Fantasy Football ranking and analysis in Excel
Microsoft Excel is the perfect tool to analyze and rank your fantasy football ranking. This article explains how to import players, other rankings and add your own opinion. How to Build Your Own Fantasy Football Rankings “There is no reason to re-invent the wheel by typing out all of the players, positions, teams, and analyst […]
Pinned Save folders in Microsoft 365
Word, Excel and PowerPoint 365 for Windows are getting better control over what appears on the new-style Save dialog. Folders can be ‘pinned’ to always be show up in the list and a quick way to share a document. But a major annoyance remains unchanged. On the ‘Save this file’ dialog under Choose a location […]
Coronavirus global statistics, Excel workbook update
A friend of Office Watch has enhanced our latest COVID-19 global statistics workbook and offered to share it with all our readers Phil Y from Sydney is interested in the number of active Coronavirus cases and how many new cases. That data was in the external connection so he made a different worksheet with the […]
Combined Drawing Tools in Word 365 and other Office programs
The Drawing Tools in Word 365 is now larger with separate tools like Lasso and Eraser now in a single combined gallery. There are other changes and new limitations on the Drawing Tools gallery, some of them undocumented. Compare that to the old Draw tab where the Lasso, Eraser and Add Pen were separate from […]
Get in line for Money in Excel
Microsoft is testing a new feature or template, Money in Excel. You can apply to be one of the first to try it. Money in Excel is a separate Excel ‘premium’ template that will connect with bank accounts, import transaction information and display as charts and lists. Transactions Bank accounts can be linked into Excel […]
X Æ A-12 in Microsoft Word and Office
Elon Musk and partner have named their child X Æ A-12 (no kidding) how do you type Æ in Microsoft Word and Office generally. The child’s name doesn’t trigger any spelling or grammar errors in Word. No squiggly lines. What is Æ ? Æ or æ is a a-e ligature that was used in English […]
Workbook Statistics finally in Excel
A long last, Excel is getting a quick summary of the workbook statistics including the bounds of the sheet, tables, formulas and external connections. Look on Review | Proofing | Workbook Statistics in Excel 365 for Windows or Mac. There are details for the currently selected sheet and the whole workbook. It’s similar to the […]
Excel worksheet with global COVID-19 stats – update
We’ve updated our workbook that imports the latest COVID-19 statistics and combines with population data through Excel 365’s Stock Data Type. No technical changes in the workbook but we’ve added a few more ‘interesting’ or outlier countries. Plus some repeat help tips. Download COVID-19 Global Statistics workbook there’s also a limited Excel 365 for Mac […]
Moving Average in Excel Charts
Adding a moving average line to an Excel Chart is very easy, just a few clicks, with many options. Any chart with a series of values over time will benefit from a trendline like a moving average. What is a moving average? An average / mean is a single value representing a list of numbers. […]
Search My Files is the better way to find files, PDF and Office documents
Nirsoft’s SearchMyFiles has received a major boost. It can now search inside Office documents and PDF’s. SearchMyFiles is the Windows search tool that should be included with Windows. It’s interface might be old-fashioned but all the options are visible, including some not available in Windows. Some of the highlights in Search My Files ‘Use Windows […]
Format Painter with Shapes and gradients
Format Painter in Office will work to copy formatting between shapes which is very useful for complex Gradients. But they don’t always format copy in the way you’d expect. We’re obliged to Office-Watch.com reader, Lorelei, for pointing out that Format Painter can copy gradient fills in most but not all situations. To copy the formatting […]
COVID-19 Excel workbook improvements
We’ve made a few changes to our COVID-19 tracking workbook for Excel 365. The kind comments from readers are much appreciated. For those of you who asked, it was made by our Editor-in-Chief, Peter Deegan, who is safely locked-down in London. Peter refreshed the COVID-19 statistics (which any Excel 365 will do from Data | […]
April 2020 updates for Office come with a warning
The April 2020 security fixes for Microsoft Office come with a warning that some VBA code will stop working. There are workarounds to let some references through. The KB4557055 security fix blocks VBA references that link to Internet or intranet sources or have been downloaded from the Internet. That will effect some Office/VBA code which […]
COVID-19 stats in Excel 365 for Mac
We’ve made a new version of our COVID-19 statistics workbook that’s compatible with Excel 365 for Mac. Keep track of COVID-19 statistics using this Excel spreadsheet that shows the latest cases and deaths for countries you choose and populations also added for you. Excel 365 for Windows has a separate download available here. Excel for […]
COVID-19 Excel workbook – under the hood
Some of the features and tricks in our COVID-19 worksheet for Excel 365. We’ve made this workbook as a practical and timely example of some important recent Excel features and how they can be used. Open up the workbook in Excel 365 for Windows and add some countries to see the whole table and chart […]
Track COVID-19 stats in your own Excel spreadsheet
Keep track of COVID-19 statistics using this automatically updating Excel spreadsheet that shows the latest cases and deaths for selected countries with populations also added for you. We’ve been a little annoyed at media coverage that deals with raw numbers without adjusting for population. We opened up Excel 365 and made use of its Geography […]
