{"id":3925,"date":"2019-10-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T21:23:58","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20191025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/10\/25\/excel-tweets-roundup-20191025\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20191025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, those Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day, but try not to think about them all evening too. Do some non-numeric things to take your mind off the problems, or use Excel to build a windmill! And watch the video at the end, if you want to fix those mysterious pivot table errors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Here are my favourite Excel tweets, from all the ones that I saw on Twitter this week.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stress is getting to me. Couldn&#8217;t get vlookup to work in Excel for the last two days because I was too dumb to remember &#8220;,false&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John (@DrkSpde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrkSpde\/status\/1187084335641518082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The more I learn about excel the more I realise that lawfirms are so bad at using it properly. having learned some basic formula I can think of at least two all nighters that were completely unnecessary in my old firm.<br \/>\nBasic tech should be part of legal education<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Se\u00e1na Grant (@GrantSana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantSana\/status\/1187086290623303683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When the only software your organisation will let you use is Excel (and VBA) but you still manage to make things work&#8230;<br \/>\n(via Reddit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Excel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Excel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Meme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Meme<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLhVWnqN6N\">pic.twitter.com\/gLhVWnqN6N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martin Leduc (@DecimalTurn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecimalTurn\/status\/1187136315927814145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So I just realised there was a very silly cut and paste error in my Excel model that has invalidated my whole day&#8217;s work. How is your day going?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan (@ExiledVictorian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExiledVictorian\/status\/1187219656718684162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last night my husband taught me some basic excel pivot table tricks. This is going to be lots of fun for analysis of place-name types and distribution in the sagas. Most of all though I loved that he pronounced pivot \u201cpee-voe\u201d. Mais oui, bien s\u00fbr! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/placenames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#placenames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/icelandicsagas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#icelandicsagas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7M0kdCDCQB\">pic.twitter.com\/7M0kdCDCQB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Emily Lethbridge (@lethbridge_e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lethbridge_e\/status\/1187297439608442880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why do tech types I work with insist on using Excel for non-number things<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey P. (@beghead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beghead\/status\/1187427003760365569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My face when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/excel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#excel<\/a> says it can\u2019t do the function I\u2019m asking it to do and bossily tells me how to work around it.. don\u2019t tell me what to do.. You don\u2019t know my life! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yfufFvn4ru\">pic.twitter.com\/yfufFvn4ru<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 thecanface (@thecanface) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thecanface\/status\/1187039600356839424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I realized I have completed my transformation to an adult when I was able to work on excel without having to use the mouse<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge of the Jungle (@jorrgeeG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jorrgeeG\/status\/1187410147250860035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tell her you gonna work the healthy excel job that doesn&#8217;t have much responsibility <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aDfllGjEzQ\">pic.twitter.com\/aDfllGjEzQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KamaelIvanov (@kamaelSH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamaelSH\/status\/1187108974384037888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is my worst nightmare. I normally sit there and pray to the excel gods for it to work<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jade Eyles (@Seismic_Jade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Seismic_Jade\/status\/1187382432582000640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When I have to re-teach myself rudimentary lists and pivot tables in excel every 3-4 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zl125OzICW\">pic.twitter.com\/zl125OzICW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parker Ward (@pkdub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pkdub\/status\/1187081769985564672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Left work this evening with Excel giving me a funky <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GETTING_DATA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GETTING_DATA<\/a> error on my data model. That\u2019s going to annoy me all evening<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Jury (@DGJury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGJury\/status\/1187081178173640716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When I get bored at work, I create a new excel color scheme. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZhWofXNK7\">pic.twitter.com\/TZhWofXNK7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2113a\u2113a \u273e (@lalalaurenk_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lalalaurenk_\/status\/1187370998301102081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Creating Excel charts is the least of my artistic talents. Which is really saying something, if you have seen my pencil drawings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Shelton (@SheltonMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheltonMP\/status\/1186703792194146306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/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-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">high school may have not taught me how to code, but it did teach me how to use excel sooooo you use what you got<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 spoopy kazzie (@_kazzyalaniz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_kazzyalaniz\/status\/1187226444298014720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3>Excel Tweets Roundup<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading this week&#8217;s Excel tweets roundup, and did you have a favourite?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Excel meme: Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cutpasteerror01a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Excel meme: Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cutpasteerror01a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Excel meme: Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excel meme: Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3>Fix Excel Pivot Table Refresh Errors<\/h3>\n<p>Learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelpivottableerrors.html\">more about Excel pivot table errors<\/a>, on my Contextures site.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_vQmKbDl1w?rel=0\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cutpasteerror01b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cutpasteerror01b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day!\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, those Excel cut and paste errors can ruin your day, but try not to think about them all evening too. Do some non-numeric things to take your mind off the problems, or use Excel to build a windmill! And watch the video at the end, if you want to fix those mysterious pivot table &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/10\/25\/excel-tweets-roundup-20191025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Excel Tweets Roundup 20191025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-excel-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4520,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions\/4520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}