The INFO function in Excel returns information about the current operating environment. In total, there are seven pieces of information available: File path of the current folder Number of worksheets in open workbooks Cell reference to the top-left visible cell of the window Operating system version Excel’s calculation mode Excel version Type of operating system Read More
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CHAR function in Excel
The CHAR function in Excel returns a specific character based on a code number from the operating system’s character set. Each operating system has it’s own character set: Windows has the Windows -1251 character set, which is more commonly known as ANSI Mac uses the Mac OS Roman character set. Excel online has a limited Read More
How to display fractions in Excel
When using Excel, we often display numbers as decimals. However, that is not necessarily the best way for users to read the information; fractions can be a better option. We could enter fractions as text, but then we can’t use them in calculations. So, in this post, we’ll look at the best way to use Read More
Power Query – Different country date formats
One of the things which continually causes problems for all data professionals is dates. Over time, Microsoft has given us a plethora of tools and Excel functions for handling dates, yet they can still catch us out from time-to-time. Even with Power Query (Excel’s tool for manipulating data), we can run into issues when trying Read More
VBA Code to insert, move, delete and control pictures
While it is not often that we have to control pictures or images within Excel, based on the number of Google searches for this topic, it’s clearly something people want to know more about. This post serves as a reference to cover most of the scenarios we’re likely to encounter to copy, insert, move, delete Read More
VBA code to copy, move, delete and manage files
Automating processes with VBA can involve copying, moving, deleting and managing lots of files. Thankfully, VBA has many built-in functions to undertake these tasks for us. These files do not necessarily need to be Excel workbooks; they can be any file type. The filename for this post is 0041 VBA copy, move, delete and manage Read More
Combining multiple tables in a PivotTable
When most people use PivotTables, they copy the source data into a worksheet, then carry out a lot of VLOOKUPs to get the categorization columns into the data set. After that, the data is ready, we can create a PivotTable, and the analysis can start. But we don’t need to do all those VLOOKUPs anymore. Read More
Advanced dynamic array formula techniques
In the final part of this dynamic array series, we’ll look at a few advanced formula techniques. We won’t be covering the individual functions in detail but considering how we can combine them to solve some tricky problems. Many of these techniques have been covered briefly as examples in previous posts, but now we’ll dig Read More
Using dynamic arrays with other Excel features
So far, in this series, we’ve looked at how dynamic arrays work and the new functions that are available to us. Most of our examples have focused on calculations that occur on the worksheet. But we’ve not yet considered how dynamic arrays work with other Excel features, such as charts, data validation, conditional formatting, etc. Read More
RANDARRAY function in Excel
The RANDARRAY function makes use of the changes made to Excel’s calculation engine. These changes enable a single formula to spill results into multiple cells. The regular RAND function calculates a single random number, which is greater than or equal to zero and less than 1. The RANDARRAY function calculates a random number in the Read More
