{"id":2794,"date":"2016-05-27T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2016-05-25T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:37:12","slug":"excel-twitter-20160527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/05\/27\/excel-twitter-20160527\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20160527"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which is worse \u2013 &#8220;generously formatted&#8221; Excel workbooks, or files with &#8220;merged and centered&#8221; cells? Maybe you can work on that problem if you get bored this summer. Or, just turn everything into a pivot table!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Plain Text<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the tweets in plain text. The embedded tweets are below. If you like this week&#8217;s tweets, please share the link. Thanks!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guys I have a problem I think I&#8217;m falling in love with Excel<\/li>\n<li>My goal at work is to now try to turn everything into a pivot table.<\/li>\n<li>Audit season means reminding your boss she can use the &#8220;Find&#8221; function in Excel rather than scrolling through 1000&#8217;s of lines<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m making a timeline of events in excel, to mix it up. And because I love excel obviously. #ExcelRevision<\/li>\n<li>Excel sheets at work reached the stage where opening it will ramp up the CPU fan to the maximum for at least 5 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Two hours of work just disappeared. Thank you Microsoft Excel. Thank you Autosave for not saving anything too. #ImOut<\/li>\n<li>Crunching hundreds of excel files while hopped on on NyQuil = bad idea. Code makes sense _now_, in a few days? doubtful. #r #sick<\/li>\n<li>After fighting with a pivot table for 30 minutes, \/me discovers the &#8220;refresh&#8221; button and has a #facepalm moment&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;d love it if Excel dropped the Merge &amp; Center option from files I need to import.<\/li>\n<li>I really need to start pivoting in excel and SQL. But CountIFs helped me do the seating chart.<\/li>\n<li>I really underestimated how much of my work life would be Excel spreadsheets. Should definitely have paid more attention in school.<\/li>\n<li>Is there really a worse hell than having to work off of someone else&#8217;s generously formatted excel sheet?<\/li>\n<li>You know it&#8217;s a great day at work when you break excel because the file is too big #MyLife<\/li>\n<li>I just told my dad I&#8217;m bored and he told me to &#8220;work on my Microsoft excel skills&#8221; ummmmmm fun summer!<\/li>\n<li>Do you even PIVOT TABLE?!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"What people said about Excel this week http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/twitter20160527b.png\" alt=\"What people said about Excel this week http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"323\" height=\"162\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Embedded<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the embedded tweets. The tweets in plain text are above. If you like this week&#8217;s tweets, please share the link. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Guys I have a problem<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m falling in love with Excel<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Moore (@illbzo1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/illbzo1\/status\/733333970557898752\">May 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nMy goal at work is to now try to turn everything into a pivot table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jared Poettker (@jpoettker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpoettker\/status\/733003792900202496\">May 18, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Audit season means reminding your boss she can use the &#8220;Find&#8221; function in Excel rather than scrolling through 1000&#8217;s of lines<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin Stirling (@e_stir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_stir\/status\/733319532807262208\">May 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurahandy\">@laurahandy<\/a> I&#8217;m making a timeline of events in excel, to mix it up. And because I love excel obviously. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExcelRevision?src=hash\">#ExcelRevision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Bardell (@srbardell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srbardell\/status\/735447889103618048\">May 25, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Excel sheets at work reached the stage where opening it will ramp up the CPU fan to the maximum for at least 5 minutes<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hongliang Alex (@Cai_Boi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cai_Boi\/status\/735284138392092672\">May 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nTwo hours of work just disappeared. Thank you Microsoft Excel. Thank you Autosave for not saving anything too. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImOut?src=hash\">#ImOut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mahmoud Mseddi (@Mahmoud_mseddi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahmoud_mseddi\/status\/735433288450506753\">May 25, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crunching hundreds of excel files while hopped on on NyQuil = bad idea. Code makes sense _now_, in a few days? doubtful. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/r?src=hash\">#r<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sick?src=hash\">#sick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 mf. (@_gherkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_gherkin\/status\/734861392470151168\">May 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nAfter fighting with a pivot table for 30 minutes, \/me discovers the &#8220;refresh&#8221; button and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/facepalm?src=hash\">#facepalm<\/a> moment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snrkl (@snrkl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snrkl\/status\/733925716480249856\">May 21, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;d love it if Excel dropped the Merge &amp; Center option from files I need to import.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaun Kennedy (@shaunpkennedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunpkennedy\/status\/733687891281498113\">May 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nI really need to start pivoting in excel and SQL. But CountIFs helped me do the seating chart.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Dearing (@zippy1981) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zippy1981\/status\/733864528622948352\">May 21, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I really underestimated how much of my work life would be Excel spreadsheets. Should definitely have paid more attention in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sophism (@ProbablySophie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProbablySophie\/status\/734556231558397952\">May 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nIs there really a worse hell than having to work off of someone else&#8217;s generously formatted excel sheet?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Peers (@Javva209) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Javva209\/status\/733327749805268993\">May 19, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You know it&#8217;s a great day at work when you break excel because the file is too big <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MyLife?src=hash\">#MyLife<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob Blizzard (@jdblizzard4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdblizzard4\/status\/733019563776966656\">May 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nI just told my dad I&#8217;m bored and he told me to &#8220;work on my Microsoft excel skills&#8221; ummmmmm fun summer!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey Miler (@casedilla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/casedilla\/status\/732978918332862464\">May 18, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Do you even PIVOT TABLE?!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bryan (@brrrryyyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brrrryyyan\/status\/734774748840857600\">May 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"This week's best Excel tweets http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/twitter20160527a.png\" alt=\"This week's best Excel tweets http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"411\" height=\"411\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Get Weekly Excel News By Email<\/h3>\n<p>To get Excel news and tips by email, add your name for the Contextures Excel newsletter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AW-Form-1834975337\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\tjs.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/37\/1834975337.js\";\n\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-z22n761cb\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets By<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/illbzo1\/status\/733333970557898752\">Tyler Moore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpoettker\/status\/733003792900202496\">Jared Poettker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_stir\/status\/733319532807262208\">Erin Stirling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srbardell\/status\/735447889103618048\">Sarah Bardell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cai_Boi\/status\/735284138392092672\">Hongliang Alex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahmoud_mseddi\/status\/735433288450506753\">Mahmoud Mseddi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_gherkin\/status\/734861392470151168\">mf.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snrkl\/status\/733925716480249856\">snrkl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunpkennedy\/status\/733687891281498113\">Shaun Kennedy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zippy1981\/status\/733864528622948352\">Justin Dearing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProbablySophie\/status\/734556231558397952\">Sophism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Javva209\/status\/733327749805268993\">Robert Peers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdblizzard4\/status\/733019563776966656\">Jacob Blizzard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/casedilla\/status\/732978918332862464\">Casey Miler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brrrryyyan\/status\/734774748840857600\">Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which is worse \u2013 &#8220;generously formatted&#8221; Excel workbooks, or files with &#8220;merged and centered&#8221; cells? 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