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Microsoft Excel Tips And Tricks for Excel 97, 2000, 2002, XP, Excel 2003

 

A

adding

    Without using formulas, 129

Advanced Filter

    Copying, 273

    Show all, 272

    Using, 271

Amortization, 388

Array Formula

    Complex calculations, 98

    Key combination, 98

    Rounding, 53

    Transposing, 99

AutoComplete, 20

AutoCorrect, 22

AutoFilter, 264

    Custom criteria, 266

    Data fields, 267

    Saving by using custom views, 265

    Summing filtered data, 270

    Wildcards, 267

AutoSum, 125

    Additional functions, 128

    Controlling by selecting cells, 127

    Extending, 128

    Horizontal vs. Vertical, 126

C

Calculations

    Without using formulas, 130

Camera tool, 152, 199

Cell Function, 149

Cellpointer

    Direction after enter, 20

Charts

    Adding linked picture, 198

    ComboBox, 204

    Creating with F11, 193

    Creating with toolbar, 194

    Default type, 195

    Nudge location, 198

    Numeric format, 204

    Option buttons, 206

    Pie of pie, 208

    Preventing from printing, 196

    Printing, 196

    Rows vs. columns, 197

    Selecting items, 197

    Sizing to window, 195

    Updating automatically, 201

    Updating by dragging and dropping new data, 200

Circular Reference, 107

ComboBox, 372

Comments

    Adding to cell, 155

    Adding to formula, 155

    Changing the author, 155

    Copying, 157

    Default format, 156

    Deleting, 157

    Displaying picture, 159

    Displaying single, 157

    Printing, 158

    Viewing, 157

Consolidation

    Across worksheets, 296

    Using data consolidate, 299

    Using PivotTable, 310

Count, 134

CountIf

    Unique Records, 277

Custom Lists, 216

Custom Views

    For saving AutoFilter, 265

D

Data

    List structure, 239

Data Table

    With two variables, 391, 393

Database Functions, 274

Dates

    Calculating difference, 62

    Enter series automatically, 58

    Formulas, 57, 62

    How Excel calculates, 55

    Quarter number, 63

    Shortcut for entering, 57

    Week number, 63

Digital Signature, 140

Dividing

    Without using formulas, 129

Duplicate Data

    Preventing duplicates, 26

E

Errors

    Handling, 104

    Marking cells, 105

    Tracing, 106

Excel 2002

    New toolbars, 20

F

Format Painter, 70

Formatting

    Adding lines between groups, 261

    Conditional formatting, 51, 243

    Criteria, 50

    Dates, 60

    Dividing title in cell, 33

    Numbers, 44

    Special symbols, 49

    Time, 65

Forms

    Data entry, 242

Formulas

    Auditing, 101

    Deleting, 113

    Displaying syntax, 119

    Formatting with Get.Cell, 115

    Nesting, 94

    Printing syntax, 119

    Protecting, 117

    Relative vs. absolute, 92

    Selecting cells with, 114

    Statistical, 97

    Stepping into, 103

    Toggle formulas and values, 57

Freeze Panes, 242

Function Wizard

    Add functions using VBA, 120

Functions

    Custom, 120

G

Get.Cell, 115

GetPivotData, 351

Goal Seek, 396

Gridlines

    Displaying, 215

Group and Outline

    Automatic, 289

    Combining, 292

    Manual, 291

H

Hyperlinks, 238

I

Indentation, 32

Index, 367

    With match, 350, 371

Internet

    Web queries, 160

Iteration, 108

L

Links

    Between workbooks, 109

    Breaking, 111

    Changing source, 111

Lists

    Comparing, 136, 308

    Merging, 137

Loans, 385

Lookup, 358

M

Macros

    Absolute and relative reference, 449

    Adding to a module, 411

    Break point, 413

    Copying data, 424

    Defining range name, 434

    Efficient code, 428

    Entering text in cell, 421

    Events, 440

    Finding last row, 430

    Formatting cells, 434

    Get sheet name, 422

    Getting help, 420

    If statements, 441

    Loops, 427, 443

    Module name, 420

    Moving cellpointer, 422

    Moving to end of range, 422

    MsgBox, 438

    Opening and closing workbooks,

431

    Personal workbook, 417

    Recording, 416

    Running from an icon, 414

    Running from VBE, 412

    Running in step mode, 412

    Running on workbook open, 440

    Scheduling, 451

    Screen updating, 450

    Selecting cells, 409

    Selecting current region, 424

    Selecting entire column, 425

    Selecting sheets, 421

    Shortcut key, 417

    Stopping a runaway, 414

    Storing as add-ins, 445

    To consolidate data tables, 421

    Variables, 437

Match, 366

    With index, 350

MsgBox, 153

Multiplying

    Without using formulas, 129

N

Names

    Advantages, 77

    Automatically defining, 80

    Changing reference, 79

    Named formulas, 84

    Pasting in formula, 80

    Storing value as name, 85

    Updating reference automatically, 86

Navigation

    First Cell in Worksheet, 7

    Jumping quickly to a cell, 12

    Moving around a range, 6

    Moving between sheets, 12

    Moving between workbooks, 16

    Moving to the last cell in a range, 2

    Selecting the last cell in the worksheet , 7

    Worksheet shortcut menu, 12

Numbers as Text, 34

O

Offset

    With SumIf, 350

Option buttons, 206

Options, 214

P

Page Breaks, 179

Paste Special, 129

Path

    Adding to title bar, 150

    Displaying in cell, 150

Picture

    Adding to comment, 159

    Camera tool, 152, 199

PivotTable

    Calculating percent, 340

    Charts, 352

    Drill down report, 329

    Formatting data fields, 320

    Grouping by date, 332

    Grouping by week, 335

    Grouping items, 330

    Hiding items, 324

    Inserting calculated field, 336

    Multiple data fields, 343

    Printing, 345

    Refreshing data, 328

    Retrieving data from, 348

    Running balance, 342

    Sorting items, 325

    Subtotals, 322

    Terminology, 315

    Toolbar, 320

    Top 10 AutoShow, 325

    Total rows, 346

Printing

    Headers and footers, 167

    Increasing speed, 182

    Non-contiguous print area, 171

    Page numbers, 170, 176

    Repeating headings on each page,  172

    Set print area, 165

Protecting

    Cells, 142

    Formulas, 117

    Lost password, 147

    Workbooks, 141

R

Recently Used File List, 232

Replace

    Search all sheets, 36

    Wildcards, 35

Report Manager, 186

Rounding, 51

S

Scenarios, 401

Scroll Area, 145

Scrollbars

    Locking the scrollbars, 2

Security, 139

    Macro security, 141

Selecting

    Adjacent Cells, 3

    Columns, 9

    Current Region, 4

    Non-Adjacent Cells, 4

    Rows, 9

    Using F8 to Extend Region, 4

Selecting

    Only text cells, 34

Sensitivity Analysis, 393

Shortcuts, 13

Solver, 396

Sorting

    Adding lines between groups, 261

    By column, 258

    Custom lists, 259

    More than three fields, 257

    Sequence column to undo, 255

    Sort order, 256

    With one click, 256

Styles, 31

    Applying, 74

    Custom styles, 72

    Default style, 71

    Merging, 73

    Shortcut for creating, 75

Subtotals

    Applying color, 285

    Copying, 284

    Date fields, 283

    Deleting the word total, 286

    Multiple fields, 282

    Removing, 282

    Removing group buttons, 281

    Using, 279

Subtracting

    Without using formulas, 129

SumIf

    Arguments, 131

    Comparison operators, 132

    Multiple criteria, 136

    Text as criteria, 133

    Two ranges, 132

    With offset, 350

Summing

    According to criteria, 131

    Across sheets, 130

    Conditionally, 131

    Intersection of two ranges, 130

T

Templates, 225

Text

    Concatenation, 37

    Extracting characters, 40

    Formulas, 37

    Parsing, 41

    Reversing text, 252

    Wrapping, 28

    Wrapping manually, 29

Text Files

    Importing, 247

Textbox

    Linking cells, 153

Thousands, 39, 76

Time

    Calculating difference, 65

    Enter series automatically, 59

    Formulas, 65

    Values exceeding 24 hours, 64

Toolbars

    Customizing, 218

    Removing customizing, 222

    Saving, 221

Trailing Minus, 250

Transposing, 33

U

Unique Records

    Advanced Filter, 275

    Coloring, 278

    CountIf, 277

Used Area

    Reducing, 8

Username, 216

V

Validation, 23

    Copying, 27

    Deleting, 28

VBE, 410

Views

    Custom views, 183

Visual Basic Editor, 410

Vlookup, 363

W

Watermark, 179

Wheel Mouse, 11

Worksheet

    Copying, 16

Workspace, 235

Z

Zero

    Displaying, 215

    Preventing display of, 72

Zoom, 10



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