Date Format Settings Excel Windows

Regional Date Formats in Excel

I recently returned from two weeks in Ireland where I installed a couple of Excel reporting systems and came across the dreaded regional date settings. My computer is set for the US region, whereas the client’s computers were set for the UK region. When I mention regional settings on my computer, I’m talking about Windows …

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Ribbon Home Tab Comparison – Excel 2010 Windows and 2011 Mac

I’ll review each hard-to-find item on the Ribbon’s Home Tab in Excel 2010 (Windows) and let you know where they are located in Excel 2011 (Mac). I’ve even got some nifty pictures to speed along that understanding. Note: The Ribbons in Excel 2010 and 2007 (Windows) are interchangeable, but I’ll only refer to 2010 below. …

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Sorting with Custom Lists in Excel

Every once in a while I come across a sorting problem where a column of data needs to be sorted in a manner not consistent with ascending or descending order. Thankfully, Excel allows the sort order to come from a Custom List. As an example I have some data with Date, Name, and Type as …

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A Woopra Chat About Excel

I use the Woopra desktop app to view live visitors to this WordPress blog. Visitors will see a Woopra window lurking about when I’m logged into my (free) Woopra account. One option is to initiate a chat session with me. My first chat happened the other day. The chat notice startled me, but I quickly …

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Sorting Columns From Left To Right in Excel Causes Problems

You may never have the opportunity to Sort columns of data from Left to Right, but beware of some apparent problems. A reader mentioned that when sorting from left to right the column width’s don’t change. I also found that formulas can be affected and for me that’s more problematic. I was asked if Excel …

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Sorting Columns Left to Right in Excel

Once upon a time I had a master worksheet with data in predefined columns that was used for uploading data into a legacy system. Users would submit data in worksheets they developed, but oftentimes their columns didn’t always match that of the master worksheet. So I used a little known option in the Sort feature …

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Copy a Help Topic URL in Excel 2010

Excel 2010 Help is normally connected to Office.com so each Help topic has a specific web address (URL) that can be easily copied. This is only for Windows computers running the latest Excel version 2010. You can check the connection status to Office.com by hitting the F1 key to bring up the Help screen, then …

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The Repeat Command in Excel for Mac

Adding the Repeat command icon to the Quick Access Toolbar in Excel for Windows is a simple process that I explained in a blog post last week. Excel for Mac — 2011 or 2008 — doesn’t have a Quick Access Toolbar, but you can customize the toolbars and menus. Add the Repeat Icon to the …

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