How to send an Excel file using Microsoft Outlook This is our second post on this subject (Click here to see the first, on our sister site, ExcelHints.Com). This post takes the Microsoft Excel VBA/Macro/code that Jacob (Microsoft Excel MVP) wrote up a notch in complexity from the first post (v1.0). This version of the […]
Read More
Excel Consultant is constantly searching for new ways to help companies enhance their productivity and streamline their operations using the powerful tools of the Microsoft Office Suite. We help organizations, institutions, and businesses across the United States and even around the world, from close by Canada to faraway Australia, but our central hub of operations […]
Read More
There are many features available in Microsoft Excel that could help you in making your presentations come to life. One of the features is that you can make use of are Microsoft Excel charts and graphs, which help you when it comes to presenting large amounts of numerical data. There are a lot of choices […]
Read More
What you enter in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is read by the program as general data, text, or numeric data. But there are limitations to each, and you obviously have to suit your own needs and preferences while using Microsoft Excel. The cell data type can be interpreted by Microsoft in different ways: numeric, general […]
Read More
For those new to Microsoft Excel the Excel VLOOKUP can initially be difficult to understand, yet it is so useful that it is a requirement for anyone that wants to be an Excel consultant or financial analyst must master it. As you probably already know, Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application that contains numerous […]
Read More
Dealing with massive amounts of data on your Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheets can be really messy. Particularly when you want to select some values for financial analysis and skip other entries, the job can be really frustrating. In a long spreadsheet, one with hundreds of thousands of rows, where the entries to be skipped from […]
Read More
Through Microsoft Excel’s 2010 PowerPivot (Power Pivot) service application you give meaning to your data recorded in your Microsoft Excel worksheets. With Excel’s PowerPivot you can stay connected as a group and get help in running your business smoothly and keep an eye on the progress throughout, no matter how much data you have. Creating […]
Read More
Tired of repeating the same manual operations while managing data? It is very understandable. Repeating the very same action again and again, day in and day out, can be very frustrating not to mention expensive. Excel spreadsheets can be managed effectively, repeating tasks and getting frustrated can be successfully prevented in Microsoft Excel using Macros. […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel If functions are very useful in the flexibility and decision making aspects of your spreadsheets. It helps in generating and in testing if the data or the state of your spreadsheet is true or false. The function will carry out an action if the condition or state of your spreadsheet is true or […]
Read More
Dynamic named ranges are one of the strongest aspects of Excel. It is commonly used in listing the controls, PivotTables, and charts. First thing is to formulate a list in column of A of your worksheet. Before anything else, there are still problems that could surface such as the updating or redefining of the named […]
Read More
A variable which has is a similar type but holds a different value is what an array means. It is used in almost every programming language which can also be mixed or paired to different variables for a simple or more complicated structure of data. Due to the property of an array that it holds […]
Read More
A Pivot Table is very useful in visually deriving meaning from data. It is also very helpful in analyzing the relationships between the data’s columns and the rows. Manipulation of data, viewing of data in different perspectives, and other data related actions can be done in the Pivot Table, dynamically. After creating the Pivot Table […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables are used in the user’s spreadsheet to present quantitative data in an easy and user-friendly manner to allow the user to quickly analyze large amounts of data. To manipulate data in an Excel PivotTable it must have data that is capable of being able to be categorized or grouped. To create […]
Read More
This free Excel help article on the Microsoft Excel DGET function is a part 2, or continuation of the article, Excel DGET function. Please read the first article so that you may understand the DGET function better and then follow up with this one. In the previous free Excel help article you learned how to […]
Read More
In Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables are interactive tables allowing the user to summarize and group numbers of data in a tabular concise format for easy analysis and reporting. Excel Pivot Tables aim is to count, total and sort the data, thus, this table is also available in Microsoft Access. It was originally called Pivot Tables […]
Read More
Free Excel help article on Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts. Navigating within a worksheet Keyboard shortcut Action Tab, -> Skips to the next cell on the right Shft+Tab, <- Skips to the cell on the left ? Move one cell up. ? Move one cell down. Ctrl+-> Move to the last occupied cell of a row of data Ctrl+<- Move to the […]
Read More
For most people, when it is your first time to work with Microsoft Excel, you will concentrate on just completing your task rather than learning how to work efficiently for a faster completion of your task. That can usually be said for any software application. However, when you are ready to learn about the keyboard […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is one of the leading analytical software tools available in the international market and is widely used by Excel consultants, financial and analytical firms as well as small business for calculating and analyzing data. Microsoft Excel is known for its ease of use and sheer power. Most importantly, it possesses a wide array […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel XIRR function is a modified version of the IRR function, wherein one can also calculate internal rate of return even if the cash flow does not happen regularly. The Excel IRR function is only for calculating internal rate of return when there is a periodic flow of cash, and thus the XIRR […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel application is one of the global leaders when it comes to financial computing and analyzing data, from an Excel consultant and financial analyst point of view at least. This iconic piece of software, ever since it was released by Microsoft, has been a the first choice among all the major business organizations […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel application is one of the greatest programs that Microsoft has ever been able to create and without a doubt a software without which you just can’t do without if you are an Excel consultant. Because of its easy to use and learn implementation, Excel has become hugely popular all over the world […]
Read More
For all the analysis that is being done by the Excel consultants at the major as well as small-scale business firms all around, Microsoft Excel is the primary tool used by almost all of them. It is known for its very easy to use features. Without a doubt, the best feature in Microsoft Excel is […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel Present Value (PV) Function is used to determine the current status of an investment. This is calculated keeping in mind a constant interest rate within a constant payment schedule. his is an evaluation mechanism that is put to use keeping in mind a future payment that is due. The current value here […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel PPMT function is a tool that calculates the payment on a basic amount during a defined period of time. The amount may be upon a loan or just an investment in some business that is supposed to return a value at a pre-settled interest rate. The payment that is to be made […]
Read More
In this free Excel help article we will look at some more of the Microsoft Excel date functions. To this list we will also add some of the Microsoft Excel time functions too as they both go hand-in-hand. EOMONTH – The function stands for End Of the Month. It is a very useful Excel function […]
Read More
In this free Excel help article we’ll look at some of the Microsoft Excel’s Date functions. The format of the date used in our article is mm/dd/yyy but this of course can be changed in Microsoft Excel. TODAY – This is a function that does not take in any arguments. Used in a cell as […]
Read More
The DVAR function is one of several database functions available in MS Excel. If you are not an Excel consultant, but rather a business users, you might be wondering how a Microsoft function in Excel is being called a database function when Microsoft Excel is only a worksheet and not an actual database, such as […]
Read More
The DSTDEV function is one of the database functions in Microsoft Excel. You might be asking yourself how a function in Excel is being called a database function when Excel is only a spreadsheet and not a database, such as Microsoft Access. We’ll see that in a moment. As the name suggests DSTDEV or Database […]
Read More
The DPRODUCT function is one of several database functions in Microsoft Excel. You might be wondering how a function in Excel is being called a database function when Excel is only a spreadsheet. We’ll see that in a moment. As the name suggests DPRODUCT or Database Product multiplies numeric field values in a column. This […]
Read More
You might recall in an earlier free Excel help article we wrote where we discussed about the Microsoft Excel VLOOKUP function how we explained fetching data from one worksheet into another. In this article we’ll look at another function that fetches data, the DGET function. The DGET function is one of the several database functions […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel has been one of Microsoft’s iconic releases and even many years have passed since it first came into being but its popularity has only increased. Excel provides us with the power of tabulating and evaluating data of all sorts and types with main focus given to the operation asked for by the business […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is the most preferred data analysis tool in the market today. All the major analytical firms and business organizations have long back started using Excel as their major financial tool and it is no surprise that such a thing has happened. If you are an Excel consultant you live in Excel. If you […]
Read More
The Microsoft Office Suite has a wide range of software that is essential for any business to run properly and one such application in the suite is Microsoft Excel. Excel is the dominant spreadsheet application and business tool that almost every firm uses nowadays. Because of its easy to use features and host of functions […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel has been one of the most used applications in the Microsoft Office Suite and over the years has developed not just as a vital tool for Excel consultants and office workers but also for all data-related activity that is possible both at home, and business. So, with Excel there lies the power of […]
Read More
The Microsoft Office Suite has a wide range of efficient and relevant software that is essential for any business to run properly and one such application in the Suite is Microsoft Excel. Excel is the widely preferred data business analysis and reporting tool that almost every firm uses nowadays. Because of its easy to use […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is one of the global leaders when it comes to financial computing and analyzing data. This iconic piece of software, ever since it got released from Microsoft, has been a firm favorite among all the major business organizations in the world for their day to day computing purposes. Excel has got a massive […]
Read More
COUNTA is a function available in Microsoft Excel that is used during counting of the numbers in a series of cells. This function is implemented to calculate the number of cells that are not empty within a selected range. When you supply a set of values within cells that block is taken to be occupied. […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is one of the leading analytical tools available in the market, and is the most used spreadsheet application in the world, being widely used by financial and analytical firms as well as students for calculating and analyzing data. Excel is known for its simple nature and high affectivity. Because of its easy to […]
Read More
If you are an experienced Excel consultant you know what this free Excel help article covers. If you are a small business owner looking for help on this topic, it means that you might have not come across this before. So exactly what is the problem and what does this article cover? A cell […]
Read More
Among the functions that are featured in Microsoft Excel, the SUBTOTAL function is probably the most versatile. This function can be used for different purposes unlike the other Excel functions which can only do one thing. The SUBTOTAL function in Microsoft Excel is employed to get the subtotal of a given array of cells. The […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel features built-in functions that have the ability to perform calculations. These mathematical functions are useful especially to Excel consultants. You can perform different mathematical operations with the use of these Excel’s functions. While there lots of functions in Excel, this free Excel help article will provide a detailed discussion of the SUMSQ function. […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet that is used by business to manage data. By default, when you create a new Excel workbook the workbook will contain three worksheets. Sheet is a shortened name for a worksheet or spreadsheet in Excel. A worksheet is comprised of a grid or table composed of columns and rows making […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is a software program used to develop, create and organize data using the spreadsheet or worksheet interface. Excel users and businesses often use it to deal with calculating, organizing, graphing and formatting data. Microsoft Excel has basic features, which are used for organizing data and for data management. Excel is also used […]
Read More
If you work in business you should know what Microsoft Excel is. Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application produced by the Microsoft Corporation. It allows businesses and its users to calculate, format and organize data using formulas and functions. Excel is part of the Office Suite, thus, it is compatible with other software applications in […]
Read More
For our example let us consider several Microsoft Excel worksheets say for the various months from January till December containing sales data spread across an array of cells ranging from B5 to E16. Now suppose we wish to do a sum function just on only the data for the months of January and February, i.e. […]
Read More
The Microsoft Excel function we’ll learn in this Excel help article is the RANDBETWEEN function. So what does the RANDBETWEEN function do? RANDBETWEEN generates random numbers between a range of numbers. This Excel function is very useful if you want to generate numeric data in a spreadsheet for testing purposes. The syntax of the function […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel has lots of useful functions for Excel consultants to use, especially the mathematical functions which can be used by students and even the professional in their respective fields as well. These functions allow the Excel programmers to perform from simple to complex mathematical calculations. Also, they automate the calculation process for the users. […]
Read More
Basic Description of the SQRT Function in Microsoft Excel The SQRT function in Microsoft Excel computes the positive square root of a given numeric value. The formula of the SQRTR function is: =SQRT (number) In this formula, the number argument is the number in which you want to calculate the square root of. This argument […]
Read More
In mathematics, there are the so-called hyperbolic functions which are almost similar to the trigonometric functions. One of these functions is the hyperbolic sine. Hyperbolic functions are mostly used in solving mathematical problems or equations, specifically, trigonometric problems. They are most often used by students in engineering, mathematics and science or even the experts. Not […]
Read More
Using Microsoft Excel, you can easily create a new spreadsheet. However, you have to be familiar with the different functions and formulas of Excel to make it useful. One of the available functions in Microsoft Excel is the SIN function. Not often used by Excel consultants, but still of importance, so we will cover it […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel features numerous built-in functions for the average Excel consultant to use. This Excel help article will discuss just one of the functions of Microsoft Excel which is called the SIGN function. In order for you to learn the usage of this function easily, you will also be provided with a simple procedure on […]
Read More
When it comes to mathematical operations, one of the most efficient computer programs to use is Microsoft Excel. Lots of businesses, companies, professionals and students depend to this program for them to efficiently organize and compute data on a daily basis, especially professional Excel consultants. One of the vital Excel function in mathematical operation is […]
Read More
There may be several occasions when you don’t want duplicate records in your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. For instance you are preparing a list of employees in your company for the annual bonus payments and you certainly do not want an employee’s name occurring twice. In this article we’ll look at how duplicates can be detected […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is the most widely used spreadsheet application in the world, it is written by Microsoft for both the Mac OS X and for Windows. It is typically used to manipulate and display numerical data. In Microsoft Office, Excel is used to manipulate data via various tools for analysis and organization, enabling the user […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application featuring formulas used for organizing, calculating and formatting data. It’s usually bundled by Microsoft in their Office Suite, which is compatible with other Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Outlook. Excel is used in almost every business, by almost every Excel consultant, in almost every part of […]
Read More
Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application featuring formulas used for organizing, calculating and formatting data. It’s usually bundled by Microsoft in the Office Suite which is compatible with other Microsoft applications. In 1982, the earliest software program released was called the Multiplan, which has the same features as with Excel. With Excel an Excel […]
Read More
When talking about programs that can be used for calculations the number one option is Microsoft Excel. This program is used by companies engaged in huge computations such as finance companies, architectural companies, engineering companies and a lot more. The program provides different mathematical functions for it to accommodate different mathematical problems. In this free […]
Read More
When it comes to organizing and calculating data, one of the widely used computer programs is Microsoft Excel. In terms of calculation, Excel has so many functions, in order to be able to perform mathematical operations efficiently. One of the functions in Excel is quotient. This is very essential particularly in dividing the values entered […]
Read More
Pi is a constant used in mathematics whose value is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. This mathematical constant is approximately equivalent to 3.14159 in the normal decimal positional notation. There are lots of formulas in engineering, science and mathematics which involve Pi. Because of this, Pi is one of […]
Read More
The Basics of the POWER Function in Microsoft Excel The POWER functions in Microsoft Excel computes a given numerical value raise to a supplied exponent or power. The formula of the POWER function is: POWER (number, power) In this formula, the power and number arguments are number values. These arguments can be entered in the […]
Read More
Many people find it difficult to solve multinomial problems or equations. It’s really hard to do manually especially when you are working with large multinomial factorial equations in mathematics. Luckily, Microsoft Excel features a useful function to address that problem. This Excel function is called the MULTINOMIAL function. To begin with, try to read this […]
Read More
One of the Microsoft programs mostly used is Microsoft Excel. It is used to organize data and information and to perform calculations. Using this program requires proper knowledge about the different functions for it to work efficiently. In connection with the different functions that Microsoft Excel has, this free Excel help article will talk about […]
Read More
The Excel’s ODD function rounds an entered number value to the nearest odd number away from zero. The function rounds up a positive number and it rounds down a negative number. The syntax of the Excel’s ODD function is: =ODD(number value) In this formula, the number argument is the numeric value that needs to be […]
Read More
We’ll look at the nested ifs and how to enhance if formula using the “AND” and “OR” conditions. So what is a nested if? Nested if or Nested ifs (if there are more than two used in a nested fashion) is when you can use more than one or more if formula within another if […]
Read More
In an earlier free Excel help article we explained how you could use basic formatting of text to extract data from a cell, particularly when we import text and data from other files such as .csv files. In this article we’ll delve a bit deeper and study them more closely. Assuming we imported names of […]
Read More
For this free Excel help article, for our example let us assume we have a table of sales data for a year for 6 salespersons in a company. Now let us see how using match we can pull out sales data from this table when a month and a salesperson’s name is provided. The format […]
Read More
In this free Excel help article we’ll discuss the various methods that will ensure that you do not have duplicate entries in your Excel spreadsheet. The method we are going to use is Data Validation where we can use a custom formula to prevent duplicates from being entered into the spreadsheet. Assume that we have […]
Read More
It never amazes me at what an enthusiastic response I get when I first introduce someone to the Microsoft Excel Conditional Formatting feature. Out of all the things Microsoft Excel can do, this one seems to get some of the most excited responses. People just love it and want to learn how to use it. […]
Read More
Have you ever used a Microsoft Excel AutoFilter? If not have you at least heard of it? No, well let me give you a quick overview of the Excel AutoFilter. The Excel AutoFilter allows you to filter and sort records based on one or more criteria. You do so using a simple interface, a drop-down […]
Read More