7 Quick & Easy Ways to Number Rows in Excel

Excel Table - Automatically Add row Number on adding a row

When working with Excel, there are some small tasks that need to be done quite often. Knowing the ‘right way’ can save you a great deal of time. One such simple (yet often needed) task is to number the rows of a dataset in Excel (also called the serial numbers in a dataset). Now if …

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How to Sort Data in Excel using VBA (Range/Columns)

Sort Data Using VBA - Double Click Demo

Excel already has a couple of ways to sort data quickly. You can easily sort a data set by using the sort icons in the ribbon or the sort dialog box. Then why do you need to know how to do this using VBA? Knowing how to sort data using VBA can be helpful when …

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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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