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Dynamic Charts

posted in Tips on October 21, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 0 Comments

Dynamic charts automatically adjust when new data is added in Excel. I’ll show you several ways to create dynamic charts and a few bonus tricks. Continue reading →

Let Excel’s Solver do the heavy math!

posted in Tips on September 28, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 1 Comment

HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PUZZLE?  I’m 7 times as old as Lisa is now. In 20 years Lisa will be just half the age I will be then. How old is Lisa now? Continue reading →

Using Microsoft Excel for your hockey pool

posted in Sports, T_Planning on September 23, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 2 Comments

See how my Microsoft Excel template can give you an big advantage in your hockey pool! Continue reading →

Creating Mondrian Art in Excel

posted in Art on September 12, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 2 Comments

See how my vacation to Montreal inspired me to create Mondrian style art in Excel using VBA. Continue reading →

Allocating costs

posted in Tips on August 21, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 4 Comments

In this post I’ll show you how to allocate expenses (or any number) over a period of time. I will use years but it could also be months, weeks or days. Continue reading →

Ken Puls Power Query Challenge #2

posted in Gurus on August 14, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 0 Comments

In this post I’ll review my solution to Ken Puls’ Power Query challenge #2. Online challenges are fun and it’s a great way to learn from others. Continue reading →

Learning Power Query (Get & Transform)

posted in EXCEL Path on August 7, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 3 Comments

This year I got serious about learning Power Query! Also known as Get & Transform. Read my post to follow my journey. Continue reading →

free data from Data.world MOMA artists

posted in Art, Free Data on July 31, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 0 Comments

In February my wife and I were planning a trip to New York City. I stumbled upon an interesting data-set that MOMA had shared with data.world.  Continue reading →

formula or vba to add spaces?

posted in Formula or VBA on July 25, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 0 Comments

Add a space after each character in a cell. Excel expert Tom Urtis solved it with vba. I solved it using a formula. Let’s compare these methods. Continue reading →

Normalize Data using Excel Get & Transform

posted in Get & Transform on July 19, 2018 by Kevin Lehrbass 3 Comments

In my last post I used formulas to solve a messy data disaster. In this post/video I’ll show you how to use Excel’s amazing Get & Transform feature (aka Power Query) to re-arrange the data. Continue reading →

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Sometimes I write a practical 'how to' post and other times I explore a crazy idea and build something unique. I love working with data in Microsoft Excel!

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