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Learn how Excel calculates time
Today’s lesson builds on the knowledge we gained in the prior video. So, rather than calculate “Dates”in Excel, we will calculate “Time.” Excel stores both Dates and Times as Serial numbers in a cell....
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How to Prepare Your Zip Codes for Mailing Labels
Clients call me up in a panic. “Danny, we are sending out a direct mail piece and Excel has screwed up our Zip Codes – they only contain 4 numbers! The Post Office can’t deliver the mailing piece this...
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The versatile and valuable =IF() Function
MS Excel’s =IF() Function is a very versatile function and it is used in a variety of situations. Watch this short video lesson to learn how to use it when Grading Scores, Calculating Shipping Rates...
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I Have 21 Excel Videos Rated 5-Stars on YouTube
YouTube Logo Here is a listing of my 21 Excel Video Lessons that are rated “5-Stars” on YouTube. I hvae organized the videos by category. The First Hyperlink will take you to to the videos on this...
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Three Frustrations When Calculating TIme in Excel
When I am training a class to use MS Excel, I always get at least one question about performing time calculations. I sense that the person asking the question is frustrated. When I ask, “How many of...
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Use the =COUNTIF() Function to see how many badges have been claimed
A viewer wants to know how many badges have been claimed and how many have not yet been claimed. In Excel, use the =COUNTIF() Function to get the answer(s) to this question. If you have ever struggled...
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Use the =TODAY() Function to Identify Past Due Invoices
Here is another response to a viewer request. The letter asks for my help in identifying, counting and totaling the amount of “Past Due” invoices. In the viewer’s letter, she wanted me to use the...
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Preventing Formula Errors from Displaying
Formula Errors in Excel – e.g. #DIV/0! or #NULL! – are ugly! And, when you send a spreadsheet that contains formula errors to your client or to your boss … Well, that is not good. It plants the seed of...
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Tell Excel 2007 Not to Display a Formula Error in a Cell
Excel 2007 introduces a brand new Function – the =IFERROR() Function which is a great way to “hide” any potential Formula Error Messages from displaying. You know these error messages – #DIV/0!, #NULL...
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Excel Training Videos by Category
Here is a listing, by category – with hyperlinks – to the free Excel Training Videos that I offer on The Company Rocks website. Simply click on the hyperlink for each Category to go directly to the...
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How to Apply Criteria for Advanced Filters in Excel
You want to use Excel to do more than just store data. You want to use Excel Filters in order to get information from your data set. In order to Filter the data, you need to create and apply criteria....
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How to Use Date Functions and Date Formatting in Excel
In this lesson, I respond to two recent requests from viewers for help in Using DATE Functions in Excel and also, how to apply Custom Date Formatting. I get similar requests on a frequent basis from...
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Create a Pivot Table for a Water or Hydrological Year
A viewer asked for my help in creating a Pivot Table Report that is based on a Water Year – also known as a Hydrological Year. In North America, a Water Year begins on October 1 and ends on September...
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How to Search For and Use Text Strings in Excel
A viewer asked for my help in creating a report that will group his customers’ email addresses by their “domain name.” For example, he wants to be group all customers with gmail addresses . Likewise,...
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Create a Custom Excel Function to Replace Formulas with Multiple IF Functions
Multiple Nested IF Functions Do you get tied up in a knot trying to write – let alone explain – a formula that has one IF Function nested inside another, and another…? I know that I do! And, what...
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How to Use Criteria in Excel Functions and Filters
Criteria for Advanced Filter When you apply a Filter to an Excel data set, you use Criteria. In a filter, only the records that can answer “TRUE” to the criteria that you set will appear. The records...
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How to Return Either an Approximate or Exact Match for VLOOKUP Function
Matches with VLOOKUP One of my viewers asked me to explain – with examples – how and when to choose either an Approximate or an Exact Match using the VLOOKUP Function in Excel. . Approximate Match for...
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Review for my Latest Publication –“9 Essential Skills for Excel 2010”
Main Menu for “9 Essential Excel Skills” I just received a fabulous review, from one of my viewers, for my video tutorial, “9 Essential Skills for Excel 2010.” Read this Review Product Reviews It’s...
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Instructional Guide “9 Essential Excel 2010 Skills”– Download for Free
Instructional Guide “9 Essential Excel 2010 Skills” I want you to discover the scope of the Excel Training that I offer on my new video tutorial, “9 Essential Excel 2010 Skills.” So, I am offering the...
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