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Microsoft Excel MVP, Excel skills testing, project developer, trainer, author. Stanford & Michigan State athletics.

San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2011
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Ranking With Conditional Omission.
12
950
Using the DATEDIF function for elapsed time in years, months, and/or days.
1
15
957
Comparing 2 ranges to verify same sizes and same contents even if appearing in different order.
10
871
Showing a macro that inserts a picture onto your worksheet, positioned at the top left corner of a cell you specify.
5
802
Showing a two-column list as a single column list by its columns or rows, or as a two-row list of paired items.
16
1,521
Showing the DATEVALUE function to convert dates stored as text to actual dates.
1
12
1,053
Using the YEARFRAC function for differences between dates as percentage of a year.
3
20
1,346
Showing a conditional example of custom formatting numbers depending on being above or below a threshold you define.
11
864
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20
1,320
Showing formula syntaxes that return the count of days between today and a future date.
15
1,406
Using a keyboard shortcut to quickly paste special for values a range of formulas into a range of static constants.
5
949
Keyboard shortcut to select the next or previous worksheet.
19
1,212
Identifying the source row and listing a selected record's contents of a ListBox having vertical field dividers.
10
976
Showing a vertical divider between ListBox fields without affecting the worksheet or source data range.
6
728
Parsing a string at the position of the first numeric character.
7
818
Reordering field locations in a VBA array.
1
17
1,199
Selecting all worksheets as a group, or deselecting all but one worksheet.
9
845
Selecting more than one worksheet as a group.
1
16
1,008
Showing your active window's named ranges by setting its Zoom property to 39% or less.
5
718
Reordering field locations in a VBA array.
8
1,004