There are several different types of charts found in Excel. All of which are used to display information in a way that makes it easier to interpret data. Column charts are best suited to compare distinct object levels in a vertical format. Line charts compare trends over even time periods, but are not necessarily used to show totals. Pie charts show the relative size of … [Read more...]
Calculating the End Date After a Given Number of Work Days
Often times, a project manager will be given a project's start date and the number of days it should take to complete. Considering, however, that most people work Monday through Friday, you can't simply add a certain number of days to the starting day's date to come up with your ending date, because that wouldn't take into consideration weekends and holdiays. Using the … [Read more...]
Pop Up Input Box
Ever wish you could ask someone a bunch of questions and have them entered into the appropriate cells? With this macro, you can have an input box pop up asking the user to answer a question (i.e. what is your name, what is your address, etc.). By defining the user's response with a unique name, you can have the macro populate the file for you. Use the example below as a guide. … [Read more...]
Delete Hidden Rows and Columns
Sometimes we hide certain rows or columns because we don't want the data to print, or just to get it out of the way. Other times though we simply don't want to share the data in a hidden row or column. Assuming that the data in visible cells isn't dependent on the data in hidden cells (i.e. if a formula references a hidden cell), we can use the macro below to automatically … [Read more...]
Add Spaces to Empty Cells
We put information from all types of sources into our Excel workbooks, usually just by copying and pasting or by using another program to extract data from a database. In either case, sometimes this produces undesired results. Empty cells could play tricks on certain features in Excel, such as pivot tables, that read an empty cell as 0. If we don't want these cells to appear in … [Read more...]