Happy Spreadsheet Day 2017! You’ve been waiting all year for this special day to arrive, I’m sure, so what will you do to celebrate today?
Category: Excel tips
Looking Back -Early Versions of Excel
While clearing some of the boxes in the basement, I found a stack of old MacUser and MacWorld magazines. A couple of issues had articles on early versions of Excel (it started on the Mac) , so that was a good excuse to stop working, and flip through the magazines. I wasn’t resting, I was researching! Here are some pro tips from Excel 1.0, and a review of the exciting new features in Excel 2.2, and new feature lists from Excel 2007 and beyond.
Save Your Excel Ribbon Customizations
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is at the top of the Excel window, and comes with a few default commands installed. See how to customize the QAT, use shortcuts to run the commands, and how to save the QAT changes, so you can use them again later.
Excel Skills for Specialists
What are the key Excel skills for specialists in your profession? Are there specific functions or features that you use all the time? If someone wanted to improve their Excel skills to prepare for a job in your area, what would you tell them?
Excel Roundup 20170601
In this month’s Excel roundup, you’ll find links to a few of the interesting articles that I’ve read recently, and links to new or updated Excel resources. Shortcuts, favourite functions, a sing-along, and many more tips.
Excel Roundup 20170504
There’s always something new and interesting to learn in Excel. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently, and links to new and updated Excel resources.
How to Organize Your Excel Files
Are your Excel files carefully organized, so you can find what you need in a few seconds? Or, are things messy, and it takes a miracle to find anything later? If that’s the case, here are a few tips on how to organize your Excel files.
Happy Spreadsheet Day 2016
Happy Spreadsheet Day 2016! Spreadsheet Day started in 2010, and we celebrate on October 17th every year, because that’s the date on which VisiCalc was first released, way back in 1979.
Quickly Close All Your Excel Files
First, I’ve got two quick announcements, and then there’s a handy Excel trick for you. Are you ready for Spreadsheet Day 2016? Quick, close all your Excel files, and bake a cake!
Excel Sing Along
It was a busy and stressful week, with all kinds of computer fun – plugin updates that killed my blog, a touchpad that refused to turn off, Outlook contacts all disappearing into the iCloud, lots of laptop restarts, and much, much more. Good times!
So, instead of something serious and educational, let’s have an Excel sing-along!