Learn Excel from Bill Jelen with this daily 2 minute video podcast.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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.

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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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Episode 789 - Unhide Worksheets II

Rather than use a custom view, Episode 789 shows how to create a 3-line macro to unhide all worksheets.

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Episode 774 - Macro Tweaking

After recording a macro in yesterday's podcast, I take a look at the recorded code to look for instances where the macro recorder hard coded the number of records. With just a few tweaks, we have a working macro to automate the import and conversion of data from one system to another. Episode 774 shows you how.

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Episode 773 - Google Calendar

Pau asks how to take a CSV file from one website and convert it for importing to Google Calendar. In Episode 773, I turn on the macro recorder and attempt to fix the file.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Episode 744 - Auto-Increment

Continuing the information from podcasts 742 and 743, I record a simple macro today to open the Invoice.xlt file and then add a couple lines of code to update the invoice number and the date. Episode 744 shows you how.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Episode 712 - First Subtotaled Item

Dick sends in a cool question today. First, he figured an amazing way to grab the first value from a subtotaled group. But, Episode 712 shows three lines of VBA code to finish the process.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Episode 701 - VBA Userforms

Back in Episode 695, I used the InputBox function in VBA to ask for a couple of answers. In today's podcast, I will show you how to convert that macro to use a custom user form in Excel. Episode 701 shows you how.

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Episode 695 - Scale Selection

In today's podcast, a five line macro that will allow you to scale a selected range. This macro was inspired by engineers in one of my recent VBA seminars. They had been using a similar tool for years and we were surprised it was a five line macro to replicate the tool. Episode 695 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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