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Friday, December 12, 2008

Episode 908 - Compound Growth Rates

As you approach year end, you might want to calculate compound growth rates. Episode 908 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 book!

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Episode 878 - Pivot Formula Functions

Can you use a function in an Excel calculated field? Well, Bryony from the U.K. says yes you can, and sure enough...it works. Episode 878 shows an example of using a function to create a new field in a pivot cache. Fairly cool.

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Friday, August 03, 2007

Episode 564 - Floating Point Errors

Have you ever had an Excel calculation show up with a tiny fraction like .0000000002 at the end of the number? This prevents Excel from seeing if two numbers are equal or not. Episode 564 will show you two methods for dealing with this problem.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Episode 561 - Negative Time?

Excel does not deal well with negative times. What if you are tracking vacation time and some employees go into a negative balance? Excel can’t display negative times. However, with the trick in Episode 561, you can coerce Excel into displaying negative times.

This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

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