1" and "2" buttons. In Episode 799, I will show how to add these Group and Outline symbols to your worksheet.

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Episode 798 - Typing Months

Go to a cell in Excel and enter July 2008 as 07/08. Unfortunately, Excel will convert this to July 8 of the current year. In Episode 798, a bit of VBA code to convert that entry back into a month and year.

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Episode 797 - Filling 1 without formatting

Back in Episode 795, I asked about the best way to fill 1, 2, 3 without copying the formatting. 3 different approaches to solve this problem will appear in Episode 797. Even if you don't have this issue, you will learn some surprising things about the fill handle's behavior.

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Episode 796 - *@#! Getting Started

Every time you start Excel, Microsoft pops up the Getting Started pane. If this annoys you and you constantly close it without using it, follow the instructions in Episode 796 to prevent this pane from appearing.

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Episode 795 - Quick Tips

Three quick tips and a quiz question. It is a holiday weekend in the United States, but Episode 795 strings together a few tips that are too short for their own podcast, plus a viewer challenge at the end.

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Episode 794 - 40 What-If Scenarios

Run many what-if scenarios at once using the Data Table command. Episode 794 will show you how to set up and use this powerful command.

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Episode 793 - Pivot Filter Hack

Normally, you can not use AutoFilter within a pivot table. Today, Dan from Philly shares an amazing hack that allows you to filter the results of the pivot table. Episode 793 shows you how.

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Episode 792 - Substitute Total

Another way to solve yesterday's problem is to use the =SUBSTITUTE function instead of LEFT and LEN. Episode 792 will show you how.

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