Excel Random Sample From A List – #shorts

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Excel 75 Minute Process To 13 Seconds – 2523

In this video, several of my friends and I propose ways to cut a 75-minute Excel process down to under 15 seconds. As expected Diarmuid Early posts the fastest time with an under-10-second solution. But Diarmuid warns about a possible problem in the data, which makes a method proposed by Peter_SSs and Anup Agarwall the fastest and safest method.

The formula methods from others:
https://www.mrexcel.com/board/threads/excel-insert-blank-row-after-every-two-data-rows-shorts.1217116/
https://www.mrexcel.com/board/threads/insertblankat.1217374/

Table of Contents
(0:00) Hurricane Ian delay
(0:34) 2-minute solution for OP
(1:11) 53-Second solution
(1:30) Too Slow
(2:10) Fastest Excellers
(2:30) Anup Agarwal
(3:07) Diarmuid Early I
(4:06) Diarmuid Early II
(4:35) Imagining OP data
(4:52) Other solutions
(5:09) Formula dependencies between Continue reading “Excel 75 Minute Process To 13 Seconds – 2523”

Excel Sort A Column By Font Width ? 2522

After sorting by number of characters in a cell, we get a variant from Thinks Too Much (b): Can you sort, factoring in the width of the letters in the font that is being used?

Table of Contents
(0:00) Welcome Back
(0:12) Question
(0:40) VBA code to measure width
(1:44) Differing fonts & sizes
(2:15) Nancy Faust

Here is my VBA solution:
Sub SortAscCustomerWidth()
FinalRow = Range(“E1048576”).End(xlUp).Row
OrigWidth = Columns(5).ColumnWidth
HelperColumn = Range(“XFD1”).End(xlToLeft).Column + 1
Cells(1, HelperColumn).Value = “Helper”

‘ Loop
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Excel Sort A Column By Number Of Characters – 2521

How do you sort a column in Microsoft Excel by the number of characters? This video was inspired by a question originally posted at Quora: https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-sort-a-column-in-Microsoft-Excel-by-the-number-of-characters/answer/Bill-Jelen

Table of Contents
(0:00) Welcome
(0:13) SORTBY
(0:49) Problems!
(1:06) VSTACK
(1:30) Copy & Paste Values
(1:47) Easy Helper Column

Excel Easy Collapsible Outline View – 2521

Here is a great trick I learned a decade ago from Mack Wilk.
I have a long list of topics in Excel.
I want to convert it to a collapsible outline view.

There is one secret hidden setting that you need to change first.
Then, it is all very easy.

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Table of Contents
(0:00) Need for outline in Excel
(0:28) Secret hidden setting
(0:48) Select detail rows for group 1
(1:05) Group & Outline buttons
(1:25) Select rows with Shift Spacebar
(1:45) Using the Group buttons
(2:09) Third Thursday Webinar

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Happy Spreadsheet Day From Sheriff Buford T Justice #shorts

October 17 is Spreadsheet Day – marking the anniversary of the release of VisiCalc on October 17, 1979. In this short video, an actor does an amazing job of playing Sheriff Buford T. Justice, the role made famous by Jackie Gleason in the Smokey and the Bandit movies.

Have a happy spreadsheet day!

Happy Spreadsheet Day From Star Trek Lt Commander Shelby aka Elizabeth Dennehy #shorts

Today – October 17 is SPREADSHEET DAY! This marks the anniversary of the October 17, 1989 release of the first spreadsheet – VisiCalc. For any #StarTrek fans out there, we have a cool spreadsheet day message from Lt. Commander Shelby. I should have asked if #Excel was still the dominant spreadsheet in the future.

Reggae Pioneer Willie Dickson Plays for Spreadsheet Day

Jamaican Reggae Legend Willie Dickson of Willie Dickson and the Playboys wishes everyone a happy spreadsheet day and then dazzles us with drum rendition of the Rasta Beat.

Background vocals by Dickson’s Russea’s High School schoolmate Llewelyn Grant.

Special performance for spreadsheet day by a legendary drummer and one of the godfathers of Reggae and a legendary drummer.

Funny story: When I first heard of Willie Dickson, I confused him with Chicago blues legend Willie Dixon who has passed away. Our Willie Dickson tells of meeting Willie Dixon on the road in Montreal one time when they were Continue reading “Reggae Pioneer Willie Dickson Plays for Spreadsheet Day”