Variability in Excel
A primer on measuring data variance in Excel.by David Goodmanson Let’s continue our look at the basic statistics functions in Excel. In our first article we looked at statistical functions that measured central tendency or averages. Most people understand Average or Mean though Median is often misused. Now lets look at a more difficult but […]
Importing Excel Data
Looks at importing Excel data to Access databases. Q: Graham Alison has two Excel workbooks, and when he imports them into an Access database, he just gets the data, not the formats that make the spreadsheets work. A: Data is all you will get when importing from Excel. If you need special formatting or calculations, […]
The Office Envelope Object and Office 2000
Using the Office Envelope Object in Office 2000 – what works and what doesn’t. Some readers have asked whether the Office Envelope Object (featured in Access Archon #122) can be used in Office 2000. Well, sort of. While writing the article, I tested the two procedures in Office 2000 and found that the Word procedure […]
Creating an Excel timesheet
How to create an Excel timesheet, and export data from an Access timesheet. Q: Maurice writes that he needs to export Access timesheet data to an Excel worksheet for distribution, since some users don’t have Access, so he can’t just create an Access report. Is there a way to do this? A: I made a […]
Function name changes in Excel 2010
Excel 2010 changes function names like STDEV and VAR partly for Microsoft’s own benefit. Excel 2010 has revamped all the Standard Deviation STDEV and VAR functions with the old version ‘deprecated’ or demoted. There is now STDEV.S and STDEV.P for the sample and population versions of the function. STDEV and STDEVP are still available for […]
Median and Mode functions in Excel
More useful stats functions in Excel by David Goodmanson Continuing our series on Excel’s statistical functions … we started with Average/Mean and now move onto the misunderstood cousin Median plus also Mode. Median and Mode If we are looking for work and are told that the average salary is $45,000, then we have an idea […]
Making a complex Excel cell easy to use
Create the ultimate lookup or decision formula; a User Defined Function using Visual Basic for Applications. by David Goodmanson Following our recent theme of reference, decision and lookup functions, in this article we will go one step further and create the ultimate lookup or decision formula; a User Defined Function (UDF), using Visual Basic for […]
More nested IF options
Excel alternatives to nested IF’s from our readers. After David Goodmanson’s features on IF and nested IF’s we’ve received many messages from readers suggesting another alternative – CHOOSE() and here even more possiblities. Tony D writes: “ Small snippet for your “IF” library next time. I’m sure there will be hundreds of better ideas, but you […]
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 – some time on
A look at the progress of Office 2007 SP2 – bugs fixed or not. It has been over a month since Office 2007 Service Pack 2 was released. Here’s a look Outlook 2007 won’t start We mentioned reports of Outlook 2007 not starting after SP2 was installed. Those initial reports appear to be a problem […]
Excel – Nested IFs and alternatives
A look at nested IF statements and alternatives that are easier to make and understand later. by David Goodmanson In my last article I looked at a simple Excel IF statement plus their useful cousins CountIf and SumIF. I also touched on the nested IF statement, where there are many IF functions in one cell. […]
Google Docs supports .docx and .xlsx
You can now upload Word and Excel 2007 files to Google’s online editor. Today Google announced that their Google Docs service will support Word 2007 .docx files and Excel 2007 .xlsx files. That saves Office 2007 users from having to ‘Save As’ to another format before uploading to Google Docs. Larger documents Google Docs has […]
Excel 2010 – first look
A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of Excel. A look at the ribbons and menus in the next version of Excel. We’ve already looked at Word 2010, OneNote 2010 and Outlook 2010 plus the new look Office button menu. Click on any image to see a full size version. Home […]
How to Twitter from Excel
Tweeting directly from Excel A month ago we wrote about how to import your Twitter feed into Excel and also Twitter searches into Excel. At the time we said “There’s no direct way to send tweets or direct messages – but I suspect it’s only a matter of time before someone cuts some VBA for […]
Simple monitor rotation utility
An easy way to rotate your display to portrait mode. iRotate is a simple and cross-graphics way to switch display modes. Many LCD monitors have the ability to physically rotate from the standard landscape mode to portrait orientation with the narrow side of the screen at the top. This can be a useful way to […]
A Guide to Microsoft Excel 2007 for Engineers and Scientists
From: Academic Press Completely updated guide for scientists, engineers and students who want to use Microsoft Excel 2007 to its full potential. Electronic spreadsheet analysis has become part of the everyday work of researchers in all areas of engineering and science. Microsoft Excel, as the industry standard spreadsheet, has a range of scientific functions that […]
More Office 2007 patches
Even after Service Pack 2, there are more fixes for Office 2007. Service Pack 2 has been out less than a week and already there are more fixes for Office 2007. These ‘hotfixes’ are temporary and ‘ not fully tested’ updates. Most are dated 30 April 2009 – only a few days after Service Pack […]
