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tasks

commands I came across

command description
  • excel.exe /s
  • excel.exe /safe
start excel in safe mode.
excel.exe /autumation do not automatically open files and do not auto-run macros.

Ref:-

sum values based on another column

=sumifs(D2:D21,F2:F21,"N",E2:E21,"Y")

will compute sum(D2:D21) where F2:F21 are N and E2:E21 are Y.

Ref:

See also:

concatenate with a delimiter

This will combine B3, C3 and D3 with '_' as the delimiter.

=B3&"_"&C3&"_"&D3

format dollars

To put the dollar sign on the left and right justify the number, use the custom format

_($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* "-"??_);_(@_)

Ref:-

To only show the dollars (but not cents)

_($* #,##0_);_($* (#,##0);_($* "-"??_);_(@_)

tags | dollar sign left justified

tips

format numbers

click on the small arrow button in the bottom right hand corner of the “Number” section

excel_notes.1655413645.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/06/16 21:07 by raju