Category Archive: Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel articles

Jan 20

Sorting/Filtering Conditional Format Results

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A client recently e-mailed me inquiring about filtering in his Excel worksheet. It seems he had a list of data in column A and one in Column B. He had created a conditional format such that any data that was in column A and also in colum B, would turn a bolded red color. He …

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Jan 05

Need to See Two Excel Worksheets Simultaneously?

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Sometimes you may  need to see two worksheets in the same workbook side by side. I have actually had folks write to me asking how they can do this.  I tell them, relax – it isn’t all that difficult.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

Open the your first worksheet. On the View tab …

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Aug 17

How to copy or move Microsoft Excel worksheets to another workbook

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If you have the need to more or copy a worksheet from one workbook to another it is very easy to do in version 2010. You can use the Move or Copy dialog box to accomplish this task very easily and smoothly.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

Launch MS Excel. Open your workbook …

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Aug 16

How to create a bulleted list in Microsoft Excel

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I remember a time when I had "Googled" how to create a bulleted list in MS Excel and was very disappointed when all I found was articles telling me that it couldn’t be done. Perhaps you have searched as well and been dead-ended in the same manner.

Well, I found out how to do it …

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Aug 16

How to create a mortgage calculator using Microsoft Excel

Most folks think of the Microsoft Office Suite as something you you have to use at work and perhaps they use it for personal correspondence at home as well. Of course, there are some savvy computer enthusiasts who also use it for myriad purposes, as it was intended.

One very useful program in the Office …

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