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I'm just flattered you think I'm only doing 7 things wrong

Even if I already know 90% of the material, the 10% new things I learn are always fantastic. Thanks Leila

@ExcelTutorials1

2 жыл бұрын

Same! The center across colunms, and justify fill for text are going to be two nifty tricks that are going to help me take my sheets to another level

@0623kaboom

2 жыл бұрын

problem is the merged cells with the year dates in them should never have been unmerged and she never have to select across years ... she should be using cell ranges for the data ... as it is display page she was on NOT a calculation page ... she messed up big time ... excel first and foremost is a database ... thats right folks a database ... not a spreedsheet ... thats the maths you do on the database of information you have entered into the spreedsheet ... most of what she calls wrong is actually just NOT the way she was taught ... she never learned the old fashioned hand made spreedsheets and accounting books ... and so has no background in WHY things are done differently than the way she understands them ...

@kclark63

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@darthPixel

2 жыл бұрын

i can bet that there is more really advanced excel users watching Leila's videos than those who just think they are advanced ;)

I am a self taught Excel user. I knew that I wasn’t taking advantage of Excel like I should, but after finding your channel I realize that I have a lot to learn. I find your teaching technique and examples are very good and I plan to go back in your lessons and relearn using the tips you provide..great job thanks!

@vergitube

Жыл бұрын

Same here:)

@dunghtan

4 ай бұрын

Me too. 😅

I have never used the justify to spill text over cells - great tip. Many thanks Leila 👍

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@WM-mu8ep

2 жыл бұрын

@@LeilaGharani I feel like the job market for this is over saturated when I look at how many followers you have now 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@craigk621

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed...the other tips are great but are known by people that have used Excel for many years. I've always done that manually....not any more!

@hamzayousuf8412

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leila, great selection of common mistakes. I am waiting for part 2 of this video.

@prasadshrivatsa6126

2 жыл бұрын

This was a great tip indeed. Solved a huge problem for me.

You absolutely make my excel experience WAY BETTER on each video you upload every week! I'm very greatful dear Leila.

@felipesignorellireis7839

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Leila, how do you create the Selection in the dashboard that is showed in you explanation about Groupy lines? 8:00

@gsingh5402

2 жыл бұрын

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@fstorino

2 жыл бұрын

@@felipesignorellireis7839 at 8:42 you see a "1" in cell C21, which changes as she changes the selection in the dashboard. She probably manually added a radio button with the options and linked it to cell C21, with a dynamic array formula (FILTER) just below it. See this other video of hers: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYeIyaiOmbWqd6w.html

@felipesignorellireis7839

2 жыл бұрын

@@fstorino ah ok. Thanks my friend. I will see it.

The external links issue has plagued me for years. Thank you for clarifying how this happens, how to prevent it and how to correct it. This is why I subscribed to your channel.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks William!

@markward8483

2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar problem but when I go to break the external link I get errors as it cannot find the original document! I have a feeling I need to rebuild sheet from stratch!

@myghy

2 жыл бұрын

@@markward8483 worksheet where the link is found is probably hidden

@1Roso

2 жыл бұрын

This is a big headache, MS is acting like terrorist when we do NOT want external links to be created in the first place. So If anyone needs external links to be created , then make it from paste drop down menu ... but hey, why would MS do that,right? they cant even make it simple to implement CTRL+SHIFT+V for PASTE AS TEXT feature .... google has it for years. crap

@johnpodaras5345

2 жыл бұрын

I also had similar issues which I tended to resolve by global search/replace. This is a much more elegant solution; thank you Leila, especially as it also catches the remote links in conditional formatting which is notoriously difficult to find without resorting to some sort of VB routine.

Simply put in two words... ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. Many thanks from Johannesburg, South Africa

Wish this video was longer. Hope to see more of what we doing wrong in part two.

@SyedUsman

2 жыл бұрын

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I had no idea the first three things existed, but I've been wanting them for years. Of course, now I have to go back and changed all my sheets.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

😊

Epic as always! I do have one thing to add on the edit links issue: If you "move or copy" a protected worksheet over to a new workbook, you won't be able to change the source to the destination workbook until you unprotect the worksheet. So if anyone runs into this and panics when the "Change Source" button is grayed out, just unlock the worksheet and carry on... *IF, the worksheet you want to copy is protected and you don't know the password, just select the entire worksheet in the source file, then copy/paste all of it into a blank worksheet in the destination file, you can use Paste Special to paste formats, formulas, column widths, etc. to get an unlocked identical version of the locked source worksheet. Then Edit Links/Change Source, and you're good to go in that case as well. Also, if you get plagued by external links that you just can't seem to find, check into your Data Validation Drop Down lists and look for references to external sources. I've run into that one often too.

I am the only person in my company with any prior IT experience and everything you mention here, as well as many other basic problems, I come across daily. It's seems to be a never ending task adjusting and correcting all these sheets. Other sheets I refuse to touch as they have become so complex over the years it is easier to just start again with a blank page. I wish I could get everyone in the company to spend a couple of hours a week watching your channel. I watch a few now and then and manage to pick up a gem or two I didn't know. Keep up the good work there are plenty of people who benefit from your knowledge and generosity.

Hi Leila, I'd like to thank you for all the material you provide us! I've started watching your videos in 2017 and took the Unlock Excel VBA and Macros course when I was still an Electrical Engineering undergraduate. The skills I've learned with you helped me a lot during my internship, and today I work as a planning engineer in a huge utility company in my country (Brazil). Your courses surely have been a great part of my success. Congratulations for your excel!ent work and thank you very much!

Have learned it by trial and error and feel that people who are watching this video are lucky as they get readymade intelligence. Thanks, Leila for making me think in Excel.

Although I retired after 40 year career in Marine Engineering, I love to learn as well as I love Excel! I wish I had this channel when I was working but I’m glad I found it now. Keeping up with the Kual kids now!

You are just wonderful Leila. Your calm and affectionate voice makes it more easier to understand. Thank you so much.

One 'new' item for me, i.e. checking for external links, and 6 helpful 'reminders' ... for a total of 7 gems ... 👍👍 Thank you ... thank you ... thank you ....

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Chris. Hope they'll come in handy at some point.

It's always a delight to watch your creations! The content depth and the speed of how you go about things seem to always match my expectations and information intake capabilities 😊

I've been using Excel for decades,and usually think "there can't be anything new here to me!". And yet, you always manage to highlight features I was completely unaware of. Keep up the amazing work.

When I look at your video thumbnails and the titles, I click without any expectations thinking that "I probably know it all" attitude. But you smash my attitude with your content every time. I pick up at least one thing from your videos even if it is a simple topic or the tasks that I do on a day to day basis. Thank you @Leila Gharani. Truly appreciate it.

Although an extensive Excel user, I've learned a lot from your videos. Thanks Finally have something to contribute. Hidden numbers. Your comments are great. One additional - Name the cell that you will use in multiple cells. In your example, name 8% "InterestRate". When you include it in cells, it already is fixed with '$'. Also, you mention using 7 or 24 is okay. Those are still "magic numbers." Why 7? Instead, use Name Manager, define "DaysOfTheWeek" as "=7" Now your formula is divided by "DaysOfTheWeek" making it very clear what the 7 meant.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@adabekee4964

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment! Thank you

@iji_k

2 жыл бұрын

Somehow I prefer to also put the labels in a sheet 🤷‍♀️ Now I’m curious what happens with =7 (hard coded value), but not enough as to open the computer. It will have to wait till tomorrow Yup, it doesn’t appear in the Name Box like the labels that are cell references. I can see the benefit of having universal constants “protected” in Name Manager rather than at large in a sheet. I guess it has advantages and disadvantages like most things in life :))

@r0cketplumber

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, after the Mars Climate Observer became the Mars Crustal Observer due to a units conversion error, I replaced hardcoded values with named conversions. I have a sheet named Conversions with entries like this: Basic conversions: Factor Value Atm2pa 101325.0 atm2psi 14.6960 btu2j 1055.1 cal2J 4.1868 F2R 459.6699607 ft2m 0.3048 lb2kg 0.4536 psi2pa 6894.757 The values become named variables that can be used in formulas and I can then do complex conversions like: Enthalpy 5.000 Btu/lb 11.63 kJ/kg where the 11.63 value is =B33*btu2j/lb2kg/1000 Thus the conversions are documented in the formulas.

Thank you Leila! You never fail to impress with every video by revealing something about Excel, that surprises us! Keep up the great work! 😊👍

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

This is brilliant! These Excel tips are in the top, not many creators of content put them. Thank you Leila!

As a Financial Professional I spend a lot of time in Excel, and while I use many excel features, learning tips or things I just never knew existed but find useful is so helpful. The simple text fill and justify tab will save me so much work, and it will make Notations on the bottom of reports so much easier. Thank you so much.

RE hardcoding values, another tip is to use consistent cell styles (home>styles). I'm "forcing" myself, colleagues, and clients to always format cells according to whether it's data input, calculation, or comments to help distinguish between hard-coded input and soft / calculated values. Makes the sheet also visually easier to understand.

Center across selection?!! I never knew that was there! I'm definitely going to be using that now, thanks Leila! :) Good tip about not using hard-coded numbers. In programming those are called "'magic numbers" and it's considered bad practice.

@coryburris8211

Жыл бұрын

I absolutely despise merged cells. When Excel added that feature, I had to add a macro button for the center across cells function, since I use it so frequently.

I absolutely LOVE your channel Leila! Your tips are ALWAYS timely! As a software developer that works a lot with "Excel jockeys", your tips, since discovering your channel a year or so ago have always been stellar! Thanks so much for what you do!

I knew a number of those practices, but the ones I learned are invaluable. As always, a joy to learn from Leila.

The fixing of a group of cell within a formula is life changing for me. I knew I needed to do that, but didn't realize there was a shortcut key for it.

Great hint about deleting table rows. I've been using Excel since 1993 (Ver.5) but still learning new things every day.

@JoeOvercoat

2 жыл бұрын

What you said, except back to Lotus.

The external links issued has bothered me for five years, I liked the other selections and use many of them but being able to update the external links is a great help.

I'm retired now and still find your videos amazingly useful. Where were you when I was starting my career?! I shutter to think of how much time & frustration I would have saved by knowing your tips. Ugh. Thanks.

Also, for variable, instead of referencing using an abolute cell reference, there is the option to Name the Cell whcich can also help clarify what variables are in a formula.

@thinkingoutloud6741

2 жыл бұрын

It can also be useful to name constants, so people looking at the formula can follow your thinking. And it will reduce the possibility of a constant being mistyped if used in multiple places.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

I watched the video expecting to get great tips, which was correct. Some I did know, some not. Yet the most valuable thing to be was quickly referenced in the third tip when you double clicked format painter to apply formatting across multiple locations. I had no clue that existed. So I got 8 tips instead of 7. Thanks Leila.

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear, Bob!

Such a filled excitement watching your Excel tutorial videos! Such a productivity channel for my work and others. Thank you so much, Leila!

This is one of those videos from which one can get an instant boost in productivity. Just loved the selection/collection of tips used here.👏🏻

Hi Leila. Could you do a tutorial about using Connections and specifically "to Access"?

Referring to tip#6: “hardcoded” values An even better idea is to put such a value (usually a parameter, such as: VAT, discount factor, local tax etc.) into an outstanding cell at the top of the worksheet [with its description] so that it can be easily seen and easily modified. This, of course, is not applicable in cases where you have many parameters on the same sheet. Unfortunately, there's no method to make sure that this parameter is being used in all the formulae in which it was meant to be used.

I really like the tip about searching for formatting using Find/Find Next/Find All... we normally think about searching for the content so this is a creative alternate way to think about the workbook content.

Leila, I never fail to pick up tips from your presentations. They are excellent. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

Some great advice there, Leila. Regarding external links - they are annoying to work with! The biggest challenge is breaking them from the Edit Links window. Sometimes it’s impossible to find every last trace of them in a workbook. It’s a shame that clicking Break Link doesn’t do that for you!

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

True. Sometimes you get a lot of them hidden too in name manager. These can also end up making the workbook slower....

@nikitamaheshwari8494

2 жыл бұрын

At times, some external references exist in Name manager as well. Delete references from Name Manager (Ctrl F3 is shortcut) and your links would break easily after that.

Good tips. I love to use table, but sometimes it seemed to slow down the process when you have a more complicated formulas. Also, I never understand the concept of grouping. Can you do a video of grouping? What’s the purpose it? Thanks.

@irrelevant_noob

2 жыл бұрын

If you've ever used the Subtotals feature, the end result of that one is to create something like groups and subgroups for the data, allowing you to toggle between viewing the detailed entries within the data and viewing just the category totals (which an SQL user might call "rollups"). Groups work similarly, except they don't have the extra row, they just allows you to toggle visibility of data. (while leaving a visible marker on the side, as the video shows.)

Refreshing Leila! Thank you!

Thanks a lot. I am using Excel for a while, it’s my daily work, but, imagine, even I who guessed I am a geek had learned something new. Keep up your work. It’s really great! 👍

When it comes to hardcoding - ofcourse never within a formula, and it is also easy to spot which cells are a hardcoded number and which are the outcome of a formula by making a hardcoded input number blue compared to the standard black print.

Very useful video Leila, now I can´t see any reason to use "merge" function anymore...can you any? Thanks!

@adamshults9810

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed I wish they would replace the merge button.

Thank you Leila! What a fantastic presentation!! You taught me alot today.

Leila .. You are doing a wonderful job of educating us all. Thank you. 10 years ago I was teaching Excel at night school. it's amazing how much they have sneaked into the product since then (that I hadn't noticed). I thought I knew a lot - wrong! I went through your 7 missing things. Numbers 2,3,5,7. were news to me. When tables were added I did not bother much as I had found ways to get round some of the difficulties. I now appreciate them more. I think there was one tiny inaccuracy in video - if you don't use tables, charts will update automatically as long as you take care to look out for the bounds of the range. That said, your videos are wonderful. Thankyou ! Thankyou ! Thankyou !

Great, great video and tips, as always! Thank you Leila!!

Perfect - as always !!! Thank you Leila !!!

Learning how to use tables is/was such a game changer. I had to learn some dynamic range functions in VBA to make do.

Simple but amazing nonetheless. Your tips and instructional videos are so helpful. Your examples demonstrate how the technique can be used. Your voice and cadence are pleasant, easy to understand, and hold my interest. Thank you for all of the time you put in to make the videos and share your knowledge with us. I look forward to when your videos pop up in my KZread. I watch them each time even though I no longer have a need to use Excel. You are awesome.

Always learning something new from watching your videos, thank you Leila! You're an amazing instructor.

The use of tables with charts - pure GOLD! Yes, I WAS doing it wrong before but not now.

Very helpful tips and tricks as always! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!

Great tips especially merging, justify and grouping. Thanks a lot Leila

The external links issue was a problem I was having just yesterday. The explanation was super helpful. And the other tips were also VERY helpful! I would love to know more of these tips!

Hi Leila thanks for sharing those tips! I've just found your videos at KZread and I am enjoying not only excel but also Power BI videos! Your explanation is really nice! Thanks!

Thanks Leila!!! You explain the topics well and very easy to understand.

Great video. Very helpful! Thanks!

Thank you. Valuable information and much appreciated.

Thanks Leila!! Always learning great techniques from you. Love the Trace Dependants feature!🥰

Wow, this was such an awesome set of instructions and tips. Thank you Leila!!

Thanks for our kind help Leila. I 've learned a lot of new things about excel.

Superb everyday use tips! I've been looking around for a while now on a better way to manage links between workbooks and this video definitely helped!

This is going to make my life SO MUCH easier and save me SO MUCH time! Thank you thank you thank you! Excellent topics and explained really well. You have a teaching talent!

Hi. I'm considered an expert by my colleagues but I know I have so much to learn. Excel is such an awesome program. Everytime I have a challenge I say I have to ask Leila! Thanks so much for your excellent videos!

I used to do replace all (Ctrl+H) and change the file name or remove it altogether when in case of the source tab being on the same destination file. This used to change all the formulas as well. Didn’t realise we could select the destination file itself on edit links! Many thanks for the share as always @Leila!

Amazingly helpful, thanks for sharing

Great stuff. Thank you Leila. Next video ideas: 1) naming ranges, 2) iferror

@LeilaGharani

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!

Helpful tips... Thanks Leila

Every video that you put up has taught me something useful that I did not know or appreciate fully before. So thanks Leila!

Leila, as usual, the video is amazing and points out things I never thought to look for. This is why every time someone has an excel question at work that I cannot answer I point them to your channel.

Simply great! Thank you Leila!

You are the best! Merged cells have annoyed me for years. And the benefits of using tables makes more sense. Thank you.

wonderful. thanks for sharing. liked your "cell justify" tips.

Very informative as always. Many thanks Leila!

loved these tips. thanks so much!

Very worthwhile. Thanks!

You're tips are amazing. Simply amazing!

Thanks Leila! Really informative.

Some very useful tips there as always Leila! Particularly useful to me were the tip to use justify to spill text over cells and the edit links one. Thanks for sharing :)

Fantastic video! Thank you!

Center across selection... always a great trick I did not know from your videos!!! Thanks Leila, you really rock!

Nice tips, Leila. Thanks!

Very informative & useful; Many Thanx !!

Lots of new learning, Thank you Ms. Leila

Leila is the best as always! I did not know about the Fill/Justify and the Center Across Selection trick.

Those are great tips. You always teach me new things about Excel!

Great tips - thanks very much!!

Thank you for the link feature. I actually manually amended all the formulas when copying from one workbook into another! Thank you so much for teaching this one.

Lot of thanks to your channel!!

We need to protect this woman at all costs. She has such eloquently delivered knowledge! Thank you for the content!

Good and useful tips here. A couple of things I didn't know about. Thanks.

The new ideas I got for formatting rocks! Very useful indeed! :) Thanks for this!

the first two examples is a life saver indeed....thanks leila!

So helpful. Thanks!

Thanks and many and many thanks Leila..

Great tips. I absolutely found the external links useful among others you've shown.

Thank you! this is very helpful!