Duel: Eval Text Formulas - 1149 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Video Podcast

Someone put a bunch of mathematical calculations in column A as text and we want to evaluate those formulas. Mike and Bill provide dueling ways to solve this problem in Episode 1149.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Splitting a Word - 1148 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Video Podcast

Ram asks how to split a word into individual letters, and then count how many times each letter appears. Episode 1148 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Red Data Labels - 1147 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Wang asks how to change part of one data label to be red. Unfortunately, the label is then broken. A macro should solve this, but it does not. Episode 1147 discusses this problem.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Filling Blanks Uh-Oh - 1146 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Mark asks how to fill blanks in with the data from above. Now...if you've watched this podcast, you've seen the trick for this, but Mark's data has something preventing Go To Special Blanks from working! So - another way to go. Episode 1146 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Splitting Names - 1145 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Diane from Michigan wants to split a column of names into two columns. Episode 1145 shows two approaches and the problems with each.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Duel: Unsorted VLOOKUP - 1144 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Martin from Sweden sends in a question about doing a range VLOOKUP where the lookup table is not sorted. Mike and Bill duel it out in today's Episode 1144.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Floating Quartile Chart - 1143 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Michael from Kansas City asks how to build a floating quartile chart. Episode 1143 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

[Color 53] - 1142 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

You can specify up to eight colors in the custom number format box. But wait...you can actually do all 56 colors from the Excel 2003 color palette! Episode 1142 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Divide Range by Range - 1141 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Rob from Cambridge needs to divide nine cells by nine other cells and sum them up. In Episode 1141, we look at an array formula to solve this problem.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Avoid a Loop - 1140 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

A cool way to streamline a VBA loop using SpecialCells. Episode 1140 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Duel: Portugal - 1139 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

A viewer from Portugal sends in a question about finding which row contains the match. Episode 1139 shows you a few ways to go!

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

TRIM VLOOKUP table - 1138 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Rod from Cincinati asks how to solve the problem of trailing spaces in the lookup table. I had never tried it before, but you can apply a TRIM to the entire lookup table. Episode 1138 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Removing Hyperlinks - 1137 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

In Episode 1137, a cool way to remove all hyperlinks from a spreadsheet.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

AutoFilter Some - 1136 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Mary from Louisiana passes along a cool tip for applying AutoFilter dropdowns to a subset of your records. Episode 1136 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

Embedding Lookup - 1135 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Nick asks how to do a pretty lengthy bonus calculation. It might be too complex for the Excel 2003 nested IF limit, so I decided to use the range version of VLOOKUP. But...as a twist, I embed the table right in the formula. Episode 1135 shows you how.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!