{"id":4340,"date":"2022-01-03T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:14:47","slug":"excel-humour-2022-01-03-how-to-use-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2022\/01\/03\/excel-humour-2022-01-03-how-to-use-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Humour 2022-01-03 How to Use Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are over, and it&#8217;s time to get back to work. Do you remember how to use Excel?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>After the Holidays<\/h3>\n<p>My Excel brain felt a bit rusty this morning \u2013 how about yours?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/holidaysoverexcel01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Holidays over. Can't remember how to use Excel\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/holidaysoverexcel01_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Holidays over. Can't remember how to use Excel\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Excel Tips and Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re stuck on an Excel problem, check the tutorials on my Contextures site \u2013 you might find an answer there.<\/p>\n<p>Start with these <strong>popular tutorials<\/strong>, or go to the full index on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/tiptech.html\">the Excel Tips page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/learnthesekeyexcelskills.html\">Excel, Key Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/xlfunctions04.html\">How to Count Specific Cells<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelvlookupexamples.html\">How to Do a VLOOKUP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/createpivottable.html\">Create a Pivot Table<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Latest Excel Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p>Next, check out what&#8217;s new on my Contextures site.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the <strong>latest tutorials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelcopypasteproblemsfix.html\">Copy &amp; Paste Problems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/exceldynamicfilteredlist.html\">Interactive Dynamic Filter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelfilterfunctionsummaryreports.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Show Totals with Excel FILTER Function<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelclusterstackchartpivot.html\">Cluster Stack Pivot Chart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelremoveduplicatesnumbers.html\">Remove Duplicates &#8211; Number Problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelconditionalformatproblem.html\">Fix Conditional Formatting Extra Rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelcalculationoptions.html\">Change Excel calculation options<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/excelsumcountdaterange.html\">Sum or Count Based on Date Range<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/exceldropdownlatestitemstop.html\">Drop Down List &#8211; Top Items<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Excel Files<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for examples, you&#8217;ll find Excel workbooks on most of the Excel tutorial pages.<\/p>\n<p>For even more sample files, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/tiptech.html\">the Excel workbooks page<\/a>, where there are more than 200 files for you to select from.<\/p>\n<h3>Latest Video: Analyze Top Product Sales<\/h3>\n<p>If you like to learn Excel through videos, here&#8217;s my latest one.<\/p>\n<p>In an Excel pivot table, you can use the % Running Total calculation, to show the current running total amount, divided by the grand total. For example, see what percentage of total sales come from the top 3 products. Watch this video to see the steps.<\/p>\n<p>And visit my Contextures site for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contextures.com\/xlPivot14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more Pivot Table Running Total examples<\/a>, and to get the sample file for this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvG0m-pVH-A?rel=0\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:15 Sales Data<br \/>\n00:32 Make a Pivot Table<br \/>\n01:11 Add Fields<br \/>\n01:25 Sort by Price<br \/>\n01:53 Show Rank<br \/>\n02:48 % Running Total<br \/>\n03:42 Format Numbers<br \/>\n05:07 Add a Slicer<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are over, and it&#8217;s time to get back to work. 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