{"id":4110,"date":"2020-04-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2020-04-16T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:19:35","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20200417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/04\/17\/excel-tweets-roundup-20200417\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20200417"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you&#8217;re working from home, do you spend your days yelling (out loud) at Excel? Or are you too busy crying, because your workbook didn&#8217;t save? Or did Elon Musk&#8217;s Excel list, with its merged cells, make you cry?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Here are my favourite Excel tweets, from 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\">Calling any excel work a \u201ctool\u201d or a \u201cdashboard\u201d will instantly make everyone love it. Facts<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LNE (@bbylne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbylne\/status\/1250727446388883456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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 literally just learned that if you double click on a value in a pivot table EXCEL MAKES A WHOLE NEW TABLE TO EXPLAIN IT???<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin H. (@curly_erin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curly_erin\/status\/1250846155635920899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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\">Doing Microsoft and excel work on a MacBook is literal torture<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty (@itskeyon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itskeyon\/status\/1250616495568289792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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 you work on an excel for 5 hours and consistently click save but it never saves and you lose everything and then you cry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 samimiami (@SamiiMiamii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiiMiamii\/status\/1250504338562301954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/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 solved my problem using VBA*! Now I have ALL the insight. It feels so good.<\/p>\n<p>I borrowed and edited some code I found online, am&#8230; am I a developer now?<\/p>\n<p>*Turns out it\u2019s still a super powerful tool to use when playing with Excel. In 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e28YPSimdQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/e28YPSimdQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Marshall (@jamesbmarshall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbmarshall\/status\/1250565269078118402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/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\">Learned about an awesome feature called Power Pivot in Microsoft Excel today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PENOpXcF8n\">pic.twitter.com\/PENOpXcF8n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kieran Tind (@MeshugaApple) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeshugaApple\/status\/1250865003458158594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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\">Trying to solve a simple problem with an overly complicated strategy: Michal&#8217;s Story of Excel (and possibly her life)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michal Smith (@Shirley_Keeldar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shirley_Keeldar\/status\/1250847349452259328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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\">Special shoutout to my 10-year-old MacBook Pro who has been handling two desktops, too many internet windows, and countless excel sheets and connecting to my work&#8217;s network like a true PRO. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olivia (@ocav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ocav\/status\/1250839208136249347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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\">As an accountant, it\u2019s frustrating not to see the grand total, plus the merge cells..that\u2019s a excel sin. Anyways good work man<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohamed shareej hidayathulla (@MohamedShareej) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohamedShareej\/status\/1250850085803642881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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\">Made it through a whole day of work without opening excel. What is this!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Agoyonohuts\u00e9 (@OtoneClouds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OtoneClouds\/status\/1250552227040657408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/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\">Oh god, you\u2019re giving me flashbacks to my childhood:<br \/>\n\u2018Not only can we solve your problem, we can plot it in excel!\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018But dad, I just want help with this one question&#8230;\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018No no. To the computer!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jam vulture (@jerrykmII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerrykmII\/status\/1250413345691312130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/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 love to work from home because now I can actually yell out loud at Excel instead of internally.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boogie (@Boogieknight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boogieknight\/status\/1250817214468374530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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 sister just asked me if I knew how to do pivot tables and my heart leapt for joy in that I could share this gift of Excel with her <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cfr9XDzGC\">pic.twitter.com\/8cfr9XDzGC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Banasikowski Weir (@Julia_S_W) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julia_S_W\/status\/1250788535155789825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2020<\/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>Merged cells are an Excel sin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exceltwitter20200417a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"exceltwitter20200417a\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exceltwitter20200417a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"exceltwitter20200417a\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exceltwitter20200417b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Merged cells are an Excel sin\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/exceltwitter20200417b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Merged cells are an Excel sin\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you&#8217;re working from home, do you spend your days yelling (out loud) at Excel? 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