MrExcel Excel Videos

Mike from Arizona asks how to create a revenue bridge chart. This is similar to a waterfall chart, except some of the points are negative. Episode 1093 will show you how to create this chart. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 377 tips from the book!

George has a dataset today where a serial number contains 3 groups of digits in a single column. George needs to be able to sort by the middle group of digits. Episode 519 shows you how. This video is the podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of 277 tips from the book!

Richard sends in todays question: How do you copy a formula horizontally when its reading from a vertical list? Episode 518 shows the easy, but unintuitive solution. This video is the podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of 277 tips from the book!

Rod calls in a question today; how to use conditional formatting to highlight all the track athletes from a particular school. This requires the conditional format to look for the school name within a cell. This is very easy in Excel 2007 but very difficult in Excel 2003. Episode 517 discusses the functions required to make it work. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel and Excel 2007 Miracles Made Easy. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

In honor of Memorial Day in the United States, a question sent in from a naval aviator who has to enter a series of time values. Using a tiny bit of VBA code, we can eliminate the need to type the colon in the middle of the time value. Even if you dont have to enter times all day, the techniques in Episode 516 can ease the redundant data entry tasks. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

Last Thursday, we pondered how to get rid of the annoying Paste Options icon after using the fill handle. In todays podcast, suggestions from viewers Bob and Tom solve the problem. Episode 515 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

Why does the automatic subtotals command sometimes choose to Sum and sometimes choose to Count? Episode 514 shows you why Excel seems to arbitrarily count or sum. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

Joe writes in with a faster way to get an entire workbook into Group mode. This is a fast way to make changes to all of the sheets in a workbook. Episode 513 shows you how. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!

Ricardo sends in a tricky formula question for todays podcast. How can you calculate a moving average of all sales in the last 90 days, particularly when your data does not include one row for every day? In Episode 512, I discuss the really convoluted solution in Excel 2003 and the only slightly convoluted solution in Excel 2007. This blog is the video podcast companion to the book, Learn Excel from MrExcel. Download a new two minute video every workday to learn one of the 277 tips from the book!