tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178873532010-05-04T06:55:53.341-04:00Learn Excel from Bill Jelen with this daily 2 minute video podcast.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16174998054188895538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887353.post-79948635325008761602010-04-13T23:05:00.004-04:002010-04-13T23:16:23.195-04:00

Over the past several months, many emails and messages have come to us asking about earlier MrExcel Podcasts. In an attempt to make even the earliest episodes available, we are introducing... "Time Warp Wednesday".Welcome to 'Time Warp Wednesday'! Today, the first MrExcel Podcast [created October, 2005]. Episode 101 deals with Excel Menus and how to work the Excel user interface so that all menu

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Deb from Wisconsin noticed that her date grouping was wiped out after refreshing a pivot table. Episode 1201 takes a look at how to find the bad dates and solve the 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!

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Well, it was supposed to be for April Fools day, but after a slight mix up here Episode 1200 - MrExcel's 1100th Podcast - almost became 'The Lost Episode'.Here is a great trick with the Speak Cells tools. Episode 1200 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

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Susan asks..."I have been using SUMPRODUCT a lot ever since you showed me how – since I can’t use SUMIFS for users with pre-2007 version. But, is there an AVERAGEPRODUCT or something similar? I know about AVERAGEIFS but, again, it can’t be used by pre-2007 version users. How about MAXPRODUCT?" Episode 1199 shows you how....This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007

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Use the Selection Navigator in Easy-XL to nudge the selection. Episode 1198 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!To learn more about the Easy-XL Addin, visit the Easy-XL website.

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Jim from California asks why it takes two clicks to create a new workbook in Excel 2007. Episode 1197 shows you the solution....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!

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Patrick from Alaska asks how to copy a chart but detach it from the original data set. In this Dueling Excel podcast - Episode 1196, Mike and Bill show you various solutions. ...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!

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As envisioned by Professor Tufte, sparklines could have a bit of shading to show the acceptable ranges. While this is not necessarily built in to Excel 2010, you can achieve the same effect. Episode 1195 show 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!

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In Episode 1194, we take a look at how to add labels to your sparklines....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!

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Robert asks about using a pivot table to report on text values. This would be easy if Microsoft offered a way to specify "First" as the calculation, but they don't. Instead, episode 1193 shows a Pivot/VLOOKUP solution to the 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

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Mary asks about how to force a report to fit to one page wide. Episode 1192 takes a look at Layout mode, Scale to Fit, and orientation....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!

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This isn't so much of a dueling podcast as Bill being obnoxious and breaking Mike's worksheet. Changing the location for the Validation Tooltip box? Maybe there is a use for this, or maybe not. Episode 1191 will show 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

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Excel 2007 offers a new way to set up non-contiguous print ranges. Episode 1190 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!

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Excel 2010 offers a cool trick that anyone with a browser can try out right now. You can view and edit your Excel workbooks in a browser. Episode 1189 shows you how to try it out....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!

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Find a value in this row and then get the values 1 and 2 columns to the right of that value. Mike and Bill duel it out in Episode 1188....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!

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A lot of behind-the-scenes math goes into dragging the fill handle...Howie asks why the fill handle does what it does when you select four numbers and drag. Episode 1187 discusses trend lines, LINEST, and straight line regression....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

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In today's podcast, a quick way to hide the column headers, and a row height in inches Episode 1186 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!

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Mike and Bill get together for another live dueling podcast, counting the number of Mondays between two dates. Episode 1185 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!

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Create a pivot table that drives a SmartArt diagram. Episode 1184 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!

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Is the fill handle smart enough to fill in quarters and halves? Maybe. Maybe not.Episode 1183 shows you why.Also, in this episode, a challenge to users - view the podcast for details!...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!

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Today's 'Dueling Excel' podcast - Episode 1182, with Bill Jelen and Mike Gel Girvin - shows you how to visually present statistical values (+/-) in a cell. ...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!

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Today, learn how to create a dropdown that allows you to change the chart displayed on your worksheet! View Episode 1181 to learn this tip!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!

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Checkmarks in Excel - 1180 A phone call last evening led me to a really cool solution to having checkmarks on a spreadsheet - not to manipulate data, but for printing purposes only. Fast, Easy and Effective! Episode 1180 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

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Another entry in the Alpha Geek Challenge; How to create an interactive Tag Cloud from pivot data. Episode 1179 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!

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A workbook that was working perfectly in Excel 2003 starts failing in Excel 2007. For no apparent reason, the links will no longer update. Episode 1174 Episode 1174 show why and how to fix this problem forever....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!

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