Excel Tips


Protect Cells That Contain Formulas »

October 28, 2022

I have to key in data in a large number of cells in a month-end financial statement. I don’t want to accidentally key in a number in a cell that contains a formula. How can I protect just the formula cells?


Preview Remove Duplicates Without Removing Them »

October 27, 2022

I want to preview which rows will be deleted before deleting them with Remove Duplicates.


Remove Duplicates »

October 26, 2022

I have a data set in which I would like to find every unique combination of customer and product.


Find Total Sales by Customer by Combining Duplicates »

October 25, 2022

I have an invoice register for the month. The report shows account, customer, invoice, sales, cost, and profit for each invoice. I want to combine customers in order to produce a report of sales by customer.


Combine Four Quarterly Reports »

October 24, 2022

I have four worksheets for Q1 through Q4. Each worksheet has months across the top and customers down the side. The months and customers are not the same. I want to combine them into a single report.


Use Consolidation to Combine Two Lists »

October 21, 2022

Jerry and Tina each compiled sales figures from paper invoices. I need to combine Jerry and Tina’s list into a single list. Some customers are in both lists.


Hide Zeros & Other Custom Number Formatting Tricks »

October 20, 2022

I don’t want zeros to appear in my document.


Use an Ampersand in a Header »

October 19, 2022

I added the custom header Profit & Loss Report to my report.


Use Find to Find an Asterisk »

October 18, 2022

My largest customer is Wal*Mart. When I use Find or Find and Replace to search for Wal*Mart, Excel also finds Wallingsmart. I know this happens because Excel sees * as a wildcard character. What if I really want to search for an asterisk?