Oh man, this is a blast from the past. Someone was asking me the other day about the built in help system within excel, and said that there used to be a happy little paper clip who always wanted to help. Oh, lord. That guy was horrible, but I’ve got to admit, he saved my [...]
We’ve seen how powerful and versatile Excel can be. We also know how easy it is to share data with Excel because of how ubiquitous it is – after all, practically everyone and their mother has Microsoft Office (and therefore Excel) on their computers. Probably the only thing that’s keeping Excel from fully conquering the [...]
If you’re planning on doing analysis, but don’t necessarily have your data set at your fingertips, that doesn’t mean you have to wait to do your job. Just because the information you need isn’t yet in a database, doesn’t mean it can’t be. Something we’ve seen success with in the past is hiring data entry [...]
Microsoft Excel is among the best software applications used worldwide. It is applied in statistical analytics, simple database tasks, and data presentation and organization. Nearly all organizations use MS Excel. Because of its many features, it’s a difficult application to master. Several businesses face the desire to apply Excel in a sense that is beyond [...]
At OutsourceExcel, we’re always trying to find ways to improve processes and speed up the time taken to complete a spreadsheet (especially if it’s something that is done many times). An obvious benefit of Microsoft Excel is that we can format both the contents and appearance of a cell in several different ways, so that [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last decade, you’ve probably at least heard of Microsoft Office, and its spreadsheet application, Excel. Excel is probably the most powerful and versatile of all the Office applications. From the basic user who only needs to tally a simple set of numbers, to the power user [...]
MS Excel is by far the best tool for the average user to be able to manage data. One of the most useful functions is the VLOOKUP Function: a special look up function that searches for key data in a table based on your desired parameters. This is invaluable when your table has multiple adjacent [...]
Do you find yourself creating similar sets of documents over and over again? Or do you wish you could standardize the look and feel of the spreadsheets that your company uses? Do you want to have some nice-looking forms with a few built-in calculations? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then we [...]
One of Excel’s “killer” features has always been its great capacity for automation. Crunching numbers can be really mind-numbingly dull at times, not to mention time-consuming, so a way to slash the time it will take us to do our tasks is always welcome. The less time we spend on grunt work, the more time [...]
