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Pad a column to fixed length with #Excel formula
Here’s the situation: We have a column of values with various lengths, from 1 to 5 letters. We want to convert that into a fixed length of, say 5 letters, padding with zero(s). The following screenshot illustrates the requirement. How … Continue reading
SUM the last X non-blank values in a column in #Excel
Got this question from my brother. He is tracking scores for game he plays with friends. The game can be played with up to four players. He wants a formula to calculate the last 10 scores of a player. He … Continue reading
Determine leap year with #Excel
Today is a special day. Today is February 29th, which happens only once every four years. And today is Saturday, when I usually post a new blog. So let’s talk about how to determine if a year is leap year using … Continue reading
Apply Conditional Format for alternate row color based on groups…
…that works even when filter is applied. The situation: We have a table that we would like to apply color banding based on groups. We can achieve this by inserting a helper column to identify the sequence of each group, … Continue reading
Display descriptive words instead of numbers with Custom Format in #Excel
Sometimes we want to add a descriptive like “Good Job” for figures above target; “Work Harder” for those below… like the following screenshot: To many people, the top-of-mind solution should be using IF function. =IF(A2>0, “Good Job”, IF(A2=0, “Just Met”,”Work … Continue reading
How to turn “1st January, 2017” into #Excel recognizable date?
Quite a long time ago, I wrote a post to discuss a trick to format date with “st”, “nd”, “rd”, etc… In this post, I am going to discuss the reversed way: Turning an English written date with “Dst MMMM, … Continue reading
Using MIN/MAX to answer whichever lower/higher questions
What is “Whichever higher”? Situation: You call to your favourite restaurant to reserve a private room for family dinner on Saturday. The restaurant manager tells you that there will be a minimum charge of $2000 for a private room. That mean, … Continue reading
Interactive Chart is not difficult to make – Part 1/3
Using Checkbox to highlight negative growth in a bar chart In previous post, we talked about the basic of Form Controls. I hope you had time to practice it and found useful way of building interactivity to your spreadsheet. In … Continue reading
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Nested IF vs. VLOOKUP – Which one to use?
A well-drawn flowchart or a well-organized table helps you write a successful formula effectively Continue reading
IF, it is too complicated…
Writing an IF function is quite straight forward, if there is only one logical test involved. For example, we want to comment on a shop’s performance by looking at its actual sales. If Actual hits Budget, then Good job, else … Continue reading
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