Part 1 - What's new |
| 1 |
What's New in Excel 2003? |
| 2 |
What's New in Excel 2002 / 2003: Menu, Cell Shortcut Menu and Keyboard Shortcuts |
| 3 |
Let Excel Read Text for you |
Part 2 - Working Inside |
| Selecting |
| 4 |
Moving to the Last (or First) Cell in a Range |
| 5 |
Selecting Cells in Horizontal or Vertical Ranges |
| 6 |
Quickly Selecting Range of Cells |
| 7 |
Selecting a Range of Non-Adjacent Cells |
| 8 |
Selecting Current Region / List |
| 9 |
Moving the Cell Pointer Around a Selected Range |
| 10 |
Selecting Special Cells |
| 11 |
Selecting Column(s) or Row(s) using Keyboard Shortcuts |
| 12 |
Selecting Cells from Any Cell to the Last Cell in the Worksheet's Used Area |
| 13 |
Moving Between Unprotected Cells in a Protected Sheet |
| 14 |
Selecting All Worksheet Cells |
| 15 |
Fast Selecting a Range in the Workbook |
| 16 |
Selecting a Sheet in the Workbook |
| 17 |
Selecting a Sheet from a Sorted Worksheets List |
| 18 |
Moving Between Open Workbooks |
| Custom keyboard shortcut |
| 19 |
Adding a Custom Keyboard Shortcut |
| Copy, Paste |
| 20 |
Copying, Cutting and Pasting (Moving) |
| 21 |
Fast Copying in Adjacent Cells |
| 22 |
Fast Copying to Right / Down of List |
| 23 |
Copying & Pasting Constants / Formulas to Thousands of Cells |
| 24 |
Pasting Multiple Copied Ranges Using the Clipboard |
| 25 |
Inserting Copied Cell(s) Without Overwriting Existing Data |
| 26 |
Expanded Paste Icon Features in Excel 2002 & Excel 2003 |
| 27 |
Copying & Pasting Cell Containing Formulas / Values Along with Formatting |
| 28 |
Copying Contents and/or Formats Across Sheets |
| 29 |
Copying / Moving Cells Between Sheets / Workbooks |
| Editing |
| 30 |
Preventing Moving to the Next Cell After Typing |
| 31 |
Quickly Entering Text into Cells from a List of Previous Entries or a Validation list |
| 32 |
Preventing Duplicates While Entering Data |
| 33 |
Validating Number Entries |
| 34 |
Validating Text Entries |
| 35 |
Quickly Entering a Long Company or Persons Name |
| 36 |
Transposing Cells |
| 37 |
Finding / Finding & Replacing in a Single Worksheet or in All Worksheets |
| Formatting |
| 38 |
Displaying the Format Cells Dialog box |
| 39 |
Copying Formatting |
| 40 |
Changing the Standard Font |
| 41 |
Hiding the Display of Zero Values |
| 42 |
Merging and Centering with a Toggle Button in Excel 2002 / 2003 |
| 43 |
Changing the Indentation in a Cell |
| 44 |
Automatically Wrapping Text in a Cell |
| 45 |
Manually Wrapping Text in a Cell |
| 46 |
Adding a Shortcut for Wrapping Text |
| 47 |
Preventing Text from Spilling Over |
| 48 |
Dividing a First Left Heading Title |
| 49 |
Changing the Cell Formatting from Date to Number |
| 50 |
Coloring Numbers Based on Specific Criteria Using Conditional Formatting |
| 51 |
Changing a Numeric Heading to Text |
| 52 |
"Tearing Off" Palettes from Toolbars |
| 53 |
Coloring Numbers Based on Specific Criteria |
| 54 |
Coloring One Record in a Each Group in a Range |
| 55 |
Coloring Even Numbered Rows in a List |
| 56 |
Inserting Special Symbols into Custom Formats |
| 57 |
Automating the Insertion of the Euro Symbol |
| 58 |
Symbols Used to Create Custom Formatting |
| 59 |
Formatting a Negative Number with Parentheses |
| 60 |
Replacing Zeros with a Dashes in Number Formatting |
| 61 |
Rounding Numbers to Thousands |
| 62 |
Using the Round Function to Round Numbers to Thousands |
| 63 |
Rounding Numbers to Thousands with Hundreds as a Decimal |
| 64 |
Rounding Numbers to Millions |
| 65 |
Rounding Numbers to Millions with Thousands as a Decimal |
| Style |
| 66 |
Changing the Default Style |
| 67 |
Creating and Saving Custom Styles |
| 68 |
Copying Styles from One Workbook to Another |
| 69 |
Displaying Figures in Financial Reports Rounded to Thousands |
Part 3 - Excel Environment |
| Information |
| 70 |
Cell Function Returns Worksheet Name, Workbook Name and Path |
| 71 |
Checking Cell Information at a Distance |
| 72 |
Adding Data, Charts, or Other Information to a Cell's Comments |
| 73 |
Using a Picture to Watch Cell Values in Other Worksheets |
| 74 |
Using the Validation Input Message as Cell Comment |
| 75 |
Linking a Cell to a Text Box |
| 76 |
Removing the Smart Tag Indicator |
| Comment |
| 77 |
Changing the Name of the Cell Comment's Author |
| 78 |
Changing the Cells Default Comment Format |
| 79 |
Changing the Cell Comment's Shape |
| 80 |
Copying a Cell's Comment |
| 81 |
Deleting All Cell's Comment in a Sheet |
| 82 |
Printing Cell's Comment |
| Window |
| 83 |
Viewing All Data in Worksheet |
| 84 |
Increasing / Decreasing the Screen Magnification Percentage |
| 85 |
Making a Cell the First Cell in the Active Window |
| 86 |
Hiding / Unhiding Row(s) or Column(s) |
| 87 |
Protecting Data by Hiding Row(s) and Column(s) |
| 88 |
Allowing Multiple Users to Edit Specified Ranges |
| 89 |
Coloring Gridlines |
| 90 |
Hiding Gridlines on the Screen and when Printing |
| 91 |
Reducing the Used Area in a Worksheet |
| 92 |
Using Task Panes |
| Menu & Toolbars |
| 93 |
Show All Items When Choosing from a Menu |
| 94 |
Customizing an Icon |
| 95 |
Icons Disappearing from the Toolbar |
| 96 |
Removing Icons Performing Two Different Tasks |
| 97 |
Using the Empty Space at the End of the Menu Bar by Adding Useful Icons |
| 98 |
Adding and Saving a New Customized Toolbar |
| 99 |
Backing Up Customized Changes to Toolbars and Menus |
| Worksheet |
| 100 |
Changing the Default Number of Sheets in New Workbook |
| 101 |
Changing the Font Size of the Sheet Name |
| 102 |
Coloring Sheet Tabs |
| 103 |
Copying or Moving a Worksheet |
| 104 |
Sorting Worksheets in Ascending Order |
| 105 |
Grouping / Ungrouping Sheets |
| 106 |
Inserting a New Sheet from Template Worksheet |
| 107 |
Protecting the Sheet or the Cells in the Sheet |
| 108 |
Adding the Properties Icon to the Standard Toolbar |
| 109 |
Limiting the Movement in a Protected Sheet |
| 110 |
Limiting the Movement in an Unprotected Sheet |
| 111 |
Preventing Hidden Worksheets from Appearing |
| Workbook |
| 112 |
Opening / Closing Workbooks |
| 113 |
Changing the Number of Files Shown in the Recently Used File List |
| 114 |
Changing the Default Auto-Save File Location |
| 115 |
Auto-Recovering / Auto-Saving Workbooks |
| 116 |
Recovering Data from a Corrupted Workbook that cannot Be Opened |
| 117 |
Displaying the Workbook's Path in the Address Box |
| 118 |
Adding the Path of a Saved Workbook to the Title Bar |
| 119 |
Removing Personal Information from a Workbook |
| 120 |
Protecting a Workbook |
| 121 |
Adding Passwords to Prevent Unauthorized Opening of a Workbook |
| 122 |
Protecting Workbooks with a Digital Signature |
| 123 |
Forgotten Your Password? |
| 124 |
Saving a Customized Workbook As a Template |
| 125 |
Opening a Template File Automatically When Starting Microsoft Excel |
| 126 |
Opening Workbooks from a List of Hyperlinks |
| 127 |
Opening a Copy of an Existing Workbook |
| 128 |
Using a Workspace to Open a Number of Workbooks at Once |
Part 4 - Text, Date, Time |
| Text |
| 129 |
Combining Text from Different Cells |
| 130 |
Combining Text and Formatted Value |
| 131 |
Applying Formatting Only to Cells Containing Text |
| 132 |
Extracting Characters from Text Using Text Formulas |
| 133 |
Extracting Characters from Text Without Using Formulas |
| 134 |
Separating First and Last Names Using Formulas |
| 135 |
Separating First and Last Names Without Using Formulas |
| 136 |
Converting Text to Its Proper Case |
| 137 |
Converting Text to Uppercase |
| 138 |
Converting Uppercase Letters to Lowercase |
| Importing text files |
| 139 |
Problem: The Characters are in Reverse Order |
| 140 |
Problem: Unnecessary Empty Characters in Cells |
| 141 |
Problem: The Values not Formatted as Numbers |
| 142 |
Problem: The Minus Sign appears to the Right of the Number |
| 143 |
Problem: Date Formatting Cannot Be Changed |
| Updating Internet Web Site Data |
| 144 |
Getting Continuously Refreshed Data from a Web site in Excel 97 |
| 145 |
Getting Continuously Refreshed Data from a Web site in Excel 2000 |
| 146 |
Getting Continuously Refreshed Data from a Web site in Excel 2002 & 2003 |
| Date |
| 147 |
Entering the Current Date into a Cell |
| 148 |
Changing the Default Date Separator from a Slash to a Dot When Entering a Date into a Cell |
| 149 |
Customizing Date Formatting |
| 150 |
Quickly Typing Dates into Cells |
| 151 |
Filling a Range with a Series of Dates |
| 152 |
Calculating Differences Between Dates |
| 153 |
Calculating the Week Number |
| 154 |
Calculating the Quarter Number |
| 155 |
Calculating the Date at the End of the Month |
| 156 |
Adding a Custom Function that Returns the Quarter Number |
| 157 |
Validating Date Entries |
| 158 |
Displaying the Serial Number Behind the Date |
| 159 |
Combining Text and a Formatted Date |
| Time |
| 160 |
Entering the Current Time into a Cell |
| 161 |
Displaying the Serial Number Behind the Time |
| 162 |
Totaling Time Values |
| 163 |
Calculating the Difference Between Hours |
| 164 |
Calculating Time Differences Between Regions of the World |
| 165 |
Rounding Hours Up |
| 166 |
Converting Time to Decimal Values |
| 167 |
Converting a Number to a Time Value |
Part 5 - Summing & Counting |
| Calculating |
| 168 |
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Without Using Formulas |
| 169 |
Multiplying a Range by -1 in One Operation |
| 170 |
Performing a Quick Calculation in the Formula Bar |
| 171 |
Seeing Calculation Results Immediately |
| 172 |
Additional Functions in AutoSum |
| Summing |
| 173 |
Fast Summation |
| 174 |
Creation Subtotals Quickly |
| 175 |
Extending the Range Of the SUM Formula |
| 176 |
Summing Values at the Intersection of Two Ranges |
| 177 |
Summing Values from Cells in Different Sheets |
| 178 |
Summing Stock Lists |
| 179 |
Summing Rounded Numbers |
| Sumif |
| 180 |
The SUMIF Formula - Using Comparison Operators (< >) as Criteria |
| 181 |
Totaling Two Ranges Using the SUMIF Formula |
| 182 |
Summing Using Text Characters as Criteria |
| Counting |
| 183 |
COUNT Formulas |
| 184 |
Counting the Number of Cells Contains Text in a Range |
| 185 |
Counting Based on Multiple Criteria |
|
Euro Add-In Conversion |
| 186 |
The Euro Currency Tools Add-In |
Part 6 - Formulas |
| Name |
| 187 |
Range Name Syntax |
| 188 |
Define a Range Name |
| 189 |
Delete a Range Name |
| 190 |
Automatically Defining Names for Ranges in Lists |
| 191 |
Using a Range Name in a Formula |
| 192 |
Saving a Frequently Used Formula /Numeric Value in the Define Name Dialog box |
| 193 |
Automatically Updating a Range Name Reference |
| Formulas |
| 194 |
Inserting / Editing Formulas |
| 195 |
Entering Formulas More Quickly by Shortening Sheet Names |
| 196 |
Nesting Formulas |
| 197 |
Changing an Absolute Reference to a Relative Reference or Vice Versa |
| 198 |
Copying a Formula From Cell While Keeping the Absolute Reference or Relative Reference |
| 199 |
Copy and Paste Formulas Without Changing the Absolute or Relative References |
| 200 |
Copying Formulas and Pasting Them in a Transposed Direction Without Changing the Relative References |
| 201 |
Array Formulas - the Technical Side |
| 202 |
Create Custom Function |
| 203 |
Pasting Values |
| 204 |
Displaying Formula Syntax |
| 205 |
Display Formulas and Values of the Same Cells |
| 206 |
Selecting Cells That Contain Formulas |
| 207 |
Formatting Cells Containing Formulas |
| 208 |
Protecting Cells Containing Formulas in Protected Sheet |
| 209 |
Protecting Cells Containing Formulas in Unprotected Sheet |
| 210 |
Adding a Comment to a Formula |
| 211 |
Printing Formula Syntax |
| 212 |
Stepping into a Formula |
| 213 |
Moving between Precedent and Dependent Cells |
| 214 |
Circular References |
| 215 |
Iteration |
| 216 |
Avoiding Error Displays when Formulas Return Result Calculation |
| 217 |
Selection /Formatting Cells Displaying Errors |
| 218 |
Tracing Errors in Formula Results |
|
Links |
| 219 |
Quickly Creation Links Between Ranges |
| 220 |
Unintentionally Creating Links Between Workbooks |
| 221 |
Canceling the Update Links Message While Opening a Linked Workbook |
| 222 |
Breaking Links Between Workbooks |
| 223 |
Changing the Source Link |
| 224 |
Finding and Deleting Unwanted and Orphaned Links |
|
Lookup Formulas & Power Technique |
| 225 |
Vlookup Formula - Organizing the Data Table |
| 226 |
Vlookup Formula - Eliminating Errors |
| 227 |
Index Formula Vs. Vlookup Formula |
| 228 |
Adding a Combo Box |
| 229 |
The Power Combination |
Part 7 - Printing & Mailing |
| Printing |
| 230 |
Add the Page Setup icon to Excel Menu Bar |
| 231 |
Copying the Page Setup to Other Worksheets |
| 232 |
Removing All Page Breaks from the Sheet |
| 233 |
Inserting a Watermark Behind the Text |
| 234 |
Printing a Page Number in Portrait While the Page Is in Landscape Layouts |
| 235 |
Hiding Data Before Printing |
| 236 |
Preventing the Printing of Objects |
| 237 |
Printing Non-Continuous Areas |
| 238 |
Adding Continuous Page Numbers While Printing |
| 239 |
Preventing a Printed Area from Extending onto an Extra Page |
| 240 |
Hiding Errors in Cells Before Printing |
| 241 |
Adding a Picture to a Header / Footer |
| 242 |
Adding Information to a Header/ Footer for All Sheets in a Workbook |
| 243 |
Adding the Full Path of the Saved File to Header and Footer |
| 244 |
Adding the Path Address to the Header/ Footer |
| 245 |
Saving Defined Page Setups for Future Printing |
| 246 |
Adding the Custom Views Icon to the Excel Menu Bar |
| 247 |
Quickly Printing a Page from the Worksheet Using a Custom View |
| 248 |
Print An Already Saved Report Using Report Manager |
| 249 |
Creating a Custom Report Manager |
| Mailing |
| 250 |
Reducing the Workbook Size for Quick Sending via E-Mail |
| 251 |
E-mailing an Excel Workbook, Worksheet, Data or Chart |
Part 8 - List, Analyzing Data |
| List object |
| 252 |
Create List Object |
| Sorting |
| 253 |
Sorting Rules & List Structure |
| 254 |
How Excel Sorts Data |
| 255 |
Sorting by Columns |
| 256 |
Sorting by Custom Lists |
| 257 |
Deleting Empty Rows |
| Formatting Lists |
| 258 |
Drawing Lines Between Sorted Groups |
| 259 |
Coloring Rows Based on Text Criteria |
| 260 |
Applying Colors to Maximum/ Minimum Values in List |
| Filtering |
| 261 |
Quick Filtering Using the AutoFilter Icon |
| 262 |
Sort Ascending/ Descending While Using AutoFilter |
| 263 |
Summing the Visible Filtered List |
| 264 |
Coloring Filtering Data According to Criteria |
| 265 |
Filtering by More Than Two Criteria |
| 266 |
Filtering by Date Field |
| 267 |
Saving Filtering Criteria |
| 268 |
Printing Filtered Lists |
| 269 |
Filtering a Range into a List of Unique Records |
| 270 |
Filter a List into Unique Records Using COUNTIF Formula |
| Subtotals |
| 271 |
Adding the Subtotals Icon to the Menu Bar |
| 272 |
Quickly Remove Subtotals |
| 273 |
Hide Subtotal Levels Buttons |
| 274 |
Adding Subtotals to a Date Field |
| 275 |
Add Additional Functions to Subtotals |
| 276 |
Adding Subtotals to Primary and Secondary Fields |
| 277 |
Printing Each Subtotal Group on a Separate Page |
| 278 |
Deleting the Word Total from Subtotal Rows |
| 279 |
Copying the Subtotals Summary |
| 280 |
Applying Styles to Subtotal Rows |
| 281 |
Applying Colors to Subtotal Rows |
| 282 |
Coloring Two Subtotal Levels in Different Colors |
| Group & Outline |
| 283 |
Adding the Auto Outline, Clear Outline, and Show Outline Symbols Icons to the Toolbar |
| 284 |
Hiding Outline Symbols |
| 285 |
Adding Groups and Outlines Manually |
| 286 |
Copying or Applying Color to Groups and Outlines |
| Consolidating |
| 287 |
Consolidating Lists |
| 288 |
Using Different Functions to Consolidate Lists |
| 289 |
Consolidating Lists While Adding Links to the Source Data |
| 290 |
Coloring and/or Copying Subtotals from Consolidated Lists Containing Links to Source Data |
| 291 |
Summing Stock Lists |
| 292 |
Summing Sales Quantities and Amounts for Several Lists, or Presenting Figures Side-by-Side |
| 293 |
Summing Monthly Trial Balance Figures |
| Comparing Lists |
| 294 |
Comparing Lists |
| 295 |
Compare lists Using COUNTIF Formula |
| PivotTable |
| 296 |
Rules for Organizing the Source Data in Excel Worksheets |
| 297 |
PivotTable Report Terminology |
| 298 |
Creating a PivotTable Report |
| 299 |
Settings the Number of Fields Displayed in the Page Layout |
| 300 |
Automatically Refreshing a PivotTable Report |
| 301 |
Adding / Deleting Subtotals |
| 302 |
Hide Items |
| 303 |
Displaying the Top/ Bottom Number of Items |
| 304 |
Formatting a PivotTable Report |
| 305 |
Inserting a Chart |
| 306 |
Printing a PivotTable Report |
| 307 |
Adding Sub-Details to an Item |
| 308 |
Creating Drill-Down Details |
| 309 |
Grouping Text Fields |
| 310 |
Adding a Calculated Field |
| 311 |
Grouping the Date Field by Number of Days |
| 312 |
Grouping the Date Field by Days, Months, Quarters, and Years |
| 313 |
Grouping a Date Field by Week Number |
| 314 |
Grouping a Date Field by Quarters in the Fiscal Reporting Year |
| 315 |
Adding a Calculated Percentage Field |
| 316 |
Adding a Data Field That Calculates the Difference Between Two Data Fields |
| 317 |
Adding a Data Field That Calculates Percentages from One Item of the Row Field |
| 318 |
Adding a Data Field That Calculates Percentage Difference from the Previous Item |
| 319 |
Adding a Data Field That Calculates Difference from the Previous Item |
| 320 |
Adding a Running Balance Calculation Column |
| 321 |
Retrieving Data from a PivotTable Report |
| 322 |
Adding Additional PivotTable Reports Using the Same Data Source |