Pathways Issue 1- August 2019

Excel tricks to
impress your clients
B Y E S T U A R D O H U A R D
2. Whenever you have a spreadsheet with a
humongous amount of information, columnwise
or row-wise, and you need to select either
the complete row or the complete column you
can do on your keyboard Shft + Ctrl + Arrow (up
or down for row/left of right for column).
3. If for some reason you need to calculate
total number of days in month, you can use the
following
formula:
=DAY(EOMONTH(TODAY(),0)).
You all know about Excel, correct? You know
that software program created by Microsoft that
uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data
with formulas and functions. Sounds like a
simple and straightforward program to use,
right?
Well, in some instances it is but in some other is
not. But hey! Nowadays, on an ever-evolving
environment that we all work on, it is critical to
use tools like Excel to manage tasks more
efficiently, be more productive and better yet;
impress your clients.
4. Why no calculate your age? =”Your age is “&
DATEDIF(Date-of-Birth,Today(),”y”) &” Year(s), “&
DATEDIF(Date-of-Birth,TODAY(),”ym”)& ”
MONTH(s) & “& DATEDIF(Date-of-
Birth,TODAY(),”md”)& ” Day(s).”
Make sure to replace “Date-of-Birth” with
your actual date of birth.
5. Transpose (rotate) data from rows to
columns or vice versa
Here are some tricks you can use and make
your own:
1. If you ever feel the need to jump from
worksheet to worksheet without the need of
using the ; you can use your keyboard and
type Ctrl + PgDn and Ctrl + PgUp.
Select & Copy A2: D2 → Click on a blank cell → Alt+E+S+V or Paste
special → Select values → enable Transpose check box → Click ok
Source: Settingbox.com
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