Excel Pivot Tables are sometimes a mystery to users of Excel. In this example I am going to show you how to add a percentage (%) column into a pivot table. This column will calculate that rows percentage of the grand total. We will start with some sample raw data. In the worksheet above we […]
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How to create a dual axis chart in Excel
Creating a dual axis chart In my opinion, charting in Excel is an art that needs to be practiced extensively to be an expert. As I demonstrate many examples in class I like to give additional info here for reference, for past, or future students. In this example I will show you how to create […]
How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel ...
How to add a call out Arrow to an Excel Spreadsheet Lets pretend that you have an Excel Spreadsheet with an important number that you do not want your viewers to miss. How do you add a call out arrow to your spreadsheet? Below is our sample spreadsheet with a total under the last row […]
How to calculate age in Excel
How do you calculate age using a formula or function in Excel To calculate age in Excel is relatively easy if you know the proper function to use. In this quick example I am going to use the today() function to perform some simple date math. In the below example we have a column of […]
Missing Row and Column Headings in Excel
Excel Tips and Helpful Info for Students
Excel Information and Tips Excel is an extremely powerful program. Most users do not take advantage of all of the capabilities Excel has to offer. Below, please find some links to some of the more helpful Excel Tips I have found. Please note I did not create the articles below. I am just linking to […]
How to remove spaces in cell data in Exc...
How to remove spaces in cell data in Excel This came up in the last Excel class. A student asked how to remove spaces in Excel cell data. For example a product number that was entered incorrectly. In the below simple example we are going to use the SUBSTITUTE() fucntion in Excel to substitute a space […]
Excel vLookup Example
Excel vLookup Example While teaching Excel classes over the past few semesters I get many questions on how to perform certain fuctions in Excel. Below is another request for and Excel vLookup example. This is for a student that needed this for real world work. My student had two lists of customers. The first was […]
Excel Date Calculations
How to use simple Excel Date Calculations Several students have asked about Excel Date Calculations. Here is a good quick example to calculate the difference between todays date ( “today()”) and a date entered in a cell. For a real world example, I use this to track the time I follow up on small projects. For […]
Free Online Excel Training
For my students in the Excel classes, here is some Free Online Excel Training. These training videos are from Microsoft and LinkedIn and walk you through many features of Microsoft Excel. The training videos are split up into topics such as Formulas, Functions, Tables, Charts and many others. If you are new to Excel 2016 […]