XL-Power Ebook Part-2 by Amigo Automations
XL-Power Ebook Part-2 by Amigo Automations
XL-Power Ebook Part-2 by Amigo Automations
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Even if you learn a single tip a day you can learn 30 new things in a
month.
It's a lot.
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But the point is, you must have a list which you can refer to every day.
Well, you don’t need to worry about this anymore, I’m here to help. I have
listed Top 100 Excel Tips and Tricks for you.
Yes, it is.
All the tips and tricks are listed under a specific category which makes
easy to follow the entire list.
In this entire list, I have marked some of my favorite tips 🔥 which I love to
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use and I’m sure you’ll also love them.
…with love
P.S. This copy is purely dedicated to you. You can use it in several ways. Save it in your laptop, mobile, take a
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II. Formatting
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III. Formulas PART 1
IV. Charting
V. Printing
VI. Advanced
X. Time Saver
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Advanced Tips
There are some options in Microsoft Excel which are meant to perform a
specific function and can help you to get better at Excel in no time and
here I have listed some of those tips and tricks which you can use in your
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work.
...and for this, the best way is to use the watch window.
In the watch window, you add those important cells and then get some
specific information about them in one place (without actually navigating
to each cell).
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After that select the cell or range of cells which you want to add and click
OK.
Once you hit OK you’ll some specific information about the cell(s)...
It’s like a copycat, perform the task which you have performed.
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You have dates in the range A1: A10 and now, you want to get the month
from the dates in the B column.
All you need to do is to type the month of the first date in the cell B1 and
then come down to cell B2 and press the shortcut key CTRL + E.
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Once you do this it will extract the month from the rest of the dates, just
like below.
In this case, the best solution is to combine all of those worksheets using
the “Consolidate” option and here are the steps for this.
• First of all, add a new worksheet and then go to Data Tab ➜ Data Tools
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➜ Consolidate.
• Now in the “Consolidate” window, click on the upper arrow to add the
range from the first worksheet and then click on the “Add” button.
• Next, you need to add references from all the worksheets using the
above step.
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• While saving a file when you open a “Save As ” dialog box go to Tools
General Options.
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• Add a password to for “Password to Open” and click OK.
...and to create a live image there are two different ways which you can
use.
One is camera tools and the second is the paste special option.
…here the steps to use camera tool and for paste special use the below
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steps.
• Select the rage you want to paste as an image and copy it.
• Go to the cell and right click, where you want to paste it.
• Go to Paste Special ➜ Other Paste ➜ Options Linked Picture.
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Make sure to read this guide about camera tool to learn more about
linked images.
And the best part is there is no need to write a single line of code for this.
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• First, make sure you have a table with headings where you want to
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enter the data.
• After that select any of the cell from that table and use the shortcut
key Alt + D + O + O to open the user form.
Make sure to read this guide about camera tool to learn more about
linked images.
To access all those options in one place you create tab and add them to
it.
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here is the complete guide to learn about it.
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• Select the column/row for which you want to create a named range.
• Right click and click on “Define name…”.
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• Select the option to add the name for the named range and click OK.
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That's it.
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If can simple help you to remove extra spaces from a text string.
TRIM(text)
All you need to do is refer to the cell from where you want to remove
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leading and trailing spaces and it will return the text without those extra
spaces.
Once you hit OK you’ll some specific information about the cell(s)...
• First of all, select any of the cells from the data or select the entire
data.
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• At this point, you have “Remove Duplicates” window and from this
window, select/de-select the columns which you want to
consider/not consider while removing duplicate values.
• In the end, click OK.
Once you click OK, Excel will remove all the rows from the selected data
where values are duplicate...
...and show a message with the number of values removed and unique
values left.
It’s one of the less used options in Excel, but worth not to be missed for
any reason.
Let say you have words in the range A1: A5 and you want to concatenate
all of them in a single cell.
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Here’s how to do this with fill justify.
• First, make column A enough wide so that the entire text can be
combined into one cell.
• After that, select the entire range.
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• Now, go to Home Tab ➜ Editing ➜ Fill ➜ Justify.
• All you need to do is select that column and open the find and replace
dialog box.
• After that click on the “Replace” tab.
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• Now here, in “Find What” enter the character you want to replace and
make sure to leave “Replace with” blank.
• Now click on “Replace All”.
The moment you click on “Replace All” Excel will remove that particular
character from the entire column.
If you use Office 365, there is new function TEXTJOIN which is a game
changer when it comes to the concatenation of text.
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All you need to do is to add a delimiter (if any), and TRUE if you want to
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ignore empty cells, and in the end, refer to the range.
But if you convert this table in something like below you can you can use
it easily anywhere.
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But if you convert this table in something like below you can you can use
it easily anywhere.
So how to do this?
Power Query
The easiest way to deal with these error values is select them and delete
them and these are the simple steps.
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Once you click OK it will select all the errors and then you can simply
delete all by using “Delete” button.
In Excel, you can sort columns just like you sort rows and by using the
same methods you can arrange them in a custom order.
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To simply convert them back to valid dates you can use DATEVALUE
function.
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Learn more about this function and other ways to convert text to date.
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Mouse Tricks
We all are eager to learn more keyboard shortcuts so they can work fast.
But there are some tricks which we can perform with a mouse as well
and these are some mouse tricks which you can use to speed up your
work.
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...cell formatting, I was using paste special with the shortcut key.
• Select the cell or a range from where you want to copy cell
formatting.
• Go to ➜ the Home Tab ➜ Clipboard.
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• Now, make a double click on “Format Painter” button.
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All you have to do is just double click on the sheet tab and enter a new
name.
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Let me tell you why this method is fast 💨 than using a shortcut.
Suppose if want to rename more than one worksheet using shortcut key.
Before you change the name of a worksheet, you need to activate it.
But if you use the mouse it will automatically activate that worksheet and
edit the name with only two clicks.
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But using a fill handle is more impressive than using a shortcut key.
• Select the cell in which you have a formula or a value which you want
to drag.
• Make a double click on the small square box at the right bottom of the
cell selection border.
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⚠️ This method only works if you have values in corresponding column
and it works only in the vertical direction.
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Just make a double click on the active tab in your ribbon and it will
collapse the ribbon.
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Besides the typical method, you can use double click to edit a shape and
insert the text into it.
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You can also use this method to edit and enter text in a checkbox or into
a chart title.
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By using a double click, you can go to the last cell in the range which has
data.
You have to click on the right edge of the active cell to go to the right side
& on the left edge if you want to go to the right side.
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All you have to do is just make a double-click on the border of the graph
to open formatting option.
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As you already know Excel stores data in pivot cache before creating a
pivot table.
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You can extract data from a pivot table by double-clicking on data values.
As soon as you do this Excel will insert a new worksheet with the data
which has used in the pivot table.
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To use this menu all you need to do is select a cell or a range of the cell...
...and then right-click and while holding it, drop the selection to
somewhere else.
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From now onward, when you open “Save As” dialog box Excel will show
you the location you have specified.
It takes time depending on your system’s speed and add-ins you have
installed.
Here are the steps to disable the start-up screen in Microsoft Office.
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Now when you come back to your Excel window you’ll have developer
tab on the ribbon.
• First of all, go to the File tab and click on the “Trust Center” category.
• From here click on “Trust Center Settings”.
• Now in “Trust Center Settings”, click on macro settings.
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• After that, click on “Enable all macros” and tick mark “Trust access to
the VBA project object model”.
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With the auto correct option, you can tell Excel to change a text string
into another when you type it.
My name is “Puneet” but sometimes people write it like “Punit” but the
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correct spelling is the first one.
So what I can do is, use auto correct and tell Excel to change “Punit” into
“Puneet”.
• First of all, go to the File tab and go to options and click on “Proofing”
category.
• After that, click on “AutoCorrect Option” and this will open the auto-
correct window.
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• Here in this window, you have two input bars to specify the text to
replace and text to replace with.
Whenever you need to insert those product name you can insert them
using a custom list.
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Now in this window, you can enter the list or you can also import it from a
range of cells.
Now, to enter the custom list you have just created, enter the first entry
of the list in cell and then drill down that cell using fill handle.
With a table, there is no need to update pivot table’s data source and it
drag-down formulas automatically when you add a new entry.
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To apply table to the data just use Ctrl + T keyboard shortcut key and click
OK.
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The thing is instead of going to start menu to open Microsoft Excel, the
best way is to pint it to the taskbar.
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This way you can open it by clicking on the icon from the taskbar.
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But the easiest way to run a macro code is to add it to the quick access
toolbar.
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Now you have a button on QAT which you can use to run the macro code
you have just specified.
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So instead of selecting each cell one by one, you can select all the cells
where you have a formula.
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Once you click on this it will instantly select all the cells with formulas.
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• First, select the range of where you want to highlight the duplicate
values.
• After that, go to Home Tab ➜ Styles ➜ Highlight Cells Rule ➜
Duplicate Values.
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• Now from the dialog box, select the color to use and click OK.
• Once you click OK, all the values which are duplicate will get
highlighted.
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When you click on this icon you can see some of the options which are
there on the ribbon which you can directly use from here to save you
time.
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• For this, all you have to do is open RUN (Window Key + R) and then
type “excel” into it.
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There is an option in Excel which you can use to open a specific file(s)
every time when you start Excel in your system.
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• In the end, click OK.
You can simply add or remove files from that folder, if you need.
Well, I’ve got a better idea here You can add Excel to your system’s
startup folder.
C:\Users\User'sName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
• After that, open the Start Screen, right-click the Excel App, and click
Open file location.
• From the location (Excel App Folder), copy the Excel App icon and
paste it into the “StartUp” folder.
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Now every time when you open your system, Excel will automatically
start.
All you have to do is, select a cell or a text from a cell, and go to Review ➜
Insights ➜ Smart Lookup.
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Once you click on it, it opens a side pane where you’ll have information
about that particular text which you have selected.
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And for this, Excel has an option which can capture screen instantly, and
you can paste it into the worksheet.
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Once you click on this you get a clipping tool which you can use to clip
the screen the way you want.
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If you are using Excel 2007 to Excel 2016, then you can locate a keyboard
shortcut by pressing ALT key.
Once you press it, it shows the keys for the options which are there on
the ribbon, just like below.
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Let say, you want to press “Wrap Text” button, the key will be ALT + H +
W.
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