Excel Tips


Lookup Row & Sheet »

November 13, 2017

How to write an Excel formula that will lookup a value on a different sheet based on which product is selected. How to pull data from a different worksheet for each product.


VLOOKUP from Outline Data »

November 10, 2017

Someone taking an Excel certification test missed a question. They were trying to overthink the question. It doesn't require an insane array formula. A simple IFNA will solve it. While there are many ways to solve everything in Excel, sometimes the simplest ways go overlooked.


Icon Sets for Text? »

November 10, 2017

Can you use an icon set for cells that contain text? No, that won't work. But for one specific situation where you want icons for exactly three words, such as Yes, Maybe, No, there is a cool solution in this article.


Conditional Format All Formula Cells »

November 9, 2017

How to use conditional formatting to mark all cells that contain a formula.


Delete Blank Columns »

November 9, 2017

You have a data set with 100 columns of data separated by 100 blank columns. How can you quickly delete all of the blank columns?


Ways to Clear in VBA »

November 8, 2017

There are several different ways to Clear in Excel. Today's video demonstrates the affect of the various Clear options.


Pivot Timeline to Title »

November 8, 2017

Timeline slicers are an Excel feature for filtering a pivot table. But what if you would like to show the start date and end date from the timeline in a report title? This article discusses ways to do that.


Progressive Tax Rate »

November 7, 2017

Excel formula for a progressive tax rate. This article shows you how to build a formula to calculate a progressive tax rate in Excel.


Subtotal by Month »

November 7, 2017

You have daily dates, but you want subtotals by month in Excel. There is an amazingly easy way to do this.