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Monday, June 22, 2009

Future IF - 1041 - Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcast

Mario has built a great nested IF formula for assigning points to soccer games. However, the formula is calculating 1 point for both teams for all unplayed games. In Episode 1041, I take a look at how to modify the original formula to calculate nothing until a score has been entered.

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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Friday, October 17, 2008

Episode 870 - GetPivotData

You could solve yesterday's podcast using the often-cursed-at, but seldom-understood GETPIVOTDATA function. In Episode 870, how to use GETPIVOTDATA to return the grand total and also using =IF(ISBLANK to clean up stray results below the pivot table.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Episode 767 - #VALUE Errors

A question asks how to avoid #VALUE errors when a formula refers to a cell with a blank text value. In Episode 767, I will take a look at how these blank cells come to be, how to work around the #VALUE error and even a different approach to prevent the root cause of 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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