Tag Archives: Go to special

Highlight different cells in two lists in #Excel

Finding and highlighting differences should be a common task in Excel. Most of the time, it’s solved by formula or conditional formatting. Either way, we need to construct a simple formula like the one below to compare the cell contents … Continue reading

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Replace blanks with zero in #Excel

Following the techniques used in the previous post , we can perform many Excel magics for different scenarios.  On top of my mind is to replace blank cells with zero.   The first task is to select all blank cells in … Continue reading

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Unstack data across columns with #Excel Pivot Table

Another commonly seen problem in daily work.  Many hours are spent on reshaping data, we all know that.  Nevertheless, if you are good in Excel, doing this task is not difficult at all.   Indeed, there are many ways to solve … Continue reading

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Go to Special + Copy and Paste do the magic

Answer to the 5 little Tips (tests) – Part 4/5 The task: To convert “1” to “Tick” in a table like the following one: Answer:  Copy and Paste with a simple trick … What? Not Find and Replace?  Yes, you may do it by using … Continue reading

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Move cells with data to the top

Did you spend too much time to move cells so that there are no blank cells in each column? Again, a picture tells thousand words.  Here’s the task… Would you do it this way? Or this way? What did I do … Continue reading

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F5 – It is the key I rarely press

The working combinations for F5. F5 alone – Open the Go To Dialog box Ctrl+F5 – restore the window size of the selected workbook Shift+F5 – Open Find (and Replace) Alt+F5 – Refresh Pivot Table Ctrl+Alt+F5 – Refresh All Nevertheless, … Continue reading

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Fill in the blanks – quickly

How to fill up all the blank cells in a Table in less than 1 minute??? The table on the left is a typical output from Pivot Table.  The blank cells help to make the table more “reading-friendly”.  However they … Continue reading

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Quickly highlight the differences in two columns – Go to Special

There are many ways to find out the cells in column B which are different from the cells in column A, e.g. using Conditional Formatting, Using formula in column C.  These methods require some knowledge in Formula.  Nevertheless, It could … Continue reading

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Another useful tips with Go to Special – Visible cells only

This is an extension of the previous post that talks about Go to Special -> Visible cells only Apart from Copy ONLY unhidden rows/columns, another situation we used to run into is probably deleting or modifying hidden cells unintentionally.  Sound … Continue reading

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How to copy visible cells only?? – GO TO SPECIAL: visible cells only

Have you run into a situation that you wanted to copy a table, like the one below, to a new worksheet. However the Table “expanded” automatically… All the information from the hidden rows and columns reappears.  What??? A simple trick … Continue reading

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