Microsoft Excel: Quickly bring blank cells to your attention
An easy way to bring attention to blank cells is to have them appear as a different color than the other cells on the worksheet.
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Use conditional formatting in Excel to visualize letter grades
Highlight different letter grades with different colors so you can see at a glance how your students performed.
Understanding PivotTables and Excel’s Recommended Charts
These quick tips related to PivotTables and choosing the best charts for your data can help you become more efficient in Excel.
Adding bullet points to an Excel spreadsheet
Kelly L. Williams, CPA, Ph.D., explains how to insert bullets into an Excel spreadsheet.
Obtain a Distinct Count
How to obtain a Distinct Count in Excel using a basic PivotTable.
Use Excel’s sparklines to quickly show trends in data
Simple to create, sparklines are tiny graphs that help you make sense of data at a glance.
Creating a data-entry form in Excel
The use of a data-entry form makes data entry faster and more efficient because you don’t have to go to multiple different cells to enter data, row by row.
View and edit 2 worksheets in the same workbook side by side
How to view and edit two worksheets from the same Excel workbook side-by-side.
Reaching the SUMIF
The SUMIF function provides a quick and simple way to create a sum based on a specific criterion, such as the type of audit.
Use Excel’s AutoSum button to add up rows and columns with just one click
Want to quickly add up rows or columns of data in your gradebook (or elsewhere)? The AutoSum function makes it easy.
Sort by color to group highlighted cells in Excel
Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a given color. Learn how.
Keeping up with deadlines using a dynamic spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel can keep track of deadline information in several ways.
The IF function mastered
Once you master the IF function, you will wonder how you ever lived without it.
Excel vs. Tableau: See your data differently
This article compares the data visualization program Tableau to Excel, examines their relative strengths, and provides a simple walk-through on how to use Tableau.
Excel video walk-through: Sparklines
See how to add a little color and direction to your Excel worksheets.
