Comments for Excel Theatre Blog http://exceltheatre.com/blog The comedy and tragedy of spreadsheets Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Excel Twitter 20120220 by Debra http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Debra Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:34 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/#comment-4567 Agreed! Pivot tables can be frustrating at times, but nothing has happened that an adult beverage couldn't smooth over. Agreed! Pivot tables can be frustrating at times, but nothing has happened that an adult beverage couldn’t smooth over.

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20120220 by Patrick http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/comment-page-1/#comment-4566 Patrick Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:52:58 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/#comment-4566 Mr Blackmoore needs to either find a PivotTable tutor, or switch to decaf :) Mr Blackmoore needs to either find a PivotTable tutor, or switch to decaf :)

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20120220 by Debra http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/comment-page-1/#comment-4565 Debra Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/#comment-4565 Thanks Lynda! I appreciate the feedback, especially when it supports my decision. ;-) Thanks Lynda! I appreciate the feedback, especially when it supports my decision. ;-)

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20120220 by Lynda http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/comment-page-1/#comment-4564 Lynda Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:39:08 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2012/02/20/excel-twitter-20120220/#comment-4564 Better without the avatars - thanks! Better without the avatars – thanks!

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20111117 by Lynda http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/11/17/excel-twitter-20111117/comment-page-1/#comment-4372 Lynda Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:01 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/11/17/excel-twitter-20111117/#comment-4372 Hey, Excel is great for knitting charts... Works pretty darn good for counted cross-stitch patterns, too! Hey, Excel is great for knitting charts… Works pretty darn good for counted cross-stitch patterns, too!

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20111101 by Steve Wilheir http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/11/01/excel-twitter-20111101/comment-page-1/#comment-4326 Steve Wilheir Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:31:54 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/11/01/excel-twitter-20111101/#comment-4326 Wow - I never thought to harken back to the Days of VisiCalc to consider how miserable it would be to try to create a Gantt Chart in THAT old beast. Wow... doing it in Excel suddenly doesn't seem so bad. Wow – I never thought to harken back to the Days of VisiCalc to consider how miserable it would be to try to create a Gantt Chart in THAT old beast. Wow… doing it in Excel suddenly doesn’t seem so bad.

]]> Comment on Remove Characters Before Numbers: Excel Questions by Debra http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/10/07/remove-characters-before-numbers-excel-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4324 Debra Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:15:54 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/10/07/remove-characters-before-numbers-excel-questions/#comment-4324 Thanks Jennifer, great tip! Thanks Jennifer, great tip!

]]> Comment on Remove Characters Before Numbers: Excel Questions by Jennifer Deacon http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/10/07/remove-characters-before-numbers-excel-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Jennifer Deacon Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:38:35 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/10/07/remove-characters-before-numbers-excel-questions/#comment-4262 If there's no need to retain the original string, you could use find and replace (shortcut CTRL + H). In the "find what" box search for ~* (the tilde forcing Excel to look for the asterisk rather than taking it as a wildcard). Leave the "replace with" box blank which - as in your solution - will replace it with nothing before clicking replace all. If there’s no need to retain the original string, you could use find and replace (shortcut CTRL + H).

In the “find what” box search for ~* (the tilde forcing Excel to look for the asterisk rather than taking it as a wildcard).

Leave the “replace with” box blank which – as in your solution – will replace it with nothing before clicking replace all.

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20110806 by Debra http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/08/06/excel-twitter-20110806/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 Debra Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:48:26 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/08/06/excel-twitter-20110806/#comment-4086 Hi Andrew, sounds like a great plan, and please let us know how the experiment goes! Hi Andrew, sounds like a great plan, and please let us know how the experiment goes!

]]> Comment on Excel Twitter 20110806 by Andrew http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/08/06/excel-twitter-20110806/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 Andrew Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:57:28 +0000 http://exceltheatre.com/blog/archives/2011/08/06/excel-twitter-20110806/#comment-4085 Hi Debra, That bottom one is hilarious. I wonder if writing my custom functions on my car will help me score chicks. Hmm, might try on a neighbour's car first and see what happens :-) Hi Debra,

That bottom one is hilarious. I wonder if writing my custom functions on my car will help me score chicks. Hmm, might try on a neighbour’s car first and see what happens :-)

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