Excel Tips


GetPivotData() Functions in Excel XP »

February 4, 2004

Formula pointing at a cell inside the pivot table keeps pointing at the original cell when copying the formula down to the next rows.


Bug with Rand() in Excel 2003 »

December 11, 2003

Excel RAND function bug causes it to return negative results.


Lock a Range of Cells in Excel »

August 25, 2003

How to lock only a particular range of cells along with the formula instead of locking the entire sheet.


Stop Excel AutoCorrecting »

June 26, 2003

How to stop AutoCorrect feature changing words you type.


Change the Column Headers in Excel »

June 25, 2003

Go back to the usual "Lotus 1-2-3" reference style in Excel.


Using Circular References to our Advantage »

May 30, 2003

Usually, circular references are a bad thing, but sometimes they can be used to our advantage. Here is the non-macro way of doing what you want to do.


Format Existing Numbers as Text »

May 29, 2003

How to format existing numbers as text without having to tap F2 and Enter for every cell.


Using Excel Macro Recorder »

May 28, 2003

How to use macro recorder to write my own routine to automate what I need.


Freezing Rows in Excel »

May 27, 2003

Freezing panes in Excel to see the top row as heading when scrolling.