I’ve seen lots of non-spreadsheet items with “Excel” in their names, such as gum, and bowling gloves, and hand dryers.
However, this is the first time that I’ve seen a product named after a pivot table. Do you think that they help you analyze your data more efficiently? I wonder if they have a women’s version too.
Kenneth Cole REACTION Men’s Pivot Table LE Oxford
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Contextures Posts
Here’s what I posted recently:
- Color data entry cells with conditional formatting, to make them easy to find
- Use GetPivotData function to pull the total amount from a pivot table on specific sheet
- For a humorous peek at what other people are saying about spreadsheets, read the latest collection of Excel tweets, on my Excel Theatre blog.
Other Excel Articles
Here are a few of the Excel articles that I read recently, that you might find useful:
- Kyle LeFevre would appreciate your input in his keyboard shortcuts survey (it’s done in a Google form)
- On the Frankens Team blog, Krisztina Szabó shows how to copy charts based on named formulas to another workbook.
- Microsoft has made it easier for students and teachers to get a free Office 365 license.
- To enhance your dashboard, use the tips from Gašper Kamenšek, to show the Top 5 or Bottom 5 results, by clicking a radio button.
- If you do any programming in Excel, read Jon Acampora’s tips for using the Immediate window.
- Tom S, from Microsoft, shares his troubleshooting tips for unsupported features and corruption, in Excel Services and Office Web Apps Server 2013
- Bill Jelen (Mr. Excel) shows how to look for 3 specific names, in adjacent cells of a lookup table, by using an array formula that I hadn’t seen before. Watch the video from 1:15 to 2:45, if you’re pressed for time.
Excel Announcements
Here are some upcoming events, courses, recently published books, and other new items, related to Excel.
| Practical Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers: Using Excel with VBA by Richard A. Davis
“This latest 3rd edition continues to expand the breadth of practical numerical methods with over 100 VBA macros for extending Excel’s power for engineering & scientific analysis. Engineers & scientists will find the enhanced coverage of computational tools applicable to a variety of problems in their own disciplines.” |
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| Financial Modeling for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, by Tom Y. Sawyer.
“You’ll learn to create operational and financial models in Excel that describe the workings of your company in quantitative terms.” |
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Excel VBA for Financials, 2-day course led by Excel experts, Jan Karel Pieterse and Tony de Jonker
This Dutch course is specifically aimed at the Finance professional. It has no frills, and no technical mumbo-jumbo – just the VBA you need to achieve more success in your daily job. Date: November 19 and December 3, 2014 Location: Utrecht (Netherlands) |
| Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013, by Dan Clark
“Guides you step by step through the process of analyzing and visualizing your data. Daniel R. Clark, an expert in BI training and a regular speaker on these topics, takes you through each tool in turn, using hands-on activities to consolidate what you’ve learned in each chapter.” |
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Registration is open for this year’s ModelOff competition.
Test your financial modeling skills against top modelers from around the world. Participants from over 100 countries progress through two Online Qualification Rounds with a Live Finals Event held in New York.
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Share Your Events and Articles
If you read or wrote any other interesting Excel articles recently, or have upcoming Excel events, please share a link in the comments below, with a brief description. Thanks!
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