Well, I haven’t used Excel on a Mac for several years, but it didn’t feel like I was standing on my head. They must have "improved" it in recent versions. so i was working on my worksheet for excel and i hit the power button with my foot and lost it all #tears Problem solving…
Wine, cheese and pivot tables — someone has discovered my secret! Now I’ll get back to work on that red and green Christmas budget workbook. unfortunately the only contact I have with Santa is to send him a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of ratings once a week. I love that, when faced with a logistical problem,…
When you work in Excel on the weekend, it seems to go better with cartoons or football, playing in the background. As far as I know, either American or European football is permissible. Canadian football ended yesterday, so you won’t find that on television until next summer. 10 years ago, i couldn’t have imagined that…
UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently said, "You cannot capture happiness on a spreadsheet any more than you can bottle it" and that was the inspiration for a few Excel tweets yesterday. Elsewhere in the Excel world, people were finding happiness in merged cells and holiday lists. trying to untangle a spreadsheet. It’s like when…
It’s Black Friday in the USA, so nobody is working. Everyone is out shopping for bargains, or staying home to recuperate from Thursday’s enormous Thanksgiving dinner. In the rest of the world, the Excel work goes on, but at least you can see the weekend from here. Actual work done so far today: Opened an…
Happy Thanksgiving, if you’re celebrating today! Most of today’s Excel tweeters seem happy to be using Excel, in keeping with the spirit of giving thanks. After a big turkey dinner, we might all need a wicked awesome workout spreadsheet! i take back all the insults i have given regarding Excel. all you need is a…
Poor Excel is having a bad day – hated by some, accused of basism, and I don’t know as much French as I should, but "je te vomis" doesn’t sound too flattering. Good thing a few people are having fun with their Christmas spreadsheets. My computer just took 23 mins to load an excel doc….
Yes, those Excel files can keep you up all night, just like your kids do (did?). Maybe some magic and/or dragons would scare them away — the Excel files, not the kids! My spreadsheet records marks for quality, quantity and variety of scones, cream, jam and tea. Part of my quest for the ultimate cream…
Using Excel to plan your Thanksgiving dinner does not destroy your soul. Showing your boss how to insert a CD might do that. Anyway, just hide in bed for a while, or have some bacon, and you’ll feel better. Making a excel spreadsheet relationship chart. This will be epic. Dear Tech Support, When I click…
Those Excel workbooks are getting ready for the holidays, and there are many late night sessions ahead. Take time for a latte, or another beverage of choice, in the middle of those mentally exhausting days. Am working on my very 1st ever Excel worksheet. Yes. Laugh all you want. Excel is chugging away, handling millions…
After all your mother has done for you, surely you can give her a bit of help with Excel. It seems easier than moving to Mars — but I haven’t met your mom. 😉 I have a love hate relationship with excel. It can do so much yet so little at the same time! I’m…
Should people in their 40s and 50s be allowed to work on critical Excel files? Maybe they should leave the charts and junk to the younger folk, and spend their time daydreaming, or playing BlackJack. While daydreaming at work, it’s best to keep an elaborate Excel spreadsheet up on your computer. No one questions a…
If your dad is an accountant, he won’t be impressed if you accidentally print a 65 page workbook. He might like that wallet money tracker though. Hmm…haven’t thought of using a spreadsheet to keep track of money in my wallet. That’s a great idea 😀 My stupid Excel spreadsheet is not working. I bet it’s…
Apparently Dr. Who’s scarf has a big following, and it’s great the Excel can help the fans with their craft projects. They probably wake up in the middle of the night to work on the fringe calculations. Excel is pointless. Just use the little chart things in Word. Waiting for an excel macro to Finish……
Snow day? Who’s having a snow day already? Maybe that’s a typo and the tweeter was reading about Excel on a SLOW day. Yeah, that must be it. But my car has its snow tires on now, so I’m ready! copying charts from excel to word in mac is like watching paint dry, but slower….
I’ve never had a spreadsheet chat session, but that "attached pivot table" email sounds familiar. Why is Amazon telling me to buy a comprehensive guide to exploring Excel? Doesn’t it know that ALL I use all day at work is excel? #Excel is not helping me excelerate any part of my life whatsoever Grr data…
Have you heard about artist Agnes Martin before? And is your Excel work Gambaru or likely to cause a stock market crash? Looking busy at work using excel to make a sophisticated outlet shopping battleplan Life imitates Art? I can’t help the fact that I see Agnes Martin in an excel spreadsheet … http://t.co/fZfHJ9R spending…
Are you feeling "troned out" from starting at Excel files? That must be a phrase from a different generation than mine, because I had to Google it. Anyway, build a few pivot tables, and you’ll <3 spreadsheets again. I took an Excel class one time at work and it was all just blah blah. I…
Maybe you should use the minimalist approach in your Excel files. Then you could stop work at 4 PM, to watch Oprah, instead of working on charts until 3 AM. I appear to have entered a minimalist phase of spreadsheet formatting #mlia Just close an entire Excel workbook without saving, had only spent the whole…
You’ve probably had some less than ideal jobs, but were you ever locked in a closet to work on Excel? Now that’s an exercise in torture! Such a serious work environment. I walked by every laptop in there and saw nothing but emails and excel sheets. Have got a full on spreadsheet going for Xmas…
Don’t try to spell concatenate, just use the ampersand operator to combine text in Excel! Save your energy for more important things, like teaching Excel shortcuts to your dad. I seriously have to stop using #excel for word processing; I’m holding onto hope that there’s a formula like =wordprocess(), what a genius. Ok so my…
If you could have one new Excel feature for Christmas, would it be a 3D scatter chart? Of course, if I had a dollar for every data dump, I could buy anything that I wanted! On a couiple of my work reports, I make nice black boxes on Excel, then with a brand new hi-lighter,…
Plenty of spreadsheets have put me in a bad mood, but I don’t get The Economist, so had to Google to see why this week’s cover was so upsetting. To save you the trouble of hunting for it, here’s what the cover looks like. I’ve been at work for 1.5h and all I’ve done is…
If your boss went to celebrate at the Giants parade, leaving you with an Excel file that’s due by noon, try eating some chocolate. It might not help, but can’t hurt! Trying to teach yourself Excel in order to create a spreadsheet due by noon is NOT the bizness!!! Dayumn! someone teach me how to…
Forgot to remove the filter? Isn’t that what caused a serious Excel error at Barclays a couple of years ago? While you’re at it, check the pivot table summary functions too! Am I the only one who finds it annoying when I get an Excel workbook that still has a Sheet2 and Sheet3 when only…
Now that Halloween is over, we can finalize our candy-grubbers spreadsheets, and move on. Fortunately, there are other things, like basketball scores, to calculate. i think i’ve been a musician for too long. i seriously cant figure out how to work with an excel spreadsheet. If you don’t think I spent the last hour on…
November! How did that happen? Maybe I should let Excel do the thinking for me, and the time wouldn’t pass as quickly. says, "I’m a latecomer to the party, but wow are Excel Pivot Tables awesome." Any chance you could crack into the leave excel spreadsheet and mark off two days for me…? WOnt be…
Ah yes, a "minor change" to an Excel file, that leads to drinking. That can happen when you work at a yo-you company. Or anywhere else! The face is currently submerged in an Excel workbook. What a way to start a Friday… It’s datalicious, baby : ) It’s a friday night, time to get down…
Excel is relaxing, and calming, and can put you to sleep. But try to stay alert, so you’ll remember why you created that new, blank workbook. why does searching the help in excel take me to books I can buy? did they abolish their help within excel? #MSSUCKS Falling asleep in class. 3 hrs of…
Yesterday was a very spiritual experience for some Excel tweeters, with God and angels and biblical proportions involved. On the secular side, there was time travel, chocolate and world domination. Boss: "I love Excel. It’s like chocolate. So good." Me: "Freak." Afternoon wasn’t productive at all <_< Took almost 2 hours to figure out how…
Communication skills are crucial, whether you’re trying to be tactful with the boss, or bossy with the wedding guests. If all else fails, try to get your message across in a rap song. I’m looking @ this Excel Spreadsheet and thinking "If only my life was this organized." Doin’ serious work on excel + rockin’…
If you jump out of bed to work on Excel problems, you might want to keep a coffee-related workbook close by. And maybe something for a headache. Another can’t miss idea: a zine about spreadsheet design called "8pt Verdana." Centerfold is a huge pivot table. Waiting for an acquaintance to come by so I can…
Teens, Sudoku and cheese — an Excel pivot table could help you with those, unless you’ve had a few beers for lunch. learning about Gantt (yes with two Ts) charts. I had no idea Excel could be an extreme sport I am designing my new wardrobe on an excel spreadsheet. Did I mention i was…
Spreadsheets…the stuff of dreams and nightmares. And I’m sure it would make better television than most of the stuff that’s on. I grok Excel. Really, I do. Except charts. What is it about you, charts, that make my mind mush? My day is henceforth a tangled miasma of spreadsheet-based nightmares. The horror, the horror. Will…
The only fashion math I know is shirt + pants = outfit, but maybe there’s more to it than that. I could dress my spreadsheet in festive fall colours though. And if you’d like to save a ton of work by using the Excel INDEX function, watch the video at the end. Looks like those…
Oh no! I missed World Statistics Day. The odds are good that you missed it too. Let’s get that on the events calendar for next year, and we’ll do some spreadsheet work as penance. Right after we pause for ice cream. It’s been years since #msexcel has stumped me… I won’t give up and will…