How to Hide a Worksheet in Excel (that can not be unhidden)

xlSheetVeryHidden selected to hide the worksheet in Excel

Hiding and Unhiding worksheets in Excel is a straightforward task. You can hide a worksheet and the user would not see it when he/she opens the workbook. However, they can easily unhide the worksheet if they want (as we will see later in this tutorial). But what if you don’t want them to be able …

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Excel AutoFormat – A One Click Data Formatting Trick

AutoFormat Dialog box

Do you spend a lot of time formatting data in Excel? If yes, then you may find the AutoFormat option useful in speeding up your formatting work. It allows you to quickly apply a preset formatting on a data set that has one header row and one header column. It allows you to quickly apply …

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Extract Numbers from a String in Excel (Using Formulas or VBA)

Dataset to get the numeric or the text part in Excel

There is no inbuilt function in Excel to extract the numbers from a string in a cell (or vice versa –  remove the numeric part and extract the text part from an alphanumeric string). However, this can be done using a cocktail of Excel functions or some simple VBA code. Let me first show you …

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Absolute, Relative, and Mixed Cell References in Excel

Mixed Cell References in Excel - Formula

A worksheet in Excel is made up of cells. These cells can be referenced by specifying the row value and the column value. For example, A1 would refer to the first row (specified as 1) and the first column (specified as A). Similarly, B3 would be the third row and second column. The power of …

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How to Enable and Use Track Changes in Excel

When What and Where in accept reject changes in excel

If you work with an Excel file that needs to be updated or reviewed by other people, the option to track changes can come in handy. You can also use it when you’re updating a file and need to keep a track of all the changes you do yourself. This can be helpful when you …

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Lookup the Second, the Third, or the Nth Value in Excel

Formula to lookup the second third and nth value

Watch Video – Lookup the Second, the Third or the Nth Matching Value When it comes to looking up data in Excel, there are two amazing functions that I often use – VLOOKUP and INDEX (mostly in conjunction with the MATCH function). However, these formulas are designed to find only the first instance of the lookup …

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Use IFERROR with VLOOKUP to Get Rid of #N/A Errors

Error with VLOOKUP when lookup value not found

When using the VLOOKUP formula in Excel, sometimes you may end up with the ugly #N/A error. This happens when your formula can not find the lookup value. In this tutorial, I will show you different ways to use IFERROR with VLOOKUP to handle these #N/A errors cropping up in your worksheet. Using the combination …

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How to Calculate Compound Interest in Excel + FREE Calculator

Calculating Compound Interest in Excel Calculator

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it”. – Albert Einstein What is Compound Interest? Let me take a simple example to explain it. Suppose you invest USD 1000 in a bank account that promises to give you 10% return at the end of …

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Highlight Active Row and Column in Excel (VBA)

A Demo to Show how to highlight active row and column on selection change

One of the Excel queries I often get is – “How to highlight the Active Row and Column in a data range?” And I got one last week too. So I decided to create a tutorial and a video on it. It will save me some time and help the readers too. Below is a video …

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