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    15 fun things you can do with your spreadsheet in less than 15 seconds

    Who said Excel takes lot of time / steps do something? Here is a list of 15 incredibly fun things
    you can do to your spreadsheets and each takes no more than 15 seconds to do.

    1. Change the shape / color of cell comments

    Just select the cell comment, go to draw menu in bottom left corner of the screen, and choose
    change auto shape option, select a 32 pointed star or heart symbol or a smiley face, just wow
    everyone

    2. Filter unique items from a list

    Select the data, go to data > filter > advanced filter and check the “unique items” option.
    3. Sort from Left to Right

    What if your data flows from left to right instead of top to bottom. Just change the sort
    orientation from “sort options” in the data > sort menu.

    4. Hide the grid lines from your sheets

    Go to Options dialog in tools menu, uncheck the “grid lines” option to remove gridlines from
    your worksheets. You can also change the color of grid line from here (not recommended)

    5. Add rounded border to your charts, make them look smooth

    Just right click on the chart, select format chart option, in the dialog, check the “rounded
    borders”. You can even add a shadow effect from here.
    6. Fetch live stock quotes / company research with one click

    Just enter the stock symbol (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL etc.) in a cell, alt+click on the cell to launch
    “research pane”, select stock quotes to see MSN Money quotes for the selected symbol. You can
    fetch company profiles in the same way. Learn more.

    7. Repeat rows on top when printing, show table headers on every page

    When you are on the sheet view, just hit menu > file > page setup, go to the last tab, specify
    “rows to repeat”. You can “repeat columns while printing” as well from the same menu.

    8. Remove conditional formatting / all formatting with one click

    Just go to Menu > Edit > Clear > All to remove all the formatting from selected cell / range.
    9. Auto sum cells with one click

    Select a bunch of cells and click on the Sigma symbol on the standard tool bar. Alternatively you
    can use Alt+= keyboard shortcut.

    10. Find width of a column with formula, really!

    Just use =cell("width") to find the width of the column to which that formula cell belongs.
    Width is returned as the nearest integer. Or, just left click and hold on the right most line of the
    column letter

    11. Find total working days between any two dates, including holidays

    If you work on project plans, gantt charts alot, this can be totally handy. Just type
    =networkdays(start date, end date, list of holidays) to fetch the number of working
    days. In the above sample you can see the number of working days between New years day and
    September first of this year (labor day).
    12. Freeze Rows / Columns in your sheet, Show important info even when
    scrolling

    Select the cell diagonally beneath the row / columns you want to freeze (for eg. if you wan to
    freeze row 1&2 and columns A&B, click in C3), go to menu > window and click on freeze
    panes.

    13. Split sheets in to two, compare side by side to be more productive

    Just click on this little vertical bar on the bottom right corner of the sheet (see below) and drag it
    to create a vertical split. You can do the same way for a horizontal split as well

    14. Change the color of various sheet name tabs

    Right click on sheet(tab) and select “Tab color” option to change the worksheet tab colors.
    Group them with similar colors if you have lot of sheets, it looks nice.
    15. Insert a quick organization chart

    Click on menu > insert > diagram to open the above dialog, just select the organization chart
    option, enter node values and you have a pretty organization chart. Alternatively learn how to
    create org charts in excel.

    So what do you say now? Isn’t Excel Exciting?

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