This article will show you how to recover an excel password to unlock a workbook or worksheet. Let me preface this article by saying that this will not help you recover lost data, or gain access to protected data that you otherwise wouldn't have access to. What it will do is allow you to unlock a password protected worksheet in Excel, for instance, if you have forgot your … [Read more...]
Goal Seek to Break Even
Recently I found myself deciding if I should sell some stock in order to provide a little extra cash to my bank account. I purchased shares of the company's stock four times in various quantities, and at varying prices. Due to the downturn in the stock market recently the prices dropped steadily, so I was able to purchase some of the shares at a low price. The company has … [Read more...]
Changing the Default Color Palette in Excel
Excel, by default comes with a standard pre-selected color palette, which is useful, however there are times when those standard colors just won't do. It's possible that your company's colors are not included in the standard colors found in Excel. If you'd like to use them in your workbook, you'll need to change the standard colors. In order to do this, select Tools … [Read more...]
Goal Seek to Solve A Problem
Microsoft Excel is jam packed with cool useful features that tend to go unused by most users, simply because they don't know how to use them, or even that they exist. One of these features is Excel's Goal Seek tool. First, some background on what it does. Goal Seek is essentially the answer to every middle school aged kid's math test word problem. It is best used when you … [Read more...]
Use Excel As A Calculator
OK, I know the tag-line for this website is "...because it's more than just a calculator". Of course this is in reference to the almost endless number of functions that Excel can calculate when compared to a standard calculator. That isn't to say though that Excel can't calculate things just as well as a standard calculator. For example, when balancing a checkbook, you … [Read more...]