Archive for the ‘Excel Tips’ Category

Converting Spreadsheet Cells to Text Boxes

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A simple Macro to convert a selection of cells in a worksheet into a set of Text Boxes

Part 3: Risk Distributions

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A simple macro to help you determine what distribution type to use when performing a monte carlo simulation on a three point risk estimate.

Hide Series in Excel Charts with a Cell Click

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

When you need to plot several series on a chart (like 3 or 4 different forecasts in an S-curve) you can sometimes want to hide different series temporarily. This little trick helps do just that!

Step one is to (somewhere in the workbook) define a Yes, No list. Type in “Yes” and “No” in two cells
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Ignoring #N/A in Excel Sums

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

A quick way of ignoring the infamous #N/A in an excel sum

Scheduling and Strategic Forecasts

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Scheduling is a fairly complex beast. it requires time, effort, dedication and  alot of understanding about how the scheduling tool is doing it’s job. What is worse, is that each tool will handle the same situation with slight variations. The forward and backward pass is the mainstay for all scheduling tools. Without the algorithm, we [...]