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The Mega Book of Excel Shortcuts

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Excel to Jira Table

by | 2018-04-07 | VBA | 1 Comment

I use a tool at work called Jira. It's a tool used for issue tracking and project management in software development. I often need to comment on...
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How To Automate Sorting, Hiding, Unhiding and Listing Your Sheets

by | 2018-04-01 | VBA | 0 Comments

It's often the case that workbooks get very large and end up with a lot of sheets. Excel doesn't have a lot of built in functionality to make...
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How To Get All Sheet Names From All Workbooks In A Folder

by | 2018-03-21 | Get & Transform, Power Query | 0 Comments

It's a task I've had to do before. Get a list of all the sheet names in a workbook with 100+ sheets in it. With a bit of VBA know-how, it can be...
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Everything You Need to Know About Excel Tables

by | 2018-03-18 | Tutorials | 0 Comments

Learn everything there is to know about Excel Tables. This post will tell you about all the awesome features Excel Tables have and why you should start using them.

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11 Awesome Examples of Data Validation

by | 2018-03-10 | Tips & Tricks | 2 Comments

Data Validation is a very useful Excel tool. It often goes unnoticed as Excel users are eager to learn the highs of PivotTables, charts and formulas.

It controls what can be input into a cell, to ensure its accuracy and consistency. A very important job when working with data.

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How To Combine And Unpivot With The Pivot Table Wizard

by | 2018-03-09 | Pivot Tables | 0 Comments

You've probably come across data that looks something like this before. It's usually created by someone who doesn't know what data should look like...
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How to Deal with Changing Data Formats in Power Query

by | 2018-03-08 | Get & Transform, Power Query | 0 Comments

Power Query is an amazing tool since it allows you to set up a query once and then refresh it whenever you get new data files. But what if your data...
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The Complete Guide to Power Query

by | 2018-02-11 | Get & Transform, Power Query | 2 Comments

What is power query? Power Query is a business intelligence tool available in Excel that allows you to import data from many different sources and...
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How to Create Delete and Rename Folders from a List

by | 2018-02-04 | Templates, VBA | 0 Comments

I started making videos to go along with my post on pivot tables called 101 Advanced Pivot Table Tips And Tricks You Need To Know. I wanted to be a...
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2017 Year in Review for How To Excel

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I thought it might be a good idea to review the last year and what's happened with this site since I started it. I know the year end review is a...
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