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Exploring Microsoft Excel's Hidden Treasures

You're reading from   Exploring Microsoft Excel's Hidden Treasures Turbocharge your Excel proficiency with expert tips, automation techniques, and overlooked features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243948
Length 444 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Improving Accessibility
2. Chapter 1: Implementing Accessibility FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Disaster Recovery and File-Related Prompts 4. Chapter 3: Quick Access Toolbar Treasures 5. Chapter 4: Conditional Formatting 6. Part 2:Spreadsheet Interactivity and Automation
7. Chapter 5: Data Validation and Form Controls 8. Chapter 6: What-If Analysis 9. Chapter 7: Automating Tasks with the Table Feature 10. Chapter 8: Custom Views 11. Chapter 9: Excel Quirks and Nuances 12. Part 3: Data Analysis
13. Chapter 10: Lookup and Dynamic Array Functions 14. Chapter 11: Names, LET, and LAMBDA 15. Chapter 12: Power Query 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Table automation opportunities

Spreadsheets tend to involve lots of calculations, so first, we’ll see how Table improve and sometimes alter formula behavior. Formulas that reference Table, either by residing within a Table, or referring to a Table will automatically reference additional data that you add to a Table. This eliminates the need to monitor and rewrite formulas that refer to normal ranges of cells. Then, I’ll show you an easy technique for applying number formatting.

From there, I’ll discuss the concept of structured references for formulas. Then, I’ll look at filtering data within Table and automating certain filtering tasks with Slicers. We’ll then see how Table eliminate a common data integrity issue with PivotTables, followed by enabling self-expanding charts.

Let’s begin by seeing how to automate formula management within Table.

Calculated Columns

A Calculated Column within a Table consists entirely of formulas....

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