{"id":2883,"date":"2016-09-09T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:25:55","slug":"excel-twitter-20160909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/09\/09\/excel-twitter-20160909\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20160909"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are your pivot tables mean? Are your Excel workbooks fact or fiction? Is it a real workday, if Excel is behaving nicely? These, and other important questions, in this week\u2019s Excel tweets.<\/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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excel needs a &#8220;highlight all cells that are pure fiction&#8221; button.On 2nd thought, it&#8217;s a rare workbook where Ctrl-A doesn&#8217;t already do this<\/li>\n<li>In other news, it took me 3 hours to work out that the problem I thought I had din&#8217;t actually exist. Excel just has a cell character limit.<\/li>\n<li>I did a pivot table with a chart. You would&#8217;ve thought I cured cancer.<\/li>\n<li>My coworker is helping my boss prep an excel worksheet for vlookup and I&#8217;m trying to not hover. I now understand what it is to be Clippy.<\/li>\n<li>Your mum can&#8217;t overlap with another pivot table.- the most savage office burn I&#8217;ve witnessed this day<\/li>\n<li>Spent 3 hours trying to decipher an excel formula sheet of an ex-colleague just to find out that it&#8217;s actually broken and unfishined&#8230; #fml<\/li>\n<li>I can make a mean pivot table.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes, when I\u2019m cleaning up an Excel worksheet, all I can think is #NUM! #NUM! #NUM!<\/li>\n<li>Skills everyone should have; Sewing a button on, changing a tire, and using Excel pivot tables.<\/li>\n<li>Excel Online; Oh yeah you can &#8220;edit&#8221; your workbook online but it will look like a goat&#8217;s anus.<\/li>\n<li>Apparently my motivation for a day of pivot table training is not high.<\/li>\n<li>The feeling of victory when you solve an excel problem and can deliver exactly what the end user wants.<\/li>\n<li>That rush you get when given an Excel problem &#8211; that&#8217;s my new high. Who needs drugs anyway? #lovemyjob #ithink<\/li>\n<li>My stupid school is depriving me of basic human rights. First the toilets were closed and then @Microsoft Excel won&#8217;t open my work #done<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not a real work day if you haven&#8217;t exploded excel at least twice #datamigration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/twitter20160909b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"key life skill - make a pivot table\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/twitter20160909b_thumb.png\" alt=\"key life skill - make a pivot table\" width=\"457\" height=\"230\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Embedded<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the embedded tweets. The tweets in plain text are above.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Excel needs a &#8220;highlight all cells that are pure fiction&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p>On 2nd thought, it&#8217;s a rare workbook where Ctrl-A doesn&#8217;t already do this<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toxic (@toxic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toxic\/status\/772915258042093568\">September 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In other news, it took me 3 hours to work out that the problem I thought I had din&#8217;t actually exist. Excel just has a cell character limit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Hewitt (@S2Hewitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S2Hewitt\/status\/773241373600415744\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rev_Xavier\">@Rev_Xavier<\/a> pivot reports are my jam.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shawn Bailey (@TheSdotBailey) September 6, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My coworker is helping my boss prep an excel worksheet for vlookup and I&#8217;m trying to not hover. I now understand what it is to be Clippy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zenprime Morpheus (@zenprime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zenprime\/status\/770717124356562944\">August 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Your mum can&#8217;t overlap with another pivot table.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; the most savage office burn I&#8217;ve witnessed this day<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnny Dixon (@JohnnyDixon89) September 5, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spent 3 hours trying to decipher an excel formula sheet of an ex-colleague just to find out that it&#8217;s actually broken and unfishined&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fml?src=hash\">#fml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fashislav Stumpokov (@NashBeliyNarod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashBeliyNarod\/status\/771468772171546624\">September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I can make a mean pivot table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@TheNotoriousALT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousALT\/status\/771817644198535168\">September 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sometimes, when I\u2019m cleaning up an Excel worksheet, all I can think is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUM?src=hash\">#NUM<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUM?src=hash\">#NUM<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUM?src=hash\">#NUM<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Klemetti (@eruptionsblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\/status\/773154256056705025\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Skills everyone should have: Sewing a button on, changing a tire, and using Excel pivot tables.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benji Milanowski (@EgonMilanowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EgonMilanowski\/status\/771545378512527365\">September 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Excel Online: Oh yeah you can &#8220;edit&#8221; your workbook online but it will look like a goat&#8217;s anus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Belville (@joshbelville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshbelville\/status\/770679315734237184\">August 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently my motivation for a day of pivot table training is not high.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vanessa Smith (@normal_ness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/normal_ness\/status\/773254458465583104\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The feeling of victory when you solve an excel problem and can deliver exactly what the end user wants.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Martin (@RumourMacabre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RumourMacabre\/status\/771781410575290368\">September 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That rush you get when given an Excel problem &#8211; that&#8217;s my new high. Who needs drugs anyway? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lovemyjob?src=hash\">#lovemyjob<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ithink?src=hash\">#ithink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alykhan Bharmal (@AlykhanBharmal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlykhanBharmal\/status\/773110529766395904\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My stupid school is depriving me of basic human rights. First the toilets were closed and then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Microsoft\">@Microsoft<\/a> Excel won&#8217;t open my work <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/done?src=hash\">#done<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ganesh C (@GXNESH_CVRTER) September 2, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s not a real work day if you haven&#8217;t exploded excel at least twice <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/datamigration?src=hash\">#datamigration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leah Sproul Pulatie (@leahsprulatie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahsprulatie\/status\/771440448745328640\">September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/twitter20160909a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"key life skill - make a pivot table http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/twitter20160909a_thumb.png\" alt=\"key life skill - make a pivot table http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"457\" height=\"459\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/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\">(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\/toxic\/status\/772915258042093568\">Toxic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/S2Hewitt\/status\/773241373600415744\">Sarah Hewitt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rev_Xavier\/status\/773218847197372416\">Xavier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zenprime\/status\/770717124356562944\">Zenprime Morpheus<\/a>, Johnny Dixon, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashBeliyNarod\/status\/771468772171546624\">Fashislav Stumpokov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousALT\/status\/771817644198535168\">Alex Thompson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eruptionsblog\/status\/773154256056705025\">Erik Klemetti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EgonMilanowski\/status\/771545378512527365\">Benji Milanowski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshbelville\/status\/770679315734237184\">Josh Belville<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/normal_ness\/status\/773254458465583104\">Vanessa Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RumourMacabre\/status\/771781410575290368\">Andrew Martin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlykhanBharmal\/status\/773110529766395904\">Alykhan Bharmal<\/a>, Ganesh C, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leahsprulatie\/status\/771440448745328640\">Leah Sproul Pulatie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are your pivot tables mean? 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