Excel Tips

We all have came across than one excel file which does not contain that much information but still taking up a space of several MBs and makes our PC standstill while opening or editing it. You might have wondered what is the extra data that is stored in that file. Here are few tips that […]...

Pre requisites to help understand the file: 1. What is Timesaver Excel Shortcuts? 95 selected basic & advanced excel shortcuts which can simplify work 2. Is there any thing one should know in advance before reading the shortcuts? Yes. Below are the two points which you should know in advance before going through the shortcuts: [&helli...

Microsoft Excel is undoubtedly most user friendly tool and being extensively used all over the world. We might be using it daily or maybe casually, but probably always wished that we knew more about this dynamic program. Most of us don’t use even 5% of its capabilities. While most of us know use of VLOOKUP, […]...

Working as a Chartered Accountant or an Article in any company or firm, it is always expected from us that we are perfect in numbers as far as financial numbers are concerned. The one tool which is very common and useful in every industry and in every country, is MS-Excel. So, in this article we […]...

Test anxiety can affect not just the result of your certification exam but also your wellbeing. It may lead to exam failure, or worst, mental breakdown! And if you don’t want to pull a stressful all-nighter, there’s no better way than to have a game plan. For those who plan to take Microsoft exam 70-741, […]...

Another week has passed by and it’s time to get the hang of another feature in Excel. ‘It takes time to save time’ and When we invest time to learn Excel, we are actually saving our time. ♦ Background: You need to borrow some money – – You know how much you want (the amount […]...

Excel's ‘Consolidate’ feature helps in consolidating data in worksheets (located in one workbook or multiple workbooks) into one worksheet. Even though this is predominantly used at the managerial level (say, for aggregating various financial figures from multiple branches), it can come handy to the Chartered Accountants as well....

Writing an article to appraise readers, how they can use SUMIF in analyzing the financial data. Use of SUMIF in excel: â™  SUMIF is used to sum up the values of a given range as per the specified criteria. â™  For example: You are working on GST liability computation and analyzing your ITC register to […]...

Managing your personal finances and tax returns can be quite tedious, but many people have turned to themselves in order to avoid spending unnecessary funds. The majority of documents needed for such tasks can be created using Microsoft’s Excel, because of its resourceful and versatile nature. ...

Have you ever wanted to have live stock up dates in Microsoft Excel? You might interested to watch Share Market to know current value of your portfolio ...

Article explains Excel SUMIFS function in 5 different scenario from basic to advance. SUMIFS formula extends abilities of SUMIF function ...

Most of us aware that Microsoft Excel can add, subtract, multiply, and divide functions. But if we able to use its advance functions like VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX+MATCH coupled with IF function, we can able to demeanor DATA MINING within few minutes which generally takes hours to complete the task and sometime impossible if we are dealing ...

Excel is one of the common application used in our day to day office life and business like word, Power point, outlook etc. In the case of word or Power point any spell mistake is visible with a red underline below the word that is misspelled. However in the case of Excel we mainly deals with figures and such kind of misspelled word are n...

With Excel 2010, Microsoft has introduced a cool feature called the Microsoft BI – Business Intelligence tools. One of the tools, PowerView, enables you make some amazing dashboard within a few minutes!...

In order to calculate the time elapsed from a certain date, we will use a birthdate as an example. Enter birthday date in cell A1: 01/01/1980. To calculate the number of years from the date, enter the following formula in cell B1: =YEAR(TODAY())-YEAR(A1) . The result (rounded): 23 Years. For a decimal solution, use the following formula: ...

Charting 0 Values isn’t wrong, but you won’t always want to display them in you charts. Your data and the chart's purpose will guide you in this decision. When you don’t want to display these values, you have a few choices, and some work better than others. We’ll review a few that offer quick but limited results with minimum effor...

Excel’s Paste and Paste Special commands harbor a multitude of useful options. Use them to do everything from transposing data to copying Validation rules. The Paste Special command is in most Office applications, but Excel users probably benefit from it the most. Using this basic feature — as well as assorted Paste options &#...

Common sense way of subtracting 2 dates. At many places students are required to compute number of days, months and years between 2 dates. For example in computing exemption of gratuity duration of service is required. I have seen student calculating duration of service in fingers....

We many times receives excel files from various sources. Sheets of  which are password protected by the author of the file. Sometimes we need to change the content of the file to suit our requirements but we will not be able to  make the changes if the excel sheet is password protected. This document will […]...

As we are all aware excel is widely used for accounting and financial purposes.In the past they were used only to perform basic moths, such as adding, multiplying, subtracting and dividing. Today's spreadsheets can be significantly different and far more advanced. A CA office cannot work without excel. But do we CA’s utilize excel to it...

Using keyboard shortcuts To move to the last (or first) cell in a range: • Vertically from top to bottom, press Ctrl+Down Arrow. • Vertically from bottom to top, press Ctrl+Up Arrow. • Horizontally from left to right, press Ctrl+Right Arrow. • Horizontally from right to left, press Ctrl+Left Arrow....

To format cells containing Formulas using the Conditional Formatting dialog box, add a VBA Function: Step 1: Add the following VBA Function to a regular Module: Function IsFormulaInCell (Cell) As Boolean IsFormulaInCell= Cell.HasFormula...

Getting a root of a number is the same as raising that number to the power of 1/root. Example: The square root of x is x^(1/2). The square root of A1 is: =A1^(1/2). You can also use the built-in worksheet function SQRT: =SQRT(A1) ...

To calculate the difference in days, use the DATEDIF function as shown in the following formula: =DATEDIF(A2,B2,"d") To calculate the difference in weeks, use the INT function as shown in the following formula: =INT((B2-A2)/7) To calculate the difference in months, use the DATEDIF function as shown in the following formula: =DATEDIF(A2,B...

The VLookup formula returns data from any column you choose in the data table, simply change the number of the column in the third argument. Although it sounds simple, there is a catch. How can you determine the number of a column in a data table that contains numerous columns? How can you easily change the number of the column in...

To round a number to thousands with the hundreds shown as a decimal: 1. Press Ctrl+1 to open the Format Cells dialog box. 2. Select the Number tab, and from Category, select Custom. 3. In the Type box, enter the following Custom Formatting syntax: #,##0.0, ;[Red](#,##0.0,);- ; ...

Excel's VLOOKUP function, which stands for vertical lookup, is used to find specific information that has been stored in a spreadsheet table. This tutorial includes step by step instructions of how to use Excel's VLOOKUP function....

Find duplicates items in combine columns in Microsoft Excel - Enter the formula : =A1&B1 to cell C1 and copy / paste the formula to cells C2:C12 - Enter the formula : =IF(COUNTIF($C$1:C1,C1)>1,"Duplicate","Unique") - to cell E1 and copy / paste the formula to cells E2:E12 ...

Data in cell A1:B2               A            B 1 End Date/Time 05/11/2003 15:33 <– =NOW() 2 Start Date/Time       10/01/2002 9:33 <– =NOW()-222.25 Formula in cell E2: =(B1-B2)*1440    (  24 hours*60 minutes=1440 ) Format in cell E2: regular number format Result:             Â...

Formulas that calculate loan payments, principal, interest and more are found in the financial category in the Paste Function dialog box. In the screen shot is a list of functions and necessary syntax for loan calculations. See the formulas in the gray cells, and the syntax in rows 12-16. ...

This formula evaluates to 200. This ‘200’ is the value of Cell B3. To copy and paste this Value i.e. 200, to the adjoining cell C3, go to cell B3, hit [CTRL + C], or right your mouse and select from the shortcut menu that pops up. Go to cell C3 and click  . A [Paste Special] dialogue box shall appear (See figure). ...

Display or Hide the ribbon? - Press CTRL+ F1.. Go to the last used cell in a sheet? Press CTRL + End. Select cells from any cell to the last cell in the sheet's used range?...

Conditional Formatting – Top/Bottom Rules- 1. Select the Range. 2. On the [Home] tab click [Conditional Formatting] à Top/Bottom Rules à Top 10 items…. 3. In the Top 10 items dialogue box specify the number of top items that you wish to highlight and the format for the same. Click ...

Automatically format cells (e.g. change font color) based on a certain condition? Use the conditional Formatting. Conditional formatting allows you to set rules for cell formatting. If the rules (conditions) are met, then the formatting is applied. To do this: 1. Select the cells to be formatted 2. On the [Home] tab of the ribbon click [C...

Combine Text from Multiple Cells? Use the & operator - Lets you combine text from multiple cells ...

Suppose you have entered the full name of a person in a particular cell and you now want to have Surname, First Name and Middle Name in three different cells. To do this, simply select the cell that contains the Full Name of the person, Click . This will activate the text to columns wizard (See Figure). ...

Use the Data Validation + Countif function. It Prevents the user from entering Duplicate data. To do this: 1. Select a range of cells, for example, A2:A20. 2. On the Ribbon click <Data> à <Data Validation> 3. Select the [Settings] tab....

Haven’t you always wanted to create those lovely drop down list boxes to enter data in lists or forms for uniformity and standardisation? These are called data validation list boxes. Here’s how create them. In our example, Let us consider that you want the user to enter season in column B from a list of valid seasons. To create the Li...

Yes, there is. It’s called Data validation Input message. Select the cell(s) in which you want to see the message. On the ribbon, click the tab then click . Click the [Input Message] tab .Check the option 'Show input message when cell is selected'. Type your message heading text in the Title box. This text will appear in bold print at ...

Suggest what is to be entered in a cell? (Cell Comment) Cell Comment Suggest the user as regards what is to be entered in the cell 1. Select the cell wherein you wish to see the message, 2. Right click and select . 3. Type the instruction in the comment box. ...

Many times in a list, especially so when it is imported from a database, cells down below that have same headings or subheadings are left blank for the sake of easier readability. For eg. See the screenshot below. Excel Tips-3...

Use the AutoFill feature. It inserts a series of values or text items in a range of cells. Drag the AutoFill handle (the small box at the lower right of the Active cell) to copy the cell or automatically complete the series...

Create Shortcuts for commonly used words or phrases? Use the AutoCorrect feature. It creates shortcuts for commonly used words or phrases.Click - Files →Options → proofing → AutoCorrect Options. On the [AutoCorrect] tab check the option ‘Replace Text As You Type’ ...