Rearranging PivotTable Rows and columns
Moving or swapping fields around in a PivotTable is both amusing and addictive at the same time. You cannot stop yourself from rearranging your data in different ways. Each time you move a field, the Pivot Table will restructure to the new field configuration and you see the same data in a different alignment. May […]
Changing PivotTable Calculations using the Value Field Settings
You will always find Excel either summarizing your data by adding the values together (SUM) or Counting the number of items. Nobody is stopping you from changing the type of calculation that your work demands to include averages, maximum, minimum, standard deviation and others. Change the calculation from the Value Field settings. Add a column […]
Apple’s new image format HEIC and Microsoft Office
Apple has introduced a new image and video format for iPhone and iPad, here’s how to handle it in Microsoft Office documents. .HEIC image files are made by default in some Apple devices with iOS 11. Microsoft Office and Windows don’t support the new format yet but there’s workarounds available in the meantime. Automatic HEIC […]
A faster way to review Office document versions
OneDrive will automatically save past versions of an Office document, here how to access those revisions quickly. The advertised way to view a document history is through the Activity button, next to Share on the top right. In Office 2016 for Windows, Office 365. The Activity pane shows a list of versions available, who worked […]
Shared with Me, new feature in Office 2016 Windows / Mac and more
A recent Office addition is ‘Shared with Me’, a list of the documents you’ve been invited to collaborate on with others. It’s available in Office 2016 Windows/Mac and the iPad, iPhone and Android Mobile apps. According to Microsoft ‘Shared with Me’ ” lets you see the files others have shared with you” Our checks show […]
Sharing documents in Office 2016 for Mac
Office 2016 for Mac (Office 365) has the same document sharing options as Office for Windows but they look a little different. In fact, Office for Mac has an additional sharing option not available in Windows. Just like Office 2016 for Windows, Office 2016 for Mac has a Share button on the top right of […]
Sharing a document as an attachment from Office
It’s always been possible to email a document for reviewing or editing. Modern versions of Office make that easier by letting you email from the document directly, instead of an email program like Outlook. Instead of opening your email to send an attachment, click on Send as an attachment from your working document, to send […]
Send a document sharing link from Microsoft Office
The Share pane in modern Office is fine within an organization or with people who are familiar with document collaboration. But what if you want to share a document link with more detail in the email or using a non-email method like Instant Messaging? Well, you want to get just a link to your document […]
Fixing Office, OneDrive document sign-in problems
Ever since Microsoft added shared, collaborative documents via OneDrive, they’ve had problems with saving and sign-in. Here’s how to deal with some of those persistent bugs. These bugs can happen in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote. Most commonly with documents saved to OneDrive but also Dropbox or other cloud storage. Can’t Sign-in A very common […]
Where is Excel’s missing ‘New’ Feature?
It was a small but long awaited addition to Excel for Windows but now it’s disappeared? Why did the Chart option “Show #N/A as an empty cell” go missing? There was a small cheer in the Excel charting community when Microsoft put this extra option in the Chart | Hidden and Empty Cell Settings: ‘Show […]
Make an Excel PivotTable with multiple or nested rows
A list with groupings (like Product Type, Country, Region or Staff pay level) can become a nested PivotTable. The sub-totals are created with + – signs to show/hide the groupings. We’re using the same source list as in our Basic PivotTable and Two-dimensional PivotTable examples. Doing that is simple, just drag a second item down […]
Make your first Two-dimensional PivotTable in Excel
We started with a simple Excel PivotTable, now let’s move on to a multi-column or two dimensional PivotTables. They aren’t a lot more complicated than a basic PivotTable, just add a few more fields. We’ll start with the same sales list that we used for our PivotTables 101 article. This time we’ll make a more […]
Why bother with Excel PivotTables?
PivotTables really are great and we’re not just saying that because it was one of Bill Gate’s favorite features. The original PivotTable feature was clumsy and difficult so you’re forgiven for trying them and giving up in disgust. Mayurakshi wants to show you some of the nifty parts of PivotTables but before that she’ll of […]
Power Excel lists for comparison shopping
Make smarter decisions with Excel’s tables and lists. Excel is a great place for comparison shopping or deciding which product to buy. Unlike Word or OneNote, Excel has tools to sort, filter and do calculations to help you narrow down many choices to just a few or one. In this article we’ll show you a […]
Excel performance improvements
Excel 2016 for Windows is getting some welcome ‘under the hood’ performance improvements. It’s great to see some work on the fundamentals of Office instead of the apparent focus on flashy new features that look great in demonstrations. Word and Outlook teams: please follow suit. The Problems The aim is to fix some of out […]
Our great Office 2016 book is ready now
We’re delighted to announce that our champion Office 2016 ebook has been updated, yet again, to include new and added features for the main Windows version of Microsoft Office. A bit like Office itself, Office 2016: the real startup guide is updated to keep pace with the improvements in Office 2016 itself. As an ebook, […]
