I love pivot tables too, but would draw the line at cuddling with one. Each to his (or her) own taste! Learning Excel Thingies When you’re in a class that’s teaching you how to use a computer it would help if the teacher knew how to work Excel… Or a mouse. Whoever is teaching this…
Should you trust a boss who has a spreadsheet that will help you get a girlfriend? I don’t think so, but you’ll have to decide for yourself. And I like Excel keyboard shortcuts too, but have never made a game out of it. Dirty Tricks Just handed a report to my boss, he tells me…
Bill Gates recently created a Twitter account, and attracted thousands of followers in a very short time. Some of those followers hope that he’ll help with their Excel problems. Maybe he can help with those features that don’t work exactly the way that we’d like. Hello Bill Gates @billgates Taking a class on Excel 2007…
It’s Friday, and you made it through another week without yelling at your boss. Well, I hope you did. 😉 Some people are suffering though, and they might need a bit of medication, or maybe the best solution is just another Excel spreadsheet. Excel Problems Oh excel, how I hate that you like to complain…
If you make it through school, you can graduate to an exciting career, working with Excel. And a little baling wire and duct tape might help too. And if you’re on your way to becoming a pivot table genius, there are Pivot Table Tutorials on the Contextures website. Big Dose of Wake-up I just added…
Excel helps you stay organized, and you can even help other people with their stuff. Just be careful that you don’t lose everything that you entered. Your wedding could be ruined! And if you’re trying to make a timeline in Excel there are instructions here for an Excel Gantt Chart. Excel Time Design an excel…
With all its calculations and charts, Excel can create some stress in your life. Sometimes, Excel might even drive you to drink! Just be careful if you decide to resort to Voodoo in your attempt to defeat Excel. A calculator might be a safer tool. And if you’re mad a formulas too, the Excel Function…
Twitter is a great place to complain about Excel, or escape for a few minutes. If only it didn’t leave that tell-tale Twitter icon on the Windows Taskbar! And if you need help with your budget workbooks, there are a few examples on the Contextures Sample Excel Files page. Twitter is Great i wish when…
Excel is making some people feel powerful, while others are confused. Maybe their brains are starved from being on the New Year’s diets. But remember — size doesn’t matter! Activate the Neurons the MS Excel sumproduct function is powerful, and also confusing >:) Playing with Excel formulas, trying to activate the neurons that understand them….
Excel, evil genius and Jane Austen. Where else but Twitter can you find those three things together? Evil Genius I am officially a campaign treasurer. Hooray for Excel class paying off! I used the word "bitchin’" and the words "Excel spreadsheet" in the same sentence today. sometimes Excel makes me feel like an evil genius….
I thought people stayed home on snow days, but apparently in some places just the schools shut down, and people take their kids to the office. Dating Tips I am dating excel spreadsheets this week. They are fun. Precise. Accurate. And most importantly, quiet. Cheers! I’ve created an Excel spreadsheet to document all the lovers…
Food and Excel seem to go together pretty well. You can use Excel to calculate your recipe ingredients, or store your shopping list. We don’t have Meijer stores in my neighbourhood, but they seem to sell everything from couches to camping gear to Cap’n Crunch cereal. Handy! Selling Taste Domino is touting 40% increase in…
What do you fear most? Your boss? Your unknown future? Losing your har? These things, and much more, worry our Excel Twitterers today. The Boss I just concatenated in Excel. Like a boss! My boss knows what I watch whilst at work! Sometimes I catch up on Eastenders whilst working on excel. Gud to have…
I love Excel pivot tables, so it’s nice to see so many tweets that share the pivot table love. The Ribbon, however, doesn’t enjoy the same level of universal adoration. Maybe it’ll grow on us over time. Pivot This Mess I will forever remember this day, for a few moments ago I realized the importance…
Today’s Excel tweets show the amazing diversity of Excel uses. And Excel users. You can use Excel to keep track of your Facebook friends, or to plan a space shuttle flight. And I still use Excel books, but Google makes it possible to do quite a bit in Excel, without looking at books. Something Useful…
There’s always a mixture of love and hate for Excel in the daily tweets. Apparently Excel has a good thesaurus though. I guess the hater forgot to mention that. And yes, I sometimes work out a formula on paper too, before writing it in Excel. Do you? Pen and Paper smile to myself anytime i…
It’s pretty cold here this week, so that Palm Springs Film Festival sure sounds tempting. But I’ll probably just stay inside and watch The Simpsons. But wherever I am, I definitely won’t be smoking! What We’re Watching curling up in bed attempting to finish up these excel documents…$10 says I lose interest in the next…
Here’s the first collection of Excel related tweets for 2010. Some people are reluctant to get back to work, but Excel will be waiting for them, with open arms. And I’d like to temporarily set the date default to 2009 sometimes too. If you’re entering data from last month, it’s a pain to have to…
Last day of the year/decade. You’ll have a few days away from your boss, enjoying time with your family. Happy New Year! Here Comes the Boss I feel like I’m in a Nascar pit crew when the boss comes round n I hav 3 secs to look busy. Facebook & ESPN closed! Excel, maximize! My…
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the middle of the last week of the decade! Take a little time off for some food, fun and games, in Excel, of course. Sink Your Teeth Into It Breakfast at the diner, greenmarket, then back home to plot for the next year. This may involve excel. My wife is…
Sorting a list, making a chart – how hard could it be? Good thing we have Excel to improve our productivity! So Hard To Sort I’m sorry non-sorting excel person; you are the weakest link. Please don’t let them near me during Global. Just upgraded all the software on the work laptop for the SF…
Cartoon backgrounds in your Excel worksheets? Why not? Things are slow during the last week of the year, so have a bit of fun. Just remember to get rid of those backgrounds before the new year starts! Formatting Frenzy Note to Excel users. Just because there are hundreds of available colors does not mean they…
Finally, it’s Christmas Eve, and all the shopping is done, presents are wrapped, and complicated toys are assembled. Time for you to curl up with a nice Excel spreadsheet, play a few games, and relax by the crackling fire. Merry Christmas! Excel Games For those interested, MS Excel 95 had a code embedded in it…
There was an interesting question about government reports in the Excel Twitter posts. What’s your opinion? And after you’ve pondered that, you can take a look at the 2010 predictions, and decide how accurate they are. Government Reports Due diligence is more than an excel sheet with wild guesses on revenues, pass it on. Opinions…
Geez, school was much tougher a hundred years ago, when I was in class. We didn’t watch movies and bake cookies! And of course, Excel hadn’t been invented yet, so there were no Excel classes either. I did take a typing class though, and that has been more helpful in my career than I would…
Another Monday, another week of fighting with Excel. It will be a short work week for you though, if you get Friday off. And remember, you’re not the only one suffering – here are some Excel-themed tweets from your co-sufferers. Statistics For Lunatics Trying to figure how to do normal dist chart in Excel. Google…
It’s amazing that you’re so smart, but your co-workers don’t have a clue how to use Excel. They’re lucky to have you to bail them out of trouble! Of course, it would help if we all had fancy new versions of Excel, with all the features that we really need. Pivot Table Genius Exercising my…
Time for some fun and games with Excel! It’s too bad that everyone doesn’t share our Excellent sense of humour. Fun An hour and a half of fun with Excel to correct a simple sort mistake. Good learning experience, though. I have a tendency to make Excel charts for things that do not need Excel…
What kind of music do you listen to while you work in Excel? Today’s tweets show a wide variety of musical tastes, including Beach Boys, Anthrax and Jay-Z. And I agree with the tweet about old code – it’s rarely beautiful to revisit. You usually think of a dozen ways you could have done it…
It’s the season of joy and goodwill, but there’s still the odd pocket of hate for Excel. Some people feel the love though, and most of them add nice smileys at the end of their tweets. Santa might add those Excel haters to his naughty list, if they’re not careful. Don’t let that happen to…
Running out of blue? That’s never happened to me, but you never know what problems other people are having. And Excel wasn’t invented in time for my liberal arts education, but students today could benefit from a class or two. Even those broadcast journalism majors! Out of Sorts I patiently explain to him that excel…
Ah, the weekend. Relax and enjoy some time with your family, and Excel. You might have time to play some games, but if you have homework, don’t leave it till Sunday night – do it now! (I’m sure that I did all my homework on Saturday, way back when I was in school.) Kid Unfriendly…
According to today’s Excel tweets, bosses don’t excel in Excel. I’m sure some bosses know what they’re doing, and their employees are too busy to spend the day complaining on Twitter! But, if your boss drives you crazy, or Excel ruins your day, you can always turn to drink. Or philosophy. Who’s the Boss? I…
Some people use Excel for simple things, like a shopping list, or a bit of homework. Other people are more ambitious, and spend their days analyzing data. It’s funny though – the shopping list people seem happier than the analysts. But either of those activities is better than helping your dad with his Excel problems….
Now that more people are using the Excel 2010 beta, they’re tweeting about it. Some are excited about the new features, others…not so much. Some of my clients use Walmart Retail Link reports, so I’ll have to warn them about the problem in 2010. And speaking of features, that person who needs the opposite of…
People love pivot tables, with the exception of a few, including the person who posted the first tweet shown below. The rest of us are glowing, while living the easy life. A Good Pivot Table Excel and pivot tables were created by someone with a deep-rooted hatred for people. It’s been three days, and I’m…