Do merged cells irritate you? My latest lame game gives you points for whacking merged cells! Continue reading
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Author Archives → Kevin Lehrbass
Robert Gascon’s Shortest Formula Challenge
Robert Gascon not only created a shortest formula challenge but he also challenged me to write a post about it! Continue reading
Aggregating Text
Is it ok to make one manual adjustment to an automation task to avoid the complexity of a fully automated task?
awkward-data/power-query-solution
My last post was about an awkward dataset. Now I’ll review Daniel Choi’s Power Query solution that rearranges the data. Continue reading
Awkward Data
Another awkward dataset. Should we re-arrange the data or just find a way to calculate what we need? Continue reading
Add color to letters inside a cell
VBA can color certain characters within a cell. It was fun to practice vba and build this but it doesn’t work well with many rows of text. Continue reading
Calculate Wind Chill in Excel
It’s April 21 and winter is supposed to be finished here in the Toronto area. However, I went for a walk and it’s still cold out! A combination of cold & wind. Let’s calculate the wind chill in Excel. Continue reading
arithmetic progression
Let’s take a look at something that’s SO easy to calculate today with a simple spreadsheet but was very challenging to calculate in the past. Continue reading
Worksheet_Change Keep All Time Min Max Numbers
Excel is not meant to store historical data. That’s what databases do. However, Tom Urtis shows us a trick to keep the all time min value from a single input cell. Continue reading
Flatten the Curve
I keep hearing “flatten the curve” during these uncertain times of covid-19. What’s that? What do we do? Also, what can we do to reduce anxiety? For me I decided to create a “flatten the curve” demo in Excel and in Power BI 🙂 Continue reading