If you have worked on Excel files extracted from a database or a system, you probably have encountered cells with leading apostrophes. If you’re like me, you too might have wondered why in the world they’re there. It turns out that the apostrophe (or single quote) (‘) that you see at the beginning of a … Read more
A cumulative percentage is a statistical tool commonly used in analyzing scientific research, finance, and sales data. But what exactly is it, and what is its purpose? Cumulative Percentage is defined as a way of expressing frequency distribution. It shows the percentage of the cumulative frequency within each interval. Essentially, it can be viewed as … Read more
Whenever I work on a lengthy report that I need to forward to someone for review, I usually look for ways to highlight sections in the report that require attention. I used to add cell colors like yellow to do this. But then, some reports already have cell colors in them, so adding more would … Read more
When writing a report in Excel, most of us have this particular list that we regularly add in a specific order (e.g., a list of departments, regions, or stores). Typing them once is fine. But doing it every single time is a different story. It can become pretty annoying, especially if you have a long … Read more
Copying column widths is easy to do in Excel. We only need to: And that’s it! We are good to go. Easy-peasy, right? Excel, unfortunately, doesn’t have a similar feature for copying row heights. But don’t worry! In this article, I’ll show you four methods to copy row height in Excel. Each of them has … Read more