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        Our top 5 Microsoft Excel tips of 2015

        Jan 22, 2016 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        In 2015 we shared a total of 40 Microsoft® Excel® tips with you. We’ve collated the best performing tips, and put together your top 5 tips. These top 5 Excel tips were viewed and revisited the most by our subscribers throughout the year. 1. How to create a waterfall chart in Excel A waterfall chart […]

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        Use the Flash Fill function in Excel to change text

        Aug 25, 2015 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks

        Manipulating data in Microsoft® Excel® may involve changing the text case from lower to upper case. Luckily, there is an easier way of doing this without using complicated formulas. A new feature in Excel 2013 and 2016 is the Flash Fill option. This can be used to change the case of consistent text. It can […]

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        How to create a waterfall chart

        May 15, 2015 Excel Tips 2 Comments Excel Tips & Tricks

          In last week’s tip, we shared a financial dashboard with you. In the dashboard, one of the charts that we used to present data was a waterfall chart. A waterfall chart is a special type of column chart used for understanding how an initial value is affected by a series of intermediate positive or […]

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        How to customize number formats

        Apr 2, 2015 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        Having a sufficient amount of cash is key to maintaining a healthy business, which is why it’s crucial to track where your cash comes from and where it goes. We’ve provided you with a cash flow statement template which you can customise. In this tip we show you how you can customise number formats. Conditional […]

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        Our top 5 Microsoft Excel tips shared in 2014

        Jan 8, 2015 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        Here’s a roundup of the top 5 tips, based on how many of you clicked on the links to view them: How to quickly delete blank rows in a worksheet When working in Excel you probably have had to deal with removing blank rows. This, you may agree, is annoying and time consuming, especially if […]

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        How to set the Sum function as the default in a PivotTable

        Oct 23, 2014 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks, Tips & Tricks

        In this tip, we want to take this opportunity to address a very important issue faced by many people that use Microsoft® Excel®. Sometimes when working with PivotTables, the Count function is set as the default instead of the Sum function. This can be frustrating as you then have to set each column value to […]

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        How to set up custom subtotals in a PivotTable

        Oct 16, 2014 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        PivotTables are a very useful tool for business reporting especially when you have a lot of data to report on, that’s why they are our topic of focus lately. PivotTables help you quickly summarize, analyze, explore, and present large volumes of data. Did you know that you can summarize or analyze your data with more […]

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        Set up a PivotTable using the PowerPivot add-on module

        Sep 25, 2014 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        Last week we showed you how to install the PowerPivot add-on module in Microsoft Excel 2010 and 2013, and how you can use it to process immense volumes of data that cannot be efficiently handled by PivotTables. Today, we want to show you how to set up a PivotTable using PowerPivot to enable you to […]

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        How to Install Power Pivots for Microsoft® Excel®

        Sep 18, 2014 Excel Tips Leave a comment Excel Tips & Tricks

        In the past two weeks we have shared tips on Pivot Tables and this week we continue on how to install the Power Pivots add-on module. Power Pivot is an Excel add-on that is available for free in Excel 2010 and 2013. Power Pivots enables you to process immense volumes of data that cannot be efficiently handled […]

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        How to create custom PivotTable Groups

        Sep 11, 2014 Excel Tips 5 Comments Excel Tips & Tricks

        The PivotTable grouping option in Microsoft® Excel® allows you to see summaries of data by grouping it together so that less detail is shown. Grouping can be done automatically on date fields and the data summarised by days, months, quarters or years. However, you can also create your own custom groups. For instance, you can […]

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