The PROBLEMS with using the CTRL key to select cells around a merged cell: 1. You often don't realise/remember there's a merged cell nestled in the data you're selecting until it's too late. By then you've already tried to select the cells and then the merged cell gets in the way. A waste of time that could be avoided if the cells were formatted with 'center across selection'. 2. You can't use the keyboard to select cells either side of the merged cells, so it's no good for all those keyboard shortcut users. 3. Having to hold down the CTRL key to select non-contiguous cells is more time consuming than just applying the 'center across selection' format in the first place.
@woxz1
3 жыл бұрын
Been years working with excel, but just found out "center across selection". Thank you
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could spread the word :-)
@court2379
3 жыл бұрын
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub Was that an Office pun?.. The question I have, is there a button to add to the ribbon to replace the merge and center with center across section?
@Ancovg
3 жыл бұрын
I also didn't know about ctrl+1
@JatinMaharaj
3 жыл бұрын
@@court2379 Check out this video from MrExcel (link provided from the relevant time in the video): kzitem.info/news/bejne/yK-rz5N6bplmgH4
@EduardoTicianelli
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. My jaw dropped.
@cryptidcage3615
3 жыл бұрын
I was in a job I couldn't stand and asked to do a rotation in another department. Fell in love with the job during my rotation but the one skill was lacking was using excel. Ran across your videos and I love the way you break every skill down and explain the steps. My rotation was a three month only rotation but I noticed many people lacked proficient excel skill so I decided to teach myself. But thanks to the skills I was gaining my three month rotation turned into a year and at the end of the year I was offered a job because of what I was able to do. One week ago I was promoted into a job that requires a minimum of five years of experience to qualify for. It took me half that time and I have never loved a job the way I love this one. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and doing them in a way that's easy to follow.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, congratulations on your success! Just goes to show what you can achieve with hard work 👍
@andylea5314
Жыл бұрын
Cracking story ! Well done you !
@ronspi
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those videos that remind me an Advanced Admin Class in Excell. I remember when I was stunned to find advanced features in one of the complex commands and asked: "Is this a new feature?". The instructor replied, "since 1997". Excel is such a huge boatload of functions and possibilities, it can be overwhelming and many don't use more than 1% of the functions anyhow. As a developer, it is always refreshing to see more and more usages for those features and functions. Thank you for the video. Loved it!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Ron!
@vickieworx365
2 жыл бұрын
much like our brains...if only we understood HOW to use it. 😁
@stickinthemud23
Жыл бұрын
I love ASAP Utilities. Saves me tons of labor.
@JatinMaharaj
3 жыл бұрын
Centre across selection???? 🤯 I've been Excelling in the stone-age! Plus the other tips and tricks are super-helpful! Thanks Mynda!
@sanandresano01
3 жыл бұрын
this feature also blew my mind
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you picked up some new ideas, Jatin!
@sideshowbobby71
3 жыл бұрын
Center across selection!!! That was an amazing tip!!
@alquinn8576
3 жыл бұрын
Center across selection: there is no way I'm falling for this post-modernist vomit. Al Quinn will continue to merge cells while being mindful of and mitigating against the potential pitfalls of doing so.
@hotflashfoto
3 жыл бұрын
If you write or use any VBA in your workbooks, merged cells mess with the code there as well. Where I work, we had to ensure that everyone on our small team that modified any of our many workbooks (over 200) did so using Center Across Selection. When someone forgot, the reports for that day came to a grinding halt!
@davidferrick
3 жыл бұрын
This video was worth it as soon as I saw Center Across Selection. :)
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Dayve!
@Al_Dente-d1p
2 жыл бұрын
I as well wasn't aware of this. Thank you.
@logon235
2 жыл бұрын
Centre accross selection was the option well before cell merging was introduced. Merging has its uses but has side effects as this lady has shown.
@ThothWhoWrites
3 жыл бұрын
Tips #2 and #8 are part of normalization in databases. Mynda shows the proper normalization techniques in each case as if this were a database and not a spreadsheet. Bravo. There's nothing wrong with using Excel as a database, in spite of what some people will tell you. Especially if you have a low number of records and if you have issues with getting the know-how to create and use databases (such as in MS-Access) instead. Some people just don't have the time.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Scott! Well said 😊
@grrgrrgrr0202
Жыл бұрын
Hard disagree. Excel might be okay for small scale projects. Or as a way to write up your initial batch of data if the alternatives are lacking. But with bigger data, Excel gets inefficient real fast. Not to mention it is way too easy to mess things up. In many cases, Excel is a necessary evil as the managers don't wanna invest into better databases. But that is just incompetence; it doesn't make Excel suitable at all.
@1Chitus
Жыл бұрын
Great tips! I fully agree with table formatting (5:50) however, row- and column formatting are internally stored just like that - the (default) format for an entire row or column, and not as the formatting of a million cells for a single column. Still, it's adding formatting to unused cells which can be distracting and look sloppy, so it's good to avoid it where better alternatives are available.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@themortal1
3 жыл бұрын
This has to be in my top 5 most useful videos ever! We get in such ruts and ways of doing things, we don't realize what a profound impact, such simple changes can make for ourselves and others. Thank you!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Well said, Chris!
@mariaalcala5159
3 жыл бұрын
I actually learned a lot of the Tipps while doing your courses but definitely the merge and center cells is the most annoying thing I usually see in lots of files. Thanks for sharing this video Mynda!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Maria!
@angelacollins5666
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this - glad to see some of my personal fixations mentioned - especially Merge/Centre and External Links. For the automatic updating of rows included in a sum I find it simpler to set my SUMs up to include a blank row and to include that in the sum. e.g. if the data is in A1:A8 the the sum will be in A10 and it will be '=SUM(A1:A9)'. Then if I need to insert a row in the sum I just insert at A9 (not A10) and the sum updates automatically.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you could relate, Angela. Your SUM fix is fine if you're the only person using the workbook and you know never to insert data in the empty row! 😉
@hcandts
3 жыл бұрын
This is a video to my heart, I have been trying to explain it to users that they're making life very difficult by using merged cells. I've managed to circumvent most using VBA but it is a p in the a when I run into them Great video (as always)
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you can share it with others, Hans 😊
@hcandts
3 жыл бұрын
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I always point to your site when people ask where they can find clear and concise explanations.
@wojwoj06
2 жыл бұрын
0:12 Center Across Selection - simply Wow! :) Thank you for this very elegant and proper approach!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it, Max!
@tedjohnson64
Жыл бұрын
Just showed my excel guru your first tip and they were quite excited and impressed! Thanks for sharing these tips.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@JasonErdmann
2 жыл бұрын
Love the video even though I was familiar with most items. However, you are incorrect about #5. I was sure you were just by logic, but tested it out. Logically if you highlight an entire column or row the metadata behind it could be something like "Range(B:B).HighlightColor=Blue" whereas a specific range would be "Range(B2:B876).HighlightColor=Blue". In my simple example it's 4 extra characters to describe what is highlighted, so I'd argue either way is fine and wouldn't kill performance or take up much space. However, I compared four files and have them in order of file size (note, the first three take the same amount of space on disk): - my base file: 453,739 bytes - my base file with columns highlighted: 453,853 bytes (F:F in tab 1 and H:H in tab 2) - my base file with two specific ranges highlighted: 453,862 bytes (F1:F1325 in tab 1 and H1:H1081 in tab 2) - my base file with created tables, removed formatting, highlighted table columns: 456,809 bytes (column F in table in tab 1 and column H in table in tab 2) No noticeable difference from the base file, but full column technically no unnecessary data. In fact your suggestion adds size to the file, but the table feature is useful for other things. Edit: slightly more readable.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for testing and sharing 🙏
@grtraders
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Most of them are my pet peeves. Almost all of them, I would say. Been a long time user of excel since the past two decades but never met "center across selection". Just feel happy to keep learning something anew from you. Please keep up the good work. Thanks a lot.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Ravi!
@nblack2867
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I didn't know about the offset function, but that is incredibly useful. So is the "center across selection" functionality as well. Thanks for this video.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@colinburrows88
3 жыл бұрын
Good video. The Center Across Selection really should be an icon on the ribbon, as I'm sure you'll agree. That has seemed like a no-brainer improvement for ever. Maybe now that they've tackled unhiding multiple sheets they can address that! I was surprised to hear what you said about applying formatting to a whole column. Agreed that using a table is the best solution, but absent that, the file size is actually LARGER when you format only some of the cells rather than the whole column.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Colin! Agree, it seems whole column formats are not as evil as I had been lead to believe!
@George-iz2ce
Жыл бұрын
No! Center across selection? SO MUCH LIFE WASTED!! MY YOUTH!!!!
@MyAudioBookCompilation
2 жыл бұрын
I don't usually use the built-in features of excel but center across selection is one of the awesome features that i have learned. Thank you. 😁
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@pow9606
Жыл бұрын
I don't seem to have the same problem. Selects fine across merged cells in Libre Office.
@seanofpeace
3 жыл бұрын
I was an Excel trainer at a major financial company for many years, and these are all really great. One thing I saw that was also damaging to functionality was putting blank columns between columns of data. They would do it for "readability" but of course it made it impossible to actually use the data.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that’s another great one 👍
@Muuip
3 жыл бұрын
@SeanL Yes, "Machine Readability" versus "Human Readability" is an issue.
@humorous2me
3 жыл бұрын
This video is golden for the first tip. Center across selection?!? Where has that been my whole Excel life? Thank you.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
:-) glad you liked it, Traci!
@ernestochavez9560
3 жыл бұрын
There is something, always something, that those ex-"Excel experts" can learn. I learn and enjoy. Thank you, Mynda.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it, Ernesto!
@indzara
3 жыл бұрын
Relevant tips. Thanks for sharing. We have come across all these scenarios. The 'dates formatted as text' is the most common one for me. Whenever customers reach out to me asking why formula results are not as expected, the first thing I check is if the date inputs are treated as text. Best wishes.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Indzara!
@dearloop1513
3 жыл бұрын
Kindly share Power query for external link
@bccabernet
2 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video, Mynda! I've been working with excel for years and found I still have more to learn. TY and sharing!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@afnanforyou
3 жыл бұрын
I have been using excel for 14 years but never knew the first trick. Thanks for showing such a fascinating feature.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@canebro1
Жыл бұрын
Well done. Clearly explained without being super long and wordy.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words!
@Cosmioful
2 жыл бұрын
So many vids claim to solve all your problems in Excel, but this is the first vid in which I actually learned something. Very well explained and paced - thanks!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
So great to hear 🙏
@maartenjuch
Жыл бұрын
I agree with all your tips except to use the offset function. There are two big problems with Offset; 1, it makes it hard to “audit” the formula; whereas with sum you can easily audit which cells are being summed by pressing F2 when selecting the F2, you can’t do that with OFFSET. 2. Using the offset function many times within large excel sheets (ie when modelling) significantly impacts performance of the sheet. Avoid OFFSET when you can
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
I agree to avoid over-use of OFFSET, but in this context it's unlikely it would be over-used enough to create performance issues.
@c17nav
Жыл бұрын
I posted an alternative to OFFSET.
@JimWhitaker
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I learnt something by watching this. The Centre across selection got my attention straight away and the rest of the video kept it. Registration on your website returned a Wordpress error but the registration has been created successfully anyway.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear you found the video helpful. Thanks for the feedback about the Wordpress error. We'll look into it.
@BenoitLamarche
2 жыл бұрын
I am very often preaching some of the very same things to colleagues. Now I will simply share this video. However OFFSET was new to me - I’ll watch the video dedicated to it! Thanks and have a great week!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Benoit! Thanks for sharing my video too 😊
@alistairkirk3264
Жыл бұрын
This video should be mandatory viewing for all accountants. Your point about data that is difficult to aggregate likely being in stored in the wrong shape is spot on. The amount of time I spend re-factoring other people's spreadsheets in Python into 1st normal form so that they can be pivoted! The same thing kind-of applies to merged cells - it's a giveaway sign your data is in the wrong shape. And how did I not know about ctrl-1 after all these years! Thank you!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you agree 🙏 you might like to try Power Query as an alternative to Python for automating gathering and cleaning data: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/introduction-to-power-query
@davidroddick91
3 жыл бұрын
I always considered myself to be competent in Excel; but most of these I never knew. This will improve my worksheets significantly! Thank you!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear 😊
@stoggies2421
2 жыл бұрын
I've been through quite a few comments and the biggest hit is the merged cell problem. I never new center across selection existed and the ;;; trick was also new to me. Good stuff.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear 😊
@c17nav
3 жыл бұрын
Another technique I use for formatting a worksheet. I don't insert unnecessary columns or rows. Adding columns at the left (column A...) and/or rows at the top (row 1...) complicate print margin adjustments. Also, avoid inserting intermediate columns/rows that are empty but color formatted/filled for visual separation purposes. Format cells containing data with borders. Keeping data as contiguous as possible helps when using keyboard shortcuts for worksheet navigation (Ctrl+Home, Ctrl-End, etc.), and helps when creating/troubleshooting formulas.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, good tip 👍
@marshalxu8082
3 жыл бұрын
Thank so much for “Center across selection”. It is so helpful!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@howardOKC
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, the "center across selection", the first tip, already so useful and makes a ton of sense! I haven't gone to tip No.2 yet. Thanks and great video.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@tombirkland
Жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across this today and it's brilliant. It covers a lot of my pet peeves, but I also learned a lot about Excel I didn't know before--and I thought I was sort of a power user!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@JennTheWriter
2 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot from this one, some of which I am doing. But, other things I had no clue about. Thank you as always!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Jennifer 😊
@glecas
2 жыл бұрын
SUPER Useful! I am guilty of many of these myself but now I'm a bit wiser! Thank you so much.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@markman8489
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mynda - as unusal my knowledge of Excel has grown after watching this video I like the offset trick with the Sum formula and I need to learn a lot more about Power Query. Also, had a recent issue with external links but after modifying all formulas to use the current workbook, I still encountered this message when opening the workbook. After persevering with the issue for a few days, I opened the Named Manager to modify a reference and was relieved to find a number of external references hiding in there.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Mark! Yes, those pesky external links can hide in all sorts of places including data validation and conditional formatting!
@Sixstringslust
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos are really helpful & easy to understand, thanks Mynda! I just decided to watch all videos in this channel starting from the oldest one
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks so much!
@shoaibwarriah
2 жыл бұрын
This video help alot and I learned about not to Merge Cells and Sum Offset,Conditional Table formatting & Days calculation from Date formatting. Thank alot
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Shahi!
@davidrmohr
3 жыл бұрын
Excel'lent (get it?) tutorial and presentation. I really liked the explanation about putting too much data in a single cell; I've spent a lot of time showing people the benefit (as you did) with keeping the data separated so that it can be better worked with. Keep up the good work. Oh, also, thank you for reminding me about the "center across selection" feature. I had completely forgotten about that one!!! :)
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed it, David!
@rudiklein
3 жыл бұрын
How is it possible that after decades of intensive advanced Excell usage, you still are able to learn me stuff that is really useful? Like the center across selection! How much more did I miss?! Great video, thanks.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful 😊
@randomrandy3059
2 жыл бұрын
It is crazy to me how much I've learned off the world wide web. Thank you much for this video. I got some bits of useful information. Now to apply this knowledge and get me a job.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@terjidjurhuus1917
3 жыл бұрын
This was pretty cool, thanks for sharing it with your calm and pleasant voice. :-)
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@hayekfriedman9078
3 ай бұрын
That OFFSET trick is very cool! Thanks.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@Cloversmom
3 жыл бұрын
I will add my voice to the choir and say thanks for Format Across Selection. I used it today! One comment on #6 Formatting to Encode Data, I make the number in the cell 'disappear' by changing the font color to match the fill color. Easier for me then messing with the number format (a topic I need to become more comfortable with).
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Good idea on using the same colour for the font :-)
@hotflashfoto
3 жыл бұрын
If I may add a comment, the benefit to using three semicolons is that you never see the "ink" in the cells when selecting them. In older workbooks, setting the foreground (font) color to match the background would allow anyone who selected all of the cells to the see the entries. That is where the custom formatting came from - to hide the contents and present a uniformly pleasant report. With the newer versions of Excel, that no longer applies, so matching the colors works just fine, and is still a really good idea.
@Monochromatic_Spider
3 жыл бұрын
Good advice. The thing about range formatting was a bit simplified, though. Excel does not generally save formatting for an entire row on a cell by cell basis but of course excessive formatting and copying and pasting and cutting and inserting can cause problems. But one thing I feel is missing is data tables stored as range with autofilter where people add new columns without updating the autofilter. Result is a partial filter that will make a total mess of those added columns next time someone does a sort with the autofilters.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🙏
@Robbedem
3 жыл бұрын
oh, yes, had this problem. several weeks of important data all jumbled around... :s
@GeezRvonFart
Жыл бұрын
Auto filter is the devil... Especially when using macros on the data, the amount of time spent on making code that counteract all possible user induced errors take up 90% of the time. The errors aren't always obvious
@Martin-jw7xo
3 жыл бұрын
you had me at "centre across selection" - brilliant!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
:-) great to hear, Martin!
@markk364
2 жыл бұрын
Great video - thankyou. I prefer to keep my financial data in table format - for readability, then unpivot in PowerQuery. The times I have unpivoted table-form data into tabular data has always generated questions and confusion from users -- better to keep the data-analysis formatting hidden from your audience, I think.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, users don't need to see the analysis if that's not their job.
@donnasmith8529
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! The first tip was so amazing. I never heard of center across the selection.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!!
@tiadenise4519
2 жыл бұрын
I need to watch this video (and the links) over again. This is quite informative! I have been using Excel for over 15 years and I still consider myself a beginner. I recently left my job and am using this “in the meantime” period for professional development courses. Stumbling across your channel was the best professional development gift that I can give me self-a perfect start to 2022! I just completed your intro course and can see how I’ve wasted a great deal of time. I am a research administrator/analyst and work with data. After watching these video, I can only imagine the amount of time I have wasted. I cannot wait to get to more advance courses on pivot tables, dashboards, etc., which I hope will help me to prepare detailed projections and comprehensive budgets. Obrigada!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear you found my videos helpful, Tia!
@victorrweyongeza8634
3 жыл бұрын
Small Tips but very key, thanks very much for sharing.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Victor!
@johningram2153
3 жыл бұрын
This was recommended to me, and I needed to watch something hands-free while I ate, so, uh -- why not? I did not expect that every single one of these tips would be so useful. Great tips. I also didn't expect to be liking and subscribing by the end, but I did.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
So pleased you enjoyed it, John!
@c17nav
Жыл бұрын
For me, using OFFSET in a SUM function is complicated if I don’t wish to create table data. I use a helper column (generally to the left) with numbers in each cell. The numbers may be sequential (1,2,3,…) or a preferred sort order that overrides/augments the data itself. When I add a row of data that will be at the bottom (or top) of the SUM’ed range, I insert the row within the existing range and enter a number in the helper column’s cell that will reflect where the new data should fall after a re-sort. This method also automatically copies the formatting of the range above the newly inserted row.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Interesting technique 👍
@HubertKirchgaessner
2 жыл бұрын
Never knew about “center across selection” - these tips are brilliant!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@Rice0987
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for tip with offset function. 😊
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@c.s.m.k5737
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your tutorials. I have found them very useful.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that 🙏
@smileycindy
2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic tip video! Just to learn what you shared in tip #1 alone was worth the watch (but the rest was really enlightening as well.) Thanks for all that info!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Velisus
2 жыл бұрын
Great refresher on some of these important nuances and even some great new tips as well. Thanks!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@dgkimpton
Жыл бұрын
I was worried this was a real clickbaity title, but the video absolutely delivered. Great tips, thanks!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@AlDunbar
3 жыл бұрын
Been using excel for a long time, but in a relatively simplistic way. I have long known there was way more functionality than I knew how to use, so it is great to see some of those demonstrated with straightforward explanations. And, at least half of this video is of features I will be able to use, hopefully more effectively than my current workarounds. Subscribed, liked, and following.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Al 😊
@UltimateBargains
2 жыл бұрын
5:50 Cells only contain data when the cell is modified with data. This applies to formatting. The cell only contains formatting data when it contains actual data. Empty (untouched) cells inherit formatting from their row or column header information. That's why applying formatting to an entire row or column doesn't drastically expand the file.
@davidfamilydoctor9430
Жыл бұрын
Item 4 is smart. Use powerr query to reference other workbooks. But downside is my colleagues need to remember to refresh data, and changes in the other file will not automatically show in the main file. So pros and cons to both approaches.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Yes, there is a learning curve for this improved approach.
@VladimirKozomara
Жыл бұрын
How did I miss this video, plenty of good stuff, Thanks Mynda
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@ThePinkus
2 жыл бұрын
When a colleague puts an external link into an Excel file is when I reach for my horse whip. My other colleague from our other site was telling me about his work moving people's files from shared folders to share point, including a lot of excel files with external links. The cracking of my whip sounds a lot better than that tale. People should get a livid appreciation of what "deprecated" means. I'm always happy to help them improve.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
:-) great to hear you're helping pave the way to better practices, Stefano.
@ThePinkus
2 жыл бұрын
@@MyOnlineTrainingHub and Your channel is seriously helping me! I can tell You that after watching some of Your videos on power queries we made quite an impression on the job! E.g. passing parameters to an SQL server to collect production data from the MES over the specified range of dates, aggregating data exported to folders to analyze the permanence of trucks and external workers in our site, and even monitoring the epidemic by reading data directly from the internet. I really like power queries. Thank You a lot!
@MatthewMakesAU
Жыл бұрын
You can use the cell formatting in a formula with a VBA function
@mikethomas7138
2 жыл бұрын
ctrl d - that was a new one for me, made this whole time watching worth it the center across selection is a bonus as well
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Pleased to hear that, Mike :-)
@hermo1977
3 жыл бұрын
Hi and thanks for the video. I watched the video on Sunday and on Tuesday I needed an offset function :D
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great timing!
@thesoundsmith
3 жыл бұрын
Brickin and Frankston would be proud. We used to use Visicalc on Apple II computers, open a cell full-screen and it became a primitive word processor! Or scientific calculator. Or database. Or...But that was 1979. Excel has become a force of nature. Nicely done.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, David!
@germaingyesah5724
Жыл бұрын
Awesome excel navigation. Will use them for work. Thank you
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@wbtittle
3 жыл бұрын
I have used the offset function before. I like your simple example...
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Brad 😊
@bu0sultan
Жыл бұрын
This is very useful. Thanks for posting. Keep up the good work
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@snicho
3 жыл бұрын
100% Mynda! Absolutely! I sometimes wonder what life would be like if everyone followed these best practices. However, in some twisted way, I'm sure that it would mean that the 'Excel gurus' of the world would be less valued. Great content as always! 😊
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
😊 the Excel help forums would certainly be quieter.
@tlnn6598
3 жыл бұрын
EXCEL is my favorite software! I love record keeping and EXCEL makes it easy to organize all your files. Thanks for sharing these tips.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure :-)
@slideybackfast
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos I’ve watched on excel in a very long time!!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Simon 🙏
@charleschance80
Жыл бұрын
I love your video's so informative and to the point. As always great job and thank you so much for these videos.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
So pleased to hear that 🙏
@IvanCortinas_ES
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial Mynda. The example with SUM-DESREF works perfectly in Excel 365 in both cases. Thank you for the tips.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Ivan!
@alex-sd
2 жыл бұрын
Great tip on Center Across Selection instead of merge and center. Hopefully MS will replace that merge and center shortcut in the ribbon with the Center Across Selection instead or at least make it available to add to the ribbon.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
I hope so too, but I'm not holding my breath as we MVPs have been asking for this for years!
@ulfheroldjensen
Жыл бұрын
Do a macro and add it to your QAT - Or to your custom ribbon tab if you have created one.
@betaorionis2164
2 жыл бұрын
Very useful video about very specific Excel issues 👍🏻
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it :-)
@jcethan2859
3 жыл бұрын
I was relieved that I already had all of these on my radar (especially #7), BUT that doesn't mean I didn't learn anything. ';;;' was a new one for me. Thanks for the great video!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was worth your time :-)
@kevinreese8224
3 жыл бұрын
I did an entire statistics course in Excel and I saved a lot of time by having some of the ideas you showed - now I have some more 😁
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
So pleased to hear that, Kevin!
@muhammadsaddique3634
3 жыл бұрын
Offset funtion in Sum was new for me. Great!!! Thanks
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it 😊
@jamesbelshan8839
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I picked up a couple of tips, and will make use of "center across selection". At 10:00, I see why you used OFFSET rather than just typing "J12", but I'll probably just stick with my habits which include never adding a new row at the very bottom of a range, even if that's where the new data belongs. Instead, I add a row at the next-to-bottom (so that the range extends itself), and then COPY VALUES from the bottom row up one. Alternatively, I extend the formula down to the blank row between the data and the sum. I like your way, too; I just developed a different habit.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear you found it helpful, James! By all means use whatever works for you with the SUM formulas. Habits are difficult to change...but sometimes it's worth it :-)
@waynethompson5098
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant information. So helpful. Thank you very much. 😃
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
@siriusczech
2 жыл бұрын
"Center across selected" looks great, though I am not sure how much I will use it instead of "merge and center". Why? Usually I use it at the table head, when when it also help with formatting of cells next and not interfere with any functions. And as the table head is 2-3 rows high (sometimes column group names; column names, units), then "format as a table" do not work properly in many cases and simple hand sorting as "select all, standard lines everywhere + wide lines around" and afterwards doing whole head with "all wide lines" or just widening sections you need to differentiate in groups. Conditional formating is great, too. Love your ;;; input, love it and will save this vid for the future. And, btw, nice shirt :)
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Jan!
@ricardomantovaniassis
2 жыл бұрын
Years and years to find the center across selection. Thank you
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Better late than never 😊
@Al_Dente-d1p
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! First time watcher, just subscribed! What a pleasant woman. **I am going to post this here in the hopes that it will help SOMEONE besides me! I recently exported a bunch of data from our internal database and was trying to do a simple column values match function in a VLOOKUP. No matter what I did, I kept getting that #N/A thing. It was driving me nuts because I could see that I had the same value in both columns and was attempting to find rows that were missing, etc. After what seemed like HOURS of trying to figure it out, I discovered that all of the data in one column came out of our database with four space characters after each entry!!! WHAT THE HECK! After doing a simple Find/Replace, eliminating the spaces, the VLOOKUP formula worked fine!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, James! Pesky leading and trailing spaces can be a pain.
@JajabarBangladesh
Жыл бұрын
I suddenly have found this treasure. Excel was always an interest of mine. But I never dared. Now you have given me the courage after 15 years. Thank you very, very much.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
That's wonderful to hear!
@adamhindle9215
3 жыл бұрын
Some great tips, cheers. Interesting to see how other users tackle problems; some similar, some different. Thanks
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it 😊
@jacquesmainguy1
Жыл бұрын
I was happy to hear "merge and center cells" being mentioned first, because IT IS MOST DEFINITELY THE WORST! Whenever I receive a s/sheet to analyze or debug, it's the first thing I try to get rid of, and replace it with "Center across selection" if it is still need to preserve presentation.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear 🙏
@paulb9453
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, your presentation style and video footage are superb, v informative.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Paul!
@JasonMilner
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks - didn't know that display formulas (Ctrl+backquote) shortcut - very handy!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, Jason!
@jawadahmadehssan6251
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great content. It really adds value to what we as Excel Users do on day to day basis.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@txkflier
3 жыл бұрын
I learned several things in this one. Thanks!
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear 😊
@matthewtalbot-paine7977
Жыл бұрын
Dates as text is a common problem with data from my experience especially when importing from multiple sources in multiple formats
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
Жыл бұрын
I like to use Power Query to import my data so I can automate cleaning it up as it comes in: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/introduction-to-power-query
@cathyb2204
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@chrism9037
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful Mynda! I hate the external links in particular.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, Chris!
@graytonw5238
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of good tips there. I remember when Excel 5 came out (or was it 95?) and had the merge and center feature. I built financial statement spreadsheets and thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Now I avoid it whenever possible, they'll screw up your macros every time.
@MyOnlineTrainingHub
3 жыл бұрын
You have a good memory, Grayton :-)
@hotflashfoto
3 жыл бұрын
So true on the VBA! Had to train our whole team to stop using M&C and it eventually stuck. Did you ever use MultiPlan?
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