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Shorten ZIP Codes in Excel

October 02, 2012 by in Excel Tips

If you are an Excel worksheet that contains address information, you may want to convert nine-digit ZIP Codes to their five-digit equivalent.

Understanding Excel Macros

September 17, 2012 by in Excel Tips

Anything you do in Excel that is of a repetitive nature is a good candidate for a macro.

Printing Multiple Excel Pages On a Piece of Paper

September 04, 2012 by in Excel Tips

You may want to print multiple pages of your Excel worksheet on a single piece of paper.

Excel.Tips.Net: Limiting Choices in an Excel Cell

August 20, 2012 by in Excel Tips

To ensure that only certain data can be entered in the cell, follow these steps:

Excel.Tips.Net: How to Create CSV Files

August 07, 2012 by in Excel Tips

Step by step instructions for how to create CSV files that are often used for transferring simple data from one program to another.

Excel.Tips.Net: Single-Use Drop-Down List

July 25, 2012 by in Excel Tips

This list allows users to select the cell and then select from a list of pre-defined values for that cell. Once the user makes a selection and moves to a different cell, the arrow for the drop-down list disappears.

Excel.Tips.Net: Incomplete and Corrupt Excel Sorting

July 23, 2012 by in Excel Tips

The sorting capabilities of Excel are quite handy, and quite powerful…but sometimes subject to corruption.

Excel.Tips.Net: Smoothing Out Data Series

July 16, 2012 by in Excel Tips

Give your Microsoft Excel graphs a more professional look by simply smoothing out the curves Excel uses at each data point.

Excel.Tips.Net: How Excel Interprets Percentages

July 05, 2012 by in The Pit Blog

Excel includes a control that allows you to specify how you want it to interpret what percentage you enter.

Excel.Tips.Net: Using Dynamic Chart Titles

July 05, 2012 by in Excel Tips

There is a very cool way, apparently not well known, of adding ‘active’ or ‘live’ titles and other text to charts.

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