End Shift Down
I’m sick of writing this Sheet1.Range("B2",Sheet1.Cells(Sheet1.Rows.Count,2).End(xlUp)) I want a new argument to the End property. I want to type Sheet1.Range("B2").End(xlShiftDown) I would prefer if...
View ArticleFor Whom the RSS Tolls
As you are no doubt aware, Google Reader is going away. The public outcry hasn’t brought it back, nor open sourced it, by now so that’s not going to happen. There are some options, but I decided that I...
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Blind Copy GoodTodo in Outlook
Not long ago, both my personal and business email was managed by Google. Those were the good old days. I had a consistent interface, and more importantly, consistent shortcut keys. Can you guess why I...
View ArticleOpening Outlook Attachments Redux
In Opening Outlook Attachments, I posted some code to open Outlook attachments using the keyboard. Now that I’m back using Outlook, I had to dig out the old code and put it to use. Of course I won’t be...
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Friday Thoughts
I need this procedure automatically called from every entry point procedure I run: Public Function PreventHavingToKillExcelAndLoseWork() As Boolean Dim lCountEOF As Long Dim lCountMoveNext...
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Sample Fixed Width Text File
I have a post or two in my head that deals with fixed width text files, something I’ve been dealing with quite a bit. Like me, you probably don’t run into fixed width text files in your personal life....
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Stop Replying to Yourself
In this edition of How to Make Outlook More Like GMail, I address the problem of replying to a message that you have sent. Inexplicably, Outlook creates a message addressed to you. That make sense from...
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Importing Fixed Width Text Files
I’ve been working with fixed width text files quite a bit lately. The built-in method for importing these files is terrible. First, it’s yet another wizard and I think it would be better as a single...
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Importing Fixed Width Text Files with ActiveX Data Objects
A few weeks ago I was struggling with fixed width text files. Remember 1995? Me neither, but I’m living it every day. I happened upon a stackoverflow.com post that dealt with using ADO for this...
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Going Home with Frozen Panes
I like to split a worksheet and freeze the panes so I can see the row and column headings when I scroll. Like me, I’m sure you’ve done it a million times. In that state, the Ctrl+Home shortcut will...
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Workbook Window States: Maximized, Restored, Minimized, Limbo
I have been seeing some strange behavior in Excel 2010. I run 2010 on at least three machines and this only happens on one. It just so happens that the one machine is the one I have the least control...
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How To Be Great at Excel
You might think that this point will be about hard work and determination. It’s not. You might think it’s about acquiring the most knowledge. You’d be wrong. I don’t care if you’re the hardest working...
View ArticleVBA Best Practices That I’ll Never Do
I don’t know if these are really “best practices” or if I’m just making them up. I know I heard them somewhere, but that doesn’t make them universal by any means. Also, I generally agree with all of...
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File Path and Name for Links
Unlike many people with whom I work, I almost never email a workbook. Instead, I save it to an appropriate place on the server and email the link. This seems to confuse the hell out of some people, but...
View ArticleWhat’s New for Excel 2013 Developers
What’s New Apps for Office in Excel Microsoft Excel 2013 brings the web to Excel. New apps for Office offer a wealth of interesting, new scenarios and solutions in an easy-to-use environment for...
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Averaging Best 4 of 5 Golf Scores
Here’s part of a spreadsheet for a golf league. The formula in AA is just an AVERAGE(), but the one in AB is a little more interesting. It looks like this:...
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Looping through PivotItems that Don’t Exist
I have some code that creates a journal entry import file based on a pivot table. It loops through the PivotItems and reads the DataRange.Value2 property. It’s nothing fancy or particularly...
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Recent Files and Places Search
I love what Excel has done to the list of recently opened files. It went from up to nine files to up to 50 files. You can pin certain files so they never leave the list. Every item on the list has a...
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Calculating the Number of Unique Items in a Delimited String
This is a guest post by David Hager. You can learn more about David on LinkedInd There has recently been interest in handling row data that contain delimited strings. An elegant solution to split a...
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