Advanced Excel Course
Advanced Excel Course
Notes 22 March 2013 Copy formulas without losing format Drag Drop with right mouse button Select fill without formatting CNTRL 1 format Cells CNTRL H replace
To get figure pulled from table driven by entered in cell use Vertical look up (HLOOKUP horizontal equivalent) =VLOOKUP(H4,B7:I22,8,FALSE) H4 = look up value (i.e. the value we are trying to match to in the data B7:I22 table array all columns in between are included and both the search column and the result column must be there too (result to right of search) Can use B:I so that if more data is added VLOOKUP still works 8 = column count from first column of data array (not from first column of S/S) FALSE = force search to take exact match BLANK/TRUE = accept near miss but only works if alphabetical list
To create a drop down list DATA DATA VALIDATION Settings allow list Source select relevant cells from spreadsheet Conditional formatting MAX(IF(A+B,C)) CNTRL SHIFT ENTER to make it an array formula
OFFSET(A,MATCH(B,C,0),)
A=start point, B=single item to match to, C= look up array Match formula gives you how many rows to go down for answer Space after last , is to allow for moving across x columns for result PIVOT TABLES Highlight border of Title (not the text within) and type formula of field to pull title from
MACROS ALT F11 BA window Module 1 to see existing macros ALT TAB to toggle between the two screens To revert things to how they were before the macros were actioned use the Amit Cheat Macro