{"id":3337,"date":"2018-01-19T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2025-05-10T13:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:24:33","slug":"excel-twitter-20180119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2018\/01\/19\/excel-twitter-20180119\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20180119"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t try to fix your old Excel macros, if an IF formula gives you a headache. Just hit the Send Email button, and unload the problem on somebody else. And remember to use the Comic Sans font!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twitter20180119b.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=\"Decipher an Excel macro you wrote 5 years ago http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twitter20180119b_thumb.png\" alt=\"Decipher an Excel macro you wrote 5 years ago http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"201\" 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>I remember when the If function on excel was my biggest problem in life<\/li>\n<li>haven&#8217;t saved an excel workbook in 2 years; just use the &#8216;send email&#8217; in the quick toolbar. 500 sent emails with &#8216;book1.xlsx&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Couldn&#8217;t answer an excel question at work; I am pointless and should be made redundant<\/li>\n<li>Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of data yearning to breathe free, and I shall build a pivot table to give it meaning.<\/li>\n<li>I get way too much enjoyment finding ways to make work more efficient with formulas in excel<\/li>\n<li>Excel tip learnt. Can&#8217;t undo if you delete a worksheet.<\/li>\n<li>When your boss prints out a pivot table and hands it out to everyone in the meeting. I thought I was going to have to kill myself in the meeting to prove a point.<\/li>\n<li>This snow day is brought to you by my work excel sheet with over 20,000 entries attempting to re-calculate when I add to it #currently35percent<\/li>\n<li>I wrote an excel macro two years ago that gets used a bunch at my office and I had to fix a problem with it the other week. It was like untangling the gordian knot<\/li>\n<li>Me, an &#8220;adult&#8221;: Yes I can totally do this, and color code it too, it will be before the due date and under budget!!Also me: *googles how to spell excel*<\/li>\n<li>The boss&#8217; Excel skills #ScaryIn4Words<\/li>\n<li>I believe pivot tables solve all problems in Excel. I also believe pivot tables solve all problems generally.<\/li>\n<li>Me: I&#8217;m going to learn to code and become an analytics wizard Also Me: Excel formulas give me headaches, what the hell is an if function<\/li>\n<li>I open my work email to an Excel document formatted in Comic Sans MS. Today is hereby cancelled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get Monthly Excel Tips!<\/h3>\n<p>Sign up for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/contexturesnews.html\">monthly Excel newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll get quick tips, article links, and a bit of fun.<\/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\">I remember when the If function on excel was my biggest problem in life<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 man&#8217;s not hot (@Hayah_R) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayah_R\/status\/953715403137732613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">haven&#8217;t saved an excel workbook in 2 years; just use the &#8216;send email&#8217; in the quick toolbar. 500 sent emails with &#8216;book1.xlsx&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p>\u2014 Ryan (@NadineCoyleVEVO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineCoyleVEVO\/status\/952006670003011584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">Couldn&#8217;t answer an excel question at work; I am pointless and should be made redundant<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Paddy (@Padzzzzz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Padzzzzz\/status\/953959610318278656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of data yearning to breathe free, and I shall build a pivot table to give it meaning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Michael (@grilledcheese28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grilledcheese28\/status\/951522237097693184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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 get way too much enjoyment finding ways to make work more efficient with formulas in excel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Liv (@lifewithlivxo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lifewithlivxo\/status\/953658845313855490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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 tip learnt. Can&#8217;t undo if you delete a worksheet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Abhishttu (@ananthb86) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ananthb86\/status\/953393319173791744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">When your boss prints out a pivot table and hands it out to everyone in the meeting. I thought I was going to have to kill myself in the meeting to prove a point.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 angryrse (@angryrose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/angryrose\/status\/953399459039281152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">This snow day is brought to you by my work excel sheet with over 20,000 entries attempting to re-calculate when I add to it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/currently35percent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#currently35percent<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Chloe Farmer (@ChloSaur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChloSaur\/status\/953716625399828481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">Solving a problem with excel using crazy nested IFs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tiTNyk6lGR\">pic.twitter.com\/tiTNyk6lGR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 visit rezq.space (@dumbmongreldog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dumbmongreldog\/status\/953597290966650880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">Me, an &#8220;adult&#8221;: Yes I can totally do this, and color code it too, it will be before the due date and under budget!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Also me: *googles how to spell excel*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robin wires (@wirenths) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wirenths\/status\/953098282607128576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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 boss&#8217; Excel skills <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScaryIn4Words?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScaryIn4Words<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Jenny (@MjJava22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MjJava22\/status\/952019731623694336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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 believe pivot tables solve all problems in Excel. I also believe pivot tables solve all problems generally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Jocelyn Steinberg (@JossieSteinberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JossieSteinberg\/status\/953709343270162432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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\">Me: I&#8217;m going to learn to code and become an analytics wizard<br \/>\nAlso Me: Excel formulas give me headaches, what the hell is an if function<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\u2014 Jeff Veillette (@JeffVeillette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffVeillette\/status\/951989116148822017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/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 open my work email to an Excel document formatted in Comic Sans MS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Today is hereby cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CMDR Beverly Crusher (@Neeq_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Neeq_\/status\/953682779023298560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twitter20180119a.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=\"Deciphering an Excel macro you wrote 5 years ago http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twitter20180119a_thumb.png\" alt=\"Deciphering an Excel macro you wrote 5 years ago http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"332\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t try to fix your old Excel macros, if an IF formula gives you a headache. 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