by Oz du Soleil | Oct 22, 2014 | Excel Geekdom, Tips
“Teach me Excel” is a tough request to satisfy because it’s so vague, and the person making the request doesn’t realize the bottomless possibilities within Excel. When the open-ended requests “teach me Excel” come to me,...
by Oz du Soleil | Nov 24, 2012 | News
After teaching an Excel workshop, students requests a workshop on Excel formulas. We’re doing it! I’ll be teaching … EXCEL FORMULA WORKSHOP Wednesday, 19 December 2012 $20 6:30pm to 8:30pm The Holiday Club 4000 N Sheridan Outstanding place to have a...
by Oz du Soleil | Nov 17, 2012 | How Tos and Q&As
Here’s the answer to a question about THE Excel Functions To Know. The request was for the top 10 but 10 is too many. After 3 or 4 functions, they get difficult to rank because they fall into areas of infrequent use or exclusive use. Things like INDIRECT, INDEX,...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 15, 2012 | How Tos and Q&As
QUESTION Erika saw an Excel formula that started with: =+ What’s the deal? ANSWER Nothing. People who grew up with Lotus notes got into the habit of starting a formula with ‘+’ and they carried it over to Excel. What excel does with that is simply...