{"id":3154,"date":"2017-05-19T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2017-05-18T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T15:28:43","slug":"excel-twitter-20170519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2017\/05\/19\/excel-twitter-20170519\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20170519"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Excel a constant horror story? Do you hear people screaming every time you create a pivot table? Or, is your lizard brain happy about the new pivot table options?<\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you don&#8217;t have those options, you can store and apply settings with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contextures.com\/xlPivotPremAddIn.html\">Pivot Power Premium (PPP) add-in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/twitter20170519b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Horror Story: &quot;Excel stopped working&quot; http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/twitter20170519b_thumb.png\" alt=\"Horror Story: &quot;Excel stopped working&quot; http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"199\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/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>that little buzz that comes with solving an excel problem<\/li>\n<li>Things I will never understand; the guy at work who types his numbers into Excel, then uses a calculator to add them up. #YoureDoingItWrong<\/li>\n<li>If only my lizard brain could work out how to use Excel like matlab ;(<\/li>\n<li>Today&#8217;s Boss Battle; standard deviation error bars in excel.I am only a level 1 bard. So not up to this.<\/li>\n<li>Yes of course I download my bank transactions into Excel and summarise with pivot tables. Doesn&#8217;t everyone?<\/li>\n<li>was using Excel Pivot Tables over 3 decades ago. I can not believe it took Microsoft this long to let users personalize their default PT<\/li>\n<li>A horror story; I&#8217;m so focused at work today then suddenly, &#8220;Microsoft Excel stopped working&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t put a pivot table into a sheet without hearing this<\/li>\n<li>Just solved an Excel problem with Google, feeling like I actually accomplished something today.<\/li>\n<li>Listening to the Imperial March whilst working is so cool. You feel like a boss fixing all those errors on the Excel sheets #StarWars<\/li>\n<li>feeling super boss. gave this excel spreadsheet the BUSINESS and finished my chicken\/waffles before noon.<\/li>\n<li>dear fellow ppl who ship books via excel and stuff; can we lobby massachusetts to change its ZIP code to something that doesn&#8217;t start w 0<\/li>\n<li>Proof I&#8217;m an adult;I got excited for making an excel chart for my finances this summer lol<\/li>\n<li>Last night you were in my cell\/\/now my spreadsheet smells like you\/\/every day discovering some formula brand new\/\/I&#8217;m in love with Excel<\/li>\n<li>I just want to insert a calculated field inside a pivot table without crying, is that too much to ask?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">that little buzz that comes with solving an excel problem<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margaret Elizabeth (@melduckie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melduckie\/status\/864963472454545408\">May 17, 2017<\/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\">Things I will never understand: the guy at work who types his numbers into Excel, then uses a calculator to add them up. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YoureDoingItWrong?src=hash\">#YoureDoingItWrong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 addie (@abjornsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abjornsen\/status\/864612481724956673\">May 16, 2017<\/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\">If only my lizard brain could work out how to use Excel like matlab \ud83d\ude41 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXT0q3vOeN\">https:\/\/t.co\/vXT0q3vOeN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anne-Marike Schiffer (@schiff_marike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schiff_marike\/status\/864578608391761921\">May 16, 2017<\/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\">Today&#8217;s Boss Battle: standard deviation error bars in excel.<\/p>\n<p>I am only a level 1 bard. So not up to this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sir Tessa (@sirtessa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirtessa\/status\/863615879321272320\">May 14, 2017<\/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;Yes of course I download my bank transactions into Excel and summarise with pivot tables. Doesn&#8217;t everyone?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie Thomson (@jamiet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiet\/status\/864738238551994368\">May 17, 2017<\/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\">was using Excel Pivot Tables over 3 decades ago. I can not believe it took Microsoft this long to let users personalize their default PT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buddahfan (@Buddahfan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buddahfan\/status\/864527233024577536\">May 16, 2017<\/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 horror story: I&#8217;m so focused at work today then suddenly, &#8220;Microsoft Excel stopped working&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Camille Bawan (@alassea027) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alassea027\/status\/864438756698234880\">May 16, 2017<\/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&#8217;t put a pivot table into a sheet without hearing this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VvfdeHSZ2Z\">pic.twitter.com\/VvfdeHSZ2Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sammy D (@calamitysam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calamitysam\/status\/865148902231691264\">May 18, 2017<\/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\">Just solved an Excel problem with Google, feeling like I actually accomplished something today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sparkles\u2728 (@sparksrox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparksrox\/status\/864832111915798528\">May 17, 2017<\/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\">Listening to the Imperial March whilst working is so cool. You feel like a boss fixing all those errors on the Excel sheets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarWars?src=hash\">#StarWars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gaganjeet Singh (@BaggageAndDish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaggageAndDish\/status\/863472028313104385\">May 13, 2017<\/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\">feeling super boss. gave this excel spreadsheet the BUSINESS and finished my chicken\/waffles before noon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dash. (@olddash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/olddash\/status\/862698283663319040\">May 11, 2017<\/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\">dear fellow ppl who ship books via excel and stuff: can we lobby massachusetts to change its ZIP code to something that doesn&#8217;t start w 0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 strang (@HoneyNutCrunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoneyNutCrunch\/status\/862700757816147968\">May 11, 2017<\/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\">Proof I&#8217;m an adult:<\/p>\n<p>I got excited for making an excel chart for my finances this summer lol<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avery Veitel (@AveryVeitel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AveryVeitel\/status\/863507052001447941\">May 13, 2017<\/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\">Last night you were in my cell\/\/now my spreadsheet smells like you\/\/every day discovering some formula brand new\/\/I&#8217;m in love with Excel<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Carter (@abccarter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abccarter\/status\/864309681510117377\">May 16, 2017<\/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 just want to insert a calculated field inside a pivot table without crying, is that too much to ask? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n3wYtCw0Xh\">https:\/\/t.co\/n3wYtCw0Xh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Hansen (@jduncanhansen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jduncanhansen\/status\/862840815751704576\">May 12, 2017<\/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\/2017\/05\/twitter20170519a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Horror Story: &quot;Excel stopped working&quot; http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/twitter20170519a_thumb.png\" alt=\"Horror Story: &quot;Excel stopped working&quot; http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" 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\/melduckie\/status\/864963472454545408\">Margaret Elizabeth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abjornsen\/status\/864612481724956673\">addie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schiff_marike\/status\/864578608391761921\">Anne-Marike Schiffer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirtessa\/status\/863615879321272320\">Sir Tessa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiet\/status\/864738238551994368\">Jamie Thomson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buddahfan\/status\/864527233024577536\">Buddahfan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alassea027\/status\/864438756698234880\">Camille Bawan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calamitysam\/status\/865148902231691264\">Sammy D<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparksrox\/status\/864832111915798528\">sparkles\u2728<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaggageAndDish\/status\/863472028313104385\">Gaganjeet Singh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/olddash\/status\/862698283663319040\">dash.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoneyNutCrunch\/status\/862700757816147968\">strang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AveryVeitel\/status\/863507052001447941\">Avery Veitel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abccarter\/status\/864309681510117377\">Adam Carter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jduncanhansen\/status\/862840815751704576\">John Hansen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Excel a constant horror story? 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