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How to Convert Individual Sheets in a Workbook Into Separate PDF Files

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If you are using Microsoft Excel for work or business, you might find it useful to print the Excel sheets as PDF file for better reporting as the contents of the PDF files cannot be modified easily compared to a raw Excel file. Besides, most computers and mobile devices can read PDF files but cannot read Excel files as MS Excel is a proprietary software. There are basically two (2) ways to produce a PDF file from MS Excel file as described in the succeeding texts. Converting Excel file to… Read More

How to count or calculate “unique” data in Excel (count duplicate data once)

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Have you ever faced an Excel situation wherein you need to count or calculate rows and columns of data uniquely? Or in other way of saying — to count duplicate data only once? This can done using “Pivot Table” approach, but Excel also has several formulas that you can exploit to come up with the same results. Suppose you are operating an online store. Your website’s back-end e-commerce system reports sales per item and per day, like the table below: Suppose further that you want to know how many unique… Read More

How to use INDIRECT function to create references to other Excel files

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MS Excel has a vast array of built-in functions that you can use in your formulas to manipulate your data. The main Excel function that I will demonstrate in this article is the INDIRECT function. This is a nice piece of tool to easily create references to external Excel files in your formulas. The INDIRECT worksheet function of MS Excel returns the contents of the specified reference and displays its contents. The INDIRECT worksheet function can be used to create “linked references” to other workbooks. Using the INDIRECT function, you… Read More

Microsoft Excel Tips: How to calculate the number of days, months or years between two dates

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One of the fundamental questions that Excel users may find themselves asking is “How to calculate the number of years, months, or days between two given dates?” This article will show the ways or methods in calculating days, months or years between 2 given dates. There are certain situations when you want to know the number of days, months or years. For instance, in computing rentals or amortizations, in comparing usage or consumption, and many other scenarios, knowing how to calculate the days, months and even years will be vital…. Read More

Microsoft Excel Tip: How to lock cells and make them un-editable

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There are certain times and conditions when you feel the need that other people can only edit or add and modify data from selected cells in your Excel sheet. The rest of the cells in the sheet or workbook must be un-editable. Example of these Excel sheets are survey questionnaires wherein other people can just input their answers but not alter the questions. Others can be a fillable form wherein other people can just enter their personal or other information but the form content and layout are locked for editing…. Read More