The Secret Microsoft Excel Steps That Allows You To Select 50 Columns with just 5 Mouse Clicks by Chris Le Roy
One of the great challenges that we have when working with Microsoft Excel is selecting large volumes of columns or rows as quickly as possible. The core reason we usually need to select such large numbers of columns is usually to hide them. For example if you are building a template for users... Just go to the Format menu, choose column from the drop down menu and then choose Hide but trying to select 50 columns or more can take a while and when we are using Microsoft Excel we really want to be as efficient as possible.

Absolute References Vs Relative References in Microsoft Excel by Chris Le Roy
Microsoft Excel is built on a regime of Columns and Rows with the intersection of these two elements giving us our cells. The cells in Microsoft Excel are always named Columns and then Rows, so a typical cell address would look something like - AB256. ... What this address is now saying to us is that we must absolutely refer to column C and absolutely refer to Row 5. ... The reason is that by adding the $ symbols to the cell address we are telling the formula that regardless of where you place the formula you must absolutely refer to Column B and Row four thus we have $B$4.

Sudoku for Children - Teach Them Early by Kathleen Frassrand
Teaching a child how to solve sudoku is more than just teaching them a new game. Sudoku is all about logic. Start early with your children. Allow their brains to learn logic, for it is indeed a learned skill. I firmly believe that children who learn logic early in life will excel in logic later. ... I recommend that you show your child which row or column to work on next (or which number to look for). ... A child must understand the rules of sudoku in order to apply them, and it is your job to teach those rules in a methodical manner.

How to Create A Microsoft Excel Database by Chris Le Roy
The term Microsoft Excel Database has never really sat very well with me since my primary role in the IT world has been in developing database and what is used by the spreadsheeting fraternity is what I consider an over glorified list. However, for the sake of peace, I want to outline some of... One of the most important rules you must remember when you create an excel database is that around the row and columns of the fields and data there must be a blank row and column. ... In fact if you need to have multiple excel databases within your workbook simply put each excel database onto a...

Taming the Microsoft Excel Animal by David Badurina
There are precisely 65,536 rows and 256 columns available in Microsoft Excel. That’s nearly 17 million fields with which to shove chock full of calculations, values, text, and plenty of other information. An empty Excel spreadsheet is truly a massive canvas ready to feast upon all of your data. ... When this happens, Excel can be an absolute nightmare; slow to load and respond, prone to corruption, and extremely inefficient. ... Eventually, they consume so much of your computer’s resources that it becomes counter-productive to try to open them.

Using Microsoft Excel as a Database by Anthony Magno
Excel is a spreadsheet program. It’s in fact the application of choice for the majority of business globally. Excel has therefore been primarily used for developing departmental budgets, expense reports and a host of other accounting or financial deliverables. ... To sort and filter effectively, follow these rules when designing your lists: • Column labels must be in first row or be beneath at least one blank row • Data must be entered in contiguous rows and columns • List data must be separated from other entries by at least one blank row or one blank column.

How To Use Labels In Microsoft Excel 2003 To Sum Cells by Chris Le Roy
Microsoft Excel is a fantastic tool but one of its downfalls is the use of cell addresses especially when you are trying to sum a series of numbers; however Microsoft has a really cool tool that allows you to add up a series of cells simply using the labels around your data. ... In this article we will investigate the steps you need to follow to be able to use Labels to Sum cells in Microsoft Excel. ... In fact what we need to do is to tell Microsoft Excel that we want the cells in A2, A3 and A4 to be treated as labels.

Features of MS Excel 2003 by Roger Stuart
MS Excel can be customized in a way that suits a user to achieve his goal. It is extensively used in financial organizations. The features of MS Excel are as follows: Workbooks: A document in MS Excel is called a workbook. Each workbook contains sixteen worksheets by default. ... If a user wants to move between different windows, he can do so by pressing Ctrl+F6 to go to the next window or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F6 to go to the previous window. ... MS Excel provides the autofit selection that adjusts the width of the column according to the widest entry in that column.

Sibling Rivarly? Microsoft Access versus Excel by Jennifer Marah
Life is more complex than ever. To illustrate my point, consider the following example. Ten years ago when you needed to find a phone number, you would simply go to the family junk drawer and grab “The Phone Book.” Today, if you live in any major city or suburb you probably have a choice of... To be accurate, Excel and other spreadsheet software programs are not database management systems (typically referred to as relational databases). ... Similar to the telephone number dilemma, choosing whether to manage your data with Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel can pose a similar challenge.

Pivot Tables - Excel Magic by Richard Kraneis
Pivot tables are magic. For those of us who know how to use pivot tables, we can’t imagine using Excel without them. If pivot tables and their potential are a mystery to you, this article will help. First, explaining pivot tables without using pictures in this article is a bit like explaining... If you don’t know pivot table technique but you do know how to sort in Excel, the salesman summary problem is doable but tedious. ... Your sorting and summary techniques that worked for salespeople is very difficult to sort and sum by salesperson and region.