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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.

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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

To bring up the “Format Cells” window, click on the small arrow button in the bottom right hand corner of the “Number” section

excel_notes.1655413740.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/06/16 21:09 by raju