More Excel Outside the Box: Unbelievable Excel Techniques from Excel MVP Bob Umlas
By Bob Umlas
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More Excel Outside the Box - Bob Umlas
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Bob Umlas
Holy Macro! Books
PO Box 82
Uniontown OH 44685
More Excel Outside the Box
© 2015 by Bob Umlas and Holy Macro! Books
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Printed in the USA by Hess Print Solutions
First Printing: May 2015
Author: Bob Umlas
Cover Design: Shannon Mattiza 6Ft4 Productions
Publisher: Bill Jelen
Index: Nellie Jay
Proofreader: Kurt Nichols
Published by Holy Macro! Books, PO Box 82, Uniontown OH 44685
Distributed by Independent Publishers Group, Chicago IL
ISBN 978-1-615470-036-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940631
Table of Contents
Introduction
User Interface Topics
Using a Conditional Formatting On/Off Switch
Using Data Validation to Prohibit Entry of Digits
Making a Change in One Column Based on Criteria in Another (Without VBA)
Changing Row Height When a Key Field Changes
Using a Nontrivial Conditional Formatting Formula
Rearranging Data (Revisiting a Technique from Excel Outside the Box)
Truncating Text and Showing an Ellipsis (…) After 47 Characters
Copying Cells Without the Blank Rows
Alternating Conditional Formatting
Using Relative Names
Merging Across
Using Wildcards in Replace Formula
Array Formula Topics
Finding Prime Numbers
Easily Clearing an Array-Entered Block of Cells
Determining Whether a Cell Contains a Word from a List of Words
Using Variable Ranges for Unique Counts
Extracting Numbers from Text
VBA Topics
Partially Matching Words with a User-Defined Function
Setting Up Many Check Boxes on a Worksheet
Narrowing Down What Caused a Crash
Filling a List Box with Months
Filtering by Data in a Text Box
Creating a Summary Chart with a Single Click
Copying Modules or User Forms from One Project to Another
Using the Locals Window in VBA
Miscellaneous Topics
Creating a Gantt Chart from Many Sources (on Steroids!)
Protecting Tables of Data
Did You Know…? (a potpourri of miscellaneous ideas)
Index
About the Author, Bob Umlas
Other books by Bob Umlas:
This isn’t Excel, it’s Magic (2005)
This isn’t Excel, it’s Magic 2nd Edition (2007)
Excel Outside the Box (2012)
Introduction
There are many Excel books out there; why did I write this one? My daily work involves writing custom applications using Excel and there are many problems I’ve had to think through to come up with a solution in Excel. My previous book, Excel Outside the Box, tackled many of these problems, and I came up against several more – enough to write another book!
I’ve used these solutions many times in my applications. I have not found any books or articles which described similar issues and solutions, yet it is hard to imagine that Excel developers in other companies hadn’t also come up against these issues. So, given the feedback from my previous version of this book, I thought it was time for another book to help the already-advanced Excel developer get past these hurdles.
User Interface Topics
This section explores many ways to validate data, rearrange data, change how data appears, etc. in ways likely not seen before. It explores Conditional Formatting, formulas, some VBA, and more techniques which you will find interesting.
Using a Conditional Formatting On/Off Switch
This worksheet uses conditional formatting to highlight each cell that contains a value over 50:
There are several ways to get this kind of conditional formatting. One way is to use Highlight Cells Rules, as shown here:
The worksheet above uses a formula, like this:
This type of conditional formatting can be really