Automate Building A Table Of Contents For Your Spreadsheet With VBA
Managing Large WorkbooksI've been working with a bunch of rather large Excel workbooks lately and it has come to the point where it is more efficient to navigate through a table of contents page...
View ArticleHow To Repeat Tasks With Your VBA Code by Looping
Your Complete Looping GuideLooping is extremely important when coding because it can shorten up the length of your code tremendously. Â It's kind of like having a macro inside your macro since it...
View ArticleBest Way To Paste Special Excel Objects As PowerPoint Images
Quality MattersI've written many times in the past on how the quality and formatting of your work can separate you from the rest of the pack when creating presentations. Our cultural is becoming more...
View ArticleHow to Install and Uninstall A VBA Add-in File For Microsoft Office
Installing Your Add-inSo you just purchased a shiny, brand-new add-in program to take your Office capabilities to the next level. The only problem is, there isn't an executable installer to put it on...
View Article5 Ways to Create A Dynamic Auto-Adjusting VBA Range
Dynamic Code Is Vital!A huge turning point for me when I was teaching myself how to write VBA was being able to create dynamic code. This meant I didn't have to go into my macros and change range...
View ArticleThe VBA Guide To Sending Excel Attachments Through Outlook
Quickly Emailing Your SpreadsheetsI absolutely love using the Email As Attachment functionality provided by Excel. It's great for quickly sending one-off data requests to someone throughout the day....
View ArticleOnline Excel & VBA Resources
Your Excel Resource GuideI'm sure every Excel blog out there has some sort of directory page with recommendations of other great resources and it's about time this blog puts one together. Feel free to...
View ArticleEasy Step-By-Step Instructions To Create Your First Excel Ribbon Add-in
One of the most prosperous skills I have picked up over the years as a financial analyst has been the ability to create custom Excel add-ins specific to my department and company's needs. This one...
View ArticleThe VBA Guide To Interacting With Text (.Txt) Files
Why Text Files?Text files can be a very fast and simple way to read and store information. I like to use them to save settings for my VBA add-ins and I have seen situations where databases have...
View ArticleUsing Cell Formatting Logic With Excel Formulas
Wishful Thinking? Have you ever had a time where you wished you could write an IF formula in Excel based on whether or not a cell was filled with the color green or not? Unfortunately, Excel doesn't...
View ArticleHow To Trigger Your VBA Macros To Run Based On A Specific Cell Value Change
Today we are going to discuss how you can automatically make your VBA code execute based on a specific cell value being changed. Behind the scenes, Excel keeps track of specific events that occur...
View ArticleCreate A Bar Chart With Separate Positive And Negative Colors
Our goal as analysts is to tell a story with our data and it is a well-known fact that data can be consumed much faster through visualization than through text. That is why it is vital that we put...
View ArticleMasking (Hiding) A Password As It Is Entered In An Excel Text Box
Today, I came across a spreadsheet that allowed a user to connect to a remote database via VBA. The spreadsheet had a nifty little interface allowing you to enter your username and password for access...
View ArticleWingdings & Webdings Font Icon Character Map (Printable Cheat Sheet)
All The Icons For The Wingdings and Webdings FontsHere is a list of all the icons (by character) for:Webdings fontWingdings fontWingdings 2 fontWingdings 3 fontYou can click on the below summary to...
View ArticleHow To Get Office 2016 With A 365 ProPlus Account
A Little BackgroundI was literally pulling out my hair trying to figure out how to get my hands on the new Office 2016 for my PC. I personally have an Office 365 ProPlus account and could not...
View ArticleExcel Weaknesses: A Wishlist For Much Needed Improvements
As Microsoft continues to persuade people to sign up for their Office 365 subscription in lieu of purchasing individual copies of Office, I am hoping that the Office team moves towards sending out...
View ArticleAdding Bullet Points To Your Excel Spreadsheet Cells & Text Boxes
I've been using bullet points inside Excel A LOT as of late and I thought I would share the many different ways you can insert those nifty little bullets. I have mainly been inserting bullet points...
View ArticleShortcut To Switch Back And Forth Between Two Excel Worksheet Tabs
Is There An ALT-TAB Excel Equivalent?One of my all-time favorite keyboard shortcuts is ALT + TAB. This simple keyboard combination lets you toggle back and forth between the current program window and...
View ArticleThe VBA Guide To Named Ranges
What Is A Named Range?Creating a named range allows you to refer to a cell or group of cells with a custom name instead of the usual column/row reference. The HUGE benefit to using Named Ranges is it...
View ArticleChristmas Expense & Budget Tracker Excel Template 2015 (Free!)
It's That Time Of Year Again!If you love analyzing numbers (and chances are if you are a fan of this website you do), then I am sure you can relate that your skill of tracking digits carries over to...
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