MrExcel Excel Videos

It is frustrating when section headers contain data that applies to all records in that section. You really want to get that header data down onto every row in the section. Episode 826 shows you one method for doing this. 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!

Joe sends in a tip about converting your pivot table source data to a dynamic range. While this used to mean using the OFFSET function, now it simply means using Ctrl L (in Excel 2003) or Ctrl T (in Excel 2007). Episode 825 shows you how. 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!

Apply icons only to the numbers that qualify for a red X. It is possible, but tricky. Episode 925 will show you how. This video is the 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!

Mark asks about how to replicate the AutoSum concept in a macro. The code in Episode 844 gets closer to the AutoSum functionality than the solution that I proposed in Episode 812. 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!

Robert asks how I get the custom toolbar below my Excel 2007 ribbon. This is the Quick Access Toolbar. In Episode 843, I will show you how to customize this toolbar in Excel 2007. 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!

Marc sends in an interesting question about SUMIF. Each time the value is equal to January, he wants to grab a five-cell range! SUMIF doesn't seem up to the challenge, but an array formula with OFFSET does the trick. Episode 842 shows you how. 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!

Kyle sends in a different way to transpose with a formula - the array function =TRANSPOSE will do the trick. Also, Joe and Adrien check in with alternate ways of closing Excel. Episode 841 shows you how. 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!

Vaibhav sends in a question about creating a particular pivot table. There are a number of challenges in this project. In Episode 840, you will see how to re-order items along a pivot field, how to remove subtotals from one field, how to arrange multiple date fields to go across the page, changing the headings from Sum of X to just X, and filling in blanks with zeroes. 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!

Shawn sends in a great tip for today's podcast. Access has a Filter by Selection icon. Using a few lines of VBA code, you can add this functionality to your personal macro workbook. Episode 839 shows you how. Here is the code: Sub Filter_by_Active_Cell() Dim ColNum As Integer ColNum = ActiveCell.Column - _ (ActiveCell.CurrentRegion.Column - 1) Selection.AutoFilter Field:=ColNum, Criteria1:=ActiveCell End Sub Sub AutoFilterToggle() Selection.AutoFilter End Sub 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!