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Exploring Microsoft Excel’s Hidden Treasures

By : David Ringstrom
Book Image

Exploring Microsoft Excel’s Hidden Treasures

By: David Ringstrom

Overview of this book

David Ringstrom coined the phrase “Either you work Excel, or it works you!” after observing how many users carry out tasks inefficiently. In this book, you’ll learn how to get more done with less effort. This book will enable you to create resilient spreadsheets that are easy for others to use as well, while incorporating spreadsheet disaster preparedness techniques. The time-saving techniques covered in the book include creating custom shortcuts and icons to streamline repetitive tasks, as well as automating them with features such as Tables and Custom Views. You’ll see how Conditional Formatting enables you to apply colors, Cell icons, and other formatting on-demand as your data changes. You’ll be empowered to protect the integrity of spreadsheets and increase usability by implementing internal controls, and understand how to solve problems with What-If Analysis features. In addition, you’ll master new features and functions such as XLOOKUP, Dynamic Array functions, LET and LAMBDA, and Power Query, while learning how to leverage shortcuts and nuances in Excel. By the end of this book, you’ll have a broader awareness of how to avoid pitfalls in Excel. You’ll be empowered to work more effectively in Excel, having gained a deeper understanding of the frustrating oddities that can arise daily in Excel.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Improving Accessibility
6
Part 2:Spreadsheet Interactivity and Automation
12
Part 3: Data Analysis

Updating a Custom View

You cannot edit existing Custom Views that you've created, but you can replace a view using either of these approaches:

  • Delete and recreate the view:
    1. Choose View | Custom Views and then click once on the view that you wish to update.
    2. Click the Delete button and then click Yes to confirm that you wish to delete the view.
    3. Create a new version of the view.
  • Replace an existing view:
    1. Choose View | Custom Views | Add, enter the exact name of an existing Custom View in the Name field of the Add View dialog box, and then click OK.
    2. Click Yes on the prompt that informs you that the view already exists and asks if you would like to delete it and continue.

Removing all Custom Views from a workbook

Sometimes, you may encounter a workbook that has numerous Custom Views. For instance, the Review | Share Workbook command creates a Custom View for each user that accesses the workbook. Over time, this can result in an overwhelming number of Custom Views...