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Excel Tip: Using CHOOSE – or do you need OFFSET, or maybe INDEX?
From the Not Just Numbers blog: How are those New Year Resolutions coming along now we’re all back to work? Did you set your Excel ones? I’d still love to hear what they are. Just a couple of quick...
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How to create an Excel Pivot Table
From the Not Just Numbers blog: I am a huge fan of Pivot Tables as they can completely transform your ability to analyse and report on data in Excel and thought it was about time I did a post on them....
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Why do I need pivot tables? – and a song!
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Before we get to the song, I want to answer a question I am asked over and over again: “Why do I need pivot tables?” Regular readers will know what a big fan I am of...
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Excel Tip: How to combine multiple sets of data for a pivot table – a...
From the Not Just Numbers blog: I have written many posts about the benefits of pivot tables and how to prepare data for use in them, but there is one scenario that I haven’t covered which I come up...
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Excel Tip: Simple tips for tidying up text in Excel
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Although we might do our best to use data validation to ensure text is correctly entered into a spreadsheet, we very often need to deal with data from other sources that...
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Excel Tip: Quickly fix formulae copied from another spreadsheet
From the Not Just Numbers blog: This week I have a simple tip to solve a very specific problem, but one that many users will encounter regularly. Many times when building spreadsheets, I have a set of...
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Excel Tip: A simple dependent drop-down list
From the Not Just Numbers blog: I have previously blogged about how to create a drop-down list in Excel using data validation, but sometimes I am asked to make the options in one drop-down list...
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Excel Tip: VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP?
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Many of us use VLOOKUP regularly and I know I’ve covered it a number of times on the blog, but what about its poor relation, HLOOKUP? I regularly come across users who...
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Excel Tip: INDEX and MATCH – an alternative to VLOOKUP (and HLOOKUP)
From the Not Just Numbers blog: In my last post I described how to use both VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP to lookup and return data from lists or tables. Whenever I mention these functions in forums, etc. I...
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Excel Tip: Using Goal Seek
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Before we get into this week’s post, I’d just like to say a big thank you for the magnificent response to my survey last week. I will reflect your feedback in the new...
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Excel Tip: Presenting Pivot Table data in a fixed layout using GETPIVOTDATA
From the Not Just Numbers blog: It’s been a while since I covered GETPIVOTDATA on the blog, so I thought it was worth a re-visit, but with the specific objective of demonstrating a structured approach...
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Excel Tip: Beware – Cut and Paste IS NOT the same as Copy and Paste
From the Not Just Numbers blog: I hope those who celebrate it have enjoyed the Easter break. I just have a short, but very important, post this week as we ease back into work. This is a warning about...
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Online Excel Training – Exclusive Reader Offer
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Regular readers will know that I have been working on ways to help you with more in-depth Excel Training than blog posts will allow. You can already purchase my...
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Excel Tip: Do you really need to merge those cells?
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Just a short one this week, along the lines of my cautionary post a couple of weeks ago on the dangers of cut and paste. When working on a spreadsheet that someone else...
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Excel Tip: Don’t fiddle with the data!
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Yesterday I had a conversation with a client that I have had, in various forms, many times before. It relates to using information in a spreadsheet from an external...
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Excel Tip: Don’t hold your data in Excel if you’ve got somewhere better!
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Just a short post this week, and a one you might be surprised by. I am going to encourage you not to use Excel! Yes, after years of telling you how to get the best out...
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Excel Tip: My Ten Principles for Excel Good Practice
From the Not Just Numbers blog: As part of my role on the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Excel Community Advisory Committee, I (along with the other members) have been...
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Excel Tip: Protecting cells
From the Not Just Numbers blog: One of my ten principles last week was to protect cells with formulae in them, and it occurred to me that it might be useful to do a quick post on how cell protection...
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Excel Tip: Managing Deadlines in Excel
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Today’s post was prompted by a discussion on the accountants website, AccountingWeb. One accountant was looking for a simple way to manage client deadlines in Excel,...
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Excel Tip: A really quick way to copy down a formula
From the Not Just Numbers blog: Just a quick tip this week, as it was a Bank Holiday yesterday in the UK, and I now have four days to fit a week’s work in! This is a really simple one, but I’ve lost...
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