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Dates are stored as numbers in the backend in Excel and can easily be sorted. But what if you want to sort dates by month (irrespective of the year value)? For example, below, I have the birthday dates for some people, and I want to sort and get all the January birthdays together, all the …
It’s not uncommon for many people to protect worksheets in their Excel files and then forget the password. It has happened to me many times, and every now and then, I have people sending me their Excel files asking how to unlock the sheet without the password. The good news is that Excel password protection …
Conditional formatting in Excel allows you to format cells based on the values in the cells. The built-in formatting settings and Conditional Formatting are made to format cells based on the value in the cell itself. But what if you want to apply conditional formatting to a cell based on the value in some other …
Excel is an amazing spreadsheet tool, but there are some things that drive me crazy. One such thing is when you need to copy and paste data into a column with filtered rows. Excel would paste this data into the visible cells as well as the hidden cells that have been filtered out. In most …
When you’re working with the data set that has hidden rows, and you select and copy the cells in this dataset, it is going to copy the visible cells as well as the hidden cells. That’s the default behavior in Excel. But what if you only want to copy the visible cells (and not the …
Excel has the SUMIF and SUMIFS functions that allow you to add a range of cells based on one or more criteria. And sometimes, you may want to get the sum of cells based on partial match in the dataset. For example, suppose I have a dataset as shown below and I want to get …
Excel add-ins are helpful when you want to enhance the functionalities in Excel and do things not available by default. Sometimes, you may even have to install and use third-party add-ins. While add-ins are useful, you may want to remove them when you’re done using it. Or, sometimes, it may interfere with the proper functioning …
Among the many awesome features in Excel, the Name Box doesn’t get talked about enough. While it looks like a simple name box (just like its name says), there are some cool things you can do with it. In this article, I will cover everything you need to know about Name Box in Excel and …
When doing data entry work in Excel, you may want to prevent entering duplicate entries in a column or a range of cells. Thankfully, there is a feature in Excel that allows you to do precisely this – and it’s called Data Validation. In this article, I will show you how to prevent duplicate entries …
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