An Introduction to Excel Data Filter Options

Wherever there is data, there is a need to filter it. Excel Data Filter feature gives you many ways to filter the data – based on text, value or date. Excel Data Filter Suppose you have the data as shown below: To activate Excel data filter for this data, select the entire data and click …

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An Introduction to Data Validation in Excel

Data Validation in Excel lets you control the data that can be entered in a cell. You can restrict the user to enter only a specified range of numbers or text or date. You can also use data validation functionality to create an Excel drop down list (which is definitely one of the coolest and …

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Give your Data a Makeover!! Learn All about Excel Data Formatting

Working with data all day long in Excel could be boring. Sometimes, there is no alternative to it, however, you can still bring in some colors and zing to it by using Excel features to format the data. Formatting the data in Excel can increase its readability tremendously. Let me introduce you to some of …

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How to Insert Line Break in Excel (Quick and Easy)

A line break in Excel can be used to end the current line and start a new line in the same cell (as shown below). Notice that in the pic above, Morning is in the second row in the same cell. You may want to insert a line break in Excel when you have multiple …

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Identify Errors Using Excel Formula Debugging (2 Methods)

Imagine you have created a super long formula in Excel. While you are proud of yourself, there is a minor glitch. It is returning an error or an unexpected value. Now you have two options: Excel Formula Debugging Method #1 – F9 Key Here is how this works: For example, suppose you have the text …

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How to Select Blank Cells in Excel

Excel data table with all empty cells in columns A, B, and C highlighted and selected

When you have a big dataset with blank cells scattered through it, manually clicking each one is a waste of time. Excel has a few quick ways to grab every blank cell at once so you can fill them, delete them, format them, or do whatever else you need. In this article, I’ll show you …

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How to Create Dynamic Labels in Excel Scroll Bar

I often use scroll bars in an Excel dashboard, which gives a user the freedom to change its values and play with the data. If you have multiple scroll bars in your dashboards, it is helpful to display the current value of each scroll bar. Something as shown below: The idea is to display the value …

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Excel Custom Number Formatting Tricks

Formatting to hide all text values

Excel Custom Number formatting is the clothing for data in excel cells. You can dress these the way you want. All you need is a bit of know-how of how Excel Custom Number Format works. With custom number formatting in Excel, you can change the way the values in the cells show up, but at the …

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Display Main and Subcategory in Drop Down List in Excel

Someone recently asked me if it was possible to get a main category and subcategory in a drop-down list in Excel, (something as shown below): My first thought was to do this using VBA (if possible), but the answer is so easy, it surprised me. Creating Subcategory in Drop Down List in Excel All you need …

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