How to Select Values from a Validation List in Excel
Excel provides two ways to select a value from a list of values. I often use this feature in interactive Excel reports to select dates,...
How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
Getting Radical with Excel
It's time to think about Excel in a radical new way—when we use it to work with business or economic data.
It's time, in fact,...
What the Heck is an Excel Database?
You can raise your Excel productivity significantly and slash your Excel errors—if you keep your data in an Excel database.
Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and others...
How to Report GL Account Groups in Excel
Believe it or not, this income statement is quite sophisticated. It's not nearly as simple-minded as it looks.
In fact, this income statement illustrates a...
How to Smooth Monthly Trends with Centered Moving Averages
I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about the expected increase of electric vehicles in the US. That made me wonder...
How to Use Array Formulas to Report Groups of Accounts
Often, in accounting, marketing, and other departments, we'd like to report and analyze groups of items rather than one item at a time.
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How to Calculate Inflation in Three Different Ways
Today, in the third quarter of 2021, the business press is churning out an avalanche of articles about the return of inflation. Although some...
Eight Great Tools for Your Quick Access Toolbar
I use eight great tools in my Quick Action Toolbar (QAT), and you might want to consider using them yourself.
Before I get into the...
How to Set Up a Square-Format U.S. Map in Excel
For several years, the Wall Street Journal has occasionally used a square-format US map like the following image. But when I noticed a recent...
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Getting Radical with Excel
It's time to think about Excel in a radical new way—when we use it to work with business or economic data.
It's time, in fact,...
How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
What typically tops the list of worries of the chief executive officers of fast growing companies? Financing that growth, according...
How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
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