When you use a regular keyboard, you get plenty of options when it comes to the characters you get to type. In most cases the upper and lowercase letters, 0-9, and all of the symbols available to you will provide plenty of flexibility in your typing. On occasion though you might find yourself stuck on an American keyboard needing to type the British Pound (£), or Euro (€) … [Read more...]
3D Sum Formula Reference
On occasion, it is useful to keep track of similar data in separate worksheets. Data such as monthly, quarterly, or annual financial information isn't always best to show in one spreadsheet. However, there may be times when you want to see a total of the data on each worksheet. The 3D Sum Formula will let you easily add up data across the worksheets without having a long … [Read more...]
Add Values Between Two Dates
If you are keeping records in an Excel spreadsheet that contains a column for dates and another column for some figure that can be added up, such as sales, you can easily use a formula to add values between two dates. The formula uses the equation, which basically adds up a range of cells based on a certain set (or sets) of criteria. In this case we will use two dates as the … [Read more...]
Generate Random Character String
You may find yourself faced with a need to generate random character strings for various reasons. Recently I needed to help a company set up email accounts for all of their employees on a new server. I was given the email address usernames but needed to create the passwords for each account. I didn't want to be lazy and assign everyone the same password, or even an easily … [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...]