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Still don't have xlookup. #fomo
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Honestly anytime I do anything in excel it takes me way longer than it should. Generally speaking that is because someone has messed with my spreadsheet and I have to go in and fix everything and change it back to the way I had it.
Ugh, it's the worst when you have a great, functioning spreadsheet then some jerk comes along who doesn't know what they're doing and now you're spending an hour correcting their mistakes. And there's never any additional compensation, it's just part of the job. Part of the job is fixing stupid mistakes
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Opening excel to calculate a simple math problem...
...All of that just because I refuse to use the calculator app because the 8 and 9 boxes are misaligned
😮💨
Every table is structured and named.
And then I get to watch as people write over formulas anyway to make the table look how they want and it's full of red corner indicators.
It’s absurd how few ppl actually know how tables work
Running macros to reconcile accounts.. it is definitely a time saver in the long run, but setting them up can be difficult if your code isn’t perfect
Right, macros are useful but can become a double edge sword if not coded properly.
Think: hard code / hard references in a spreadsheet, no commenting / user guide, no error management, etc …
For this reason it’s generally better to do as few macros as possible. Your future self will thank you
Color coding to sort data “quickly” 😕