Happy new year !

This year should be an exciting one with ExcelExperts.com making a big push for business.

The first large scale system is in production at a canadian company. They are very pleased so far, and have requested 2 more systems to compliment their sales operation.

We have taken on board feedback that the site was confusing and cluttered, and have changed the layout to be more intuitive.

Convert Text To a Number using VBA

 - use: EVALUATE()

Here's a step through demo sub routine:

  I tried to show all possible cases I know but found that there are much more.

These are some of it.

Hi all

This month has been very busy with ExcelExperts.com officially opening the doors to customers.

We have been swamped by requests for quotes, and it seems people realise that Excel is an increasingly popular business tool.

If you are a business using Excel, we guarantee that we can save you time and money with a little investment from you. Tell us your business processes, and we can advise on and implement changes.

We are looking for Excel Experts to join the team.

Do you have a large amount of data held in an Excel Spreadsheet ?

• If so, you will be well aware how difficult it is to find things

This tip demonstrates a way using VBA that enables you to search through your data really quickly, and helps you to find what you are looking for.

What I have written is a demo I used for searching through flight details.

Yep, that's right, ExcelExperts.com is looking for Excel Experts to get paid for Excel consultancy.

...but this is no ordinary interview.

To apply for this job, you need to prove the following:

1. You must be an Excel Expert, or be smart enough to learn quickly.
2. You need excellent communication skills. (Written more important than verbal)
3. You have to prove that you have the tenacity to see problems through to completion.

How do you prove this ?

Hi,

ExcelExperts.com is excited to announce that our Excel VBA Consultancy service is open for business, and we have completed the first Excel VBA consultancy job.

The task involved analysing the valuation of a large development site by way of complex discounted cash flows prepared by property valuation experts.

The work included:

You've probably been wondering what I have been up to for the last few months given that there have not been many updates on the site.

Wellll... I've been looking after my new daughter, redecorating the entire house, and making photography books...

Here's the first one:

Hello - I am using Excel 2007 and on some of my files I notice that the slow way down when I try to change any data in the cells.  While trying to find the casue of this slowdown I use the Page Layout tab and then Selection Pane and the window that opens shows many Text Boxes that I have not placed in this spreadsheet.  It takes a few minutes to delete all of these text boxes and then save the workbook and all is fine.  But I would like to know how these text boxes pop up and why.  Has anyone had this same problem?

Im a column I have entries as follows:

6-16

5-10

2-14

I want to replace the "-" with "/"

When I go ahead and replace then using CTRL + H  method;  The replacement will also calculate a decimal number (42491) or put a date like entry (05/06/2009).

All I want is the cell to show 6/16 instead of 6-16.

I have changed the cell format to text and also have set the calculation to manual, but still keep having the same behaviour.

Any tips on how to do it? I'd really appreciate it.

I have a List of names in Column(A)’Sheet1.

Row1-Judy

Hi people, i am a birdkeeper and am trying to set up  a workbook with various spreadsheets that relate to 1. an id 2.a pen number  and various other entries for each bird. On my Birds spreadsheet i have a colum named Pen and within the same workbook other spreadsheets named Pen1,Pen2,Pen3 and so on.

please help when i copied the formula #value! came out  but when i checked the fomula its ok

it seemed that it didnt capture the numbers in the cell it is supposed to compute

pls see my attachment

thanks in advance

Create Hyperlinks

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So, we have added data, pivot tables, and charts. We're now going to create an index page.

Steps:

Create A Chart

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Now we are going to create charts of our pivot tables so that we can get a visual representation of all this data.

Steps:

Create A Pivot Table

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And now the lesson you've all been waiting for - How to create a pivot table !

A pivot table is an ingenious invention that allows you to slice and dice your data in as many ways as you can think of.

Inserting And Renaming Worksheets

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We have finished with the data entry sheet now, so lets create an index page. We now need to insert a worksheet.

Insert A Worksheet

Steps:

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Find And Replace

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Suppose I've changed my mind and now prefer to use the term "Entertainment" instead of "Eating Out"

How do I do this ?

Easy..

VLOOKUP Formula

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Now, it has occurred to me that I can save time when entering future expenses because I have realised that I can pretty much categorise the expenses.

Filter Data

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Now you want to know how many of those expenses occurred in the last 1000 days.

Autofilter is perfect for this!

Steps:

Sort Data

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So you've entered a load of expenses, and now realise that you have entered them in the wrong order. It would be nice to sort them.

Steps:

Freeze Panes

This lesson is on how to freeze the panes. Freezing panes is about keeping the headings in view whilst being able to scroll down to enter data at the end.

To demonstrate why you want to do this:

Protection

When designing a spreadsheet, it is important to differentiate between areas to enter data, and areas that are calculating values based on that data.

Think:  Inputs    /    Outputs

As a general rule, cells containing formulae should be protected, and coloured differently, so lets do that here.

Copy And Paste Special Values

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We've just learnt how to enter a formula, so this lesson is on how to convert the formulae to values.

Steps:

Absolute References

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Now we want to enter a formula to calculate how many days ago we spent the money. 

Steps:

Insert A Column

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I now want to calculate how many days ago I spend the money, but I forgot to add a heading for that. I'll need to insert a column.

Steps:

Copy A Formula

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In the last lesson, we entered a formula. We now want to apply that formula to all the dates in column A.

There's a quick way to copy a formula that saves us from entering it again and again.

Steps:

Enter A Formula

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We've entered some dates in our Expense tracker, and now we need to enter a formula that will tell us the month and the year of those dates so we can use this information in the summary of our expenses.

Steps: