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11 Feb

How to summarize data using a pivot table in Excel 2007

Pivot table is a feature of Excel that takes a long list of data, summarizes it into a shorter list that is more easy to analyze and assimilate.
The best way to explain how to create a pivot table in Excel 2007 is by using an example.
Below is a list of products, salesmen and total sales [...]

21 Jan

EXCEL logical functions : the NOT function

The NOT function, one of many EXCEL logical functions, is used to evaluate a single logical condition, passed as an argument to the function.  It will return the opposite of that argument. I.e.:

If the evaluated logical condition is TRUE, the function will return FALSE.
If the evaluated logical condition is FALSE the function will return TRUE.

Syntax
NOT(logical)
Logical is [...]

07 Jan

EXCEL logical functions : the OR function

The OR function , one of many EXCEL logical functions, is used to evaluate a number of logical conditions, passed as arguments to  the function.  The function will return a single value of TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
OR(logical1, logical2 ………)
logical1 and logical2 are conditions that evaluate to TRUE or FALSE. The first argument is required the second [...]

05 Jan

EXCEL logical functions : the AND function

The AND function , one of many EXCEL logical functions, is used to evaluate a number of logical conditions, passed as arguments to  the function.  The function will return a single value of TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
AND(logical1, logical2 ………)
logical1 and logical2 are conditions that evaluate to TRUE or FALSE. The first argument is required the second [...]

02 Jan

EXCEL logical functions : IF function

The IF function, one of many EXCEL logical functions, is used to evaluate a logical condition, passed as an argument to the function.  The function will then return one of two values specified as the second argument or the third argument in the function. It will return the second argument if the test evaluates to [...]

27 Dec

How to install and load the Analysis Toolpak in Excel 2007

To install and load the Analysis Toolpak in Excel 2007 follow these steps:

Click the Office button.
Click Excel Options, the Excel Options window will open.

In the left pane of Excel Options click Add-Ins, The right pane will show a list of Active and Inactive  Add-ins.
At the bottom of the right pane there is a combo [...]

18 Dec

Hide rows based on cell value in Excel 2007

To hide rows based on cell value in Excel 2007 follow these steps:

Prepare your data including a header row.
In the Home tab, Editing group, click Sort and Filter then select Filter from the menu.
Your data will now look like this:

In this example we want to hide rows where the sales are greater than or equal [...]

29 Nov

How to some times greater than 24 hours in Excel 2007

To sum times you usually use Excel built-in function SUM. If you have three cells A1, A2 and A3 formatted as time (hh:mm), and you have :
A1 = 02:30
A2 = 10:15
A3 has the formula: =SUM(A1:A2)
then A3 will have the correct values of 12:45.
However if your total times are greater than 24 hours then things get [...]

24 Nov

Copy Excel 2007 data to a Word document

If you want to copy data from Excel to Microsoft word then follow these steps:
In  Excel

Select the worksheet data (range) that you want to copy to a Word document.
On the Home tab, Clipboard group, click

06 Nov

Check formula errors in Excel 2007 using IFERROR Function

One of the newly introduced functions in Excel 2007 is the IFERROR Function. If you are using a formula in a cell, this function allows you to trap formula errors and specify a value to be substituted in the cell in case of an error.

Syntax
IFERROR(value,value_if_error)
Value is the argument (formula) that is checked for an error.
Value_if_error [...]

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