Recently, Office Scripts gained the ability to run scripts using parameters. This means we can provide custom values to change the outcome of the Office Script. This suddenly makes Office Scripts significantly more useful as we can create more reusable Office Scripts. We are still hoping Office Scripts will gain functionality that enables creation of … Read more
Creating multiple PDFs based on a list is a common use case in Excel. I’m asked about it regularly. A few weeks ago, I received this question about our Office Scripts course: Before I start the course on Office Scripts, I was wondering if it is possible to loop through a spreadsheet and with each … Read more
Some Excel features hide in plain sight. They are there, but nobody thinks to click the button. In this post, we are covering one of those features. We are looking at how to create separate sheets for each item in a PivotTable field with the Show Report Filter Pages feature. Excel users love PivotTables because … Read more
One of the biggest complaints about Office Scripts is the lack of UserForms. UserForms exist in VBA and display an additional window for collecting user input. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent feature in Office Scripts. However, there are other methods to obtain user inputs that do work with Office Scripts. So, in this post, we … Read more
When Office Scripts were released, there were only two ways to execute a script (1) through the script editor or (2) through Power Automate. Users screamed out for a better way. Microsoft delivered a clickable Office Scripts button that could be added to the face of a worksheet. However, the default button style is a … Read more
It is common in many businesses to send regular email summaries or reports to senior executives. Typical scenarios include daily sales reports or cash-flow positions. These emails often contain images displaying the key information. With the current cloud technologies, we now have an easy way to automate this. So, in this post, we look at … Read more
For a long time, I’ve been asking Microsoft for the ability to run a Power Automate flow from an Office Script. Office Scripts are restricted to operate only on objects within the workbook. Therefore, we can’t currently run a script that changes another workbook, or undertakes other activities outside of Excel. This significantly reduces the … Read more
Named ranges are a useful feature of Excel. We often use them to build more complex tools that we may share with other users. Therefore, those named ranges become a critical part of our spreadsheet. Unfortunately, if those users modify or delete the named ranges, it may break the calculations. So, in this post, I … Read more
This week, while working on a project, I wanted to hide a worksheet in Excel. However, I didn’t want users to unhide it or even know it was there. I wanted to make the Excel sheets very hidden (i.e. invisible to other users). I’m sure many users know how to hide a sheet. However, most … Read more
CSV files are a common file format; they are regularly used to export data from IT systems. Excel desktop can convert CSV to Excel with ease. However, in the online world of Office 365, things aren’t quite so simple. The online world provides us with new automation opportunities not available in a desktop environment. However, … Read more