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About Tom Ogilvy
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Expertise
Worked with the program for many years - provided assistance on MS Excel Newsgroups since 1997. Have received the Microsoft MVP award annually since 1999. I don't answer questions on using Excel in a browser Since I have no way to test this. Prefer not to answer charting questions. I consider myself to be particularly knowledgeable about using VBA internal to Excel but have no problems with formulas and pivot tables either.

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Have Used Excel for 15 - 20 years. Answered in excess of 70,000 Excel related questions in MS Excel newsgroups. Unless obvious, please specify whether you want a worksheet function or macro/VBA solution.

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BS General Engineering (concentration in Industrial Engineering) MS Operations Research Systems Analysis

   

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Accumulation of time in a log11/10/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I am upgrading my Log Analyzer that extracts performance statistics from a date/time stamped log. ...
  A: Robert Assume your data is in C2:C3000 and the user specifies the time lower bound in G1. ...
excel extracting data from cell11/10/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I am trying to extract data from within a cell that contains a massive string. For example, in cell ...
  A: TX technically yes, you can do that cell C4: =Mid(A1,find("sample",A1),6) But that seems ...
Using marked cells to select and copy rows11/9/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I have a spreadsheet with many rows of data. I have created a column A that a user puts a mark in ...
  A: Dan, If I wanted to copy rows that have a text value in column A I would do Sub ABC() Dim r as ...
Vlookup and Match11/9/2009Craig
  Q: I have a list as follows:- Column A B C Reg Branch ...
  A: If you know how to do vlookup, you are halfway there. All you need to do is add a column to each ...
Use Excel Shrotcuts in VBA11/9/2009Victor Lan
  Q: I want to use the excel shortcuts such as Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + A etc...anything in my VBA ...
  A: Do you mean what you want to copy, cut and paste data using Excel VBA? If so, you can certainly do ...
Copy values from one sheet to the other11/9/2009Jan Karel Pieterse
  Q: I am having two excel sheets, W1 and W2. In W1 i have certain charecters and in W2 i have the 3 ...
  A: It looks to me like this is something you do have to do manually. To aid a bit, you could have both ...
Copy values from one sheet to the other11/9/2009Bill Hermanson
  Q: I am working with two excel sheets W1 amd W2. I have some charecters in W1 and corresponding values ...
  A: Terrance, You will use the VLOOKUP function to compare the characters (hopefully you mean WORDS) ...
Copy values from one sheet to the other11/9/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I am having two excel sheets, W1 and W2. In W1 i have certain charecters and in W2 i have the 3 ...
  A: I’m not following what needs to be done here – can you clarify – if it helps, you can email me at ...
Enhancing the formula11/9/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: Remember, you wrote a custom formula to look up on the basis of both time range and B Number? Well ...
  A: It isn't clear to which column the differential would be applied, but assume the right most column ...
How do I change the active cell in a non contiguous range or selection?11/9/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I know that "tab" "enter" etc change the active cell in a non contiguous range in the spreadsheet . ...
  A: ptroiano There is no reason to select the cells or change the activecell v = Range("A1").Value ...
compare, match and copy between sheets11/8/2009Victor Lan
  Q: sorry to email you directly previously.. below is what im trying to do If cell H of Worksheet A = ...
  A: The method SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell) simply returns the range of the last cell that is used ...
VBA11/8/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: Evening, I'm trying to circumvent the conditional format limit of 3 in Excel 03. I have a file ...
  A: David, percent values are stored as decimal values if the cell actually holds a number and you have ...
How do I change the active cell in a non contiguous range or selection?11/8/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I know that "tab" "enter" etc change the active cell in a non contiguous range in the spreadsheet . ...
  A: Flip, just activate the cell you want to be the activeCell. As long as it is in the current ...
Excel question11/8/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I hope you may be able to help me with a problem I am having with Excel. I am a commodities ...
  A: I’m tempted to suggest getting office 2007 which has a higher row count, but I suspect you would ...
SUMIF11/8/2009Jan Karel Pieterse
  Q: I have 20 worksheets that contain some of the same data (names). I want the formula to look at ...
  A: Unfortunately, there are not many functions that can really work accross multiple worksheets like ...
SUMIF multiple worksheets11/8/2009Victor Lan
  Q: I have 20 worksheets that contain some of the same data (names). I want the formula to look at ...
  A: SUMIF is not a 3-D function, thus it cannot be used across multiple worksheets. See ...
SUMIF formula across multiple worksheets11/8/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I have 20 worksheets that contain some of the same data (names). I want the formula to look at ...
  A: Cannot be done directly with functions – it’s one of the annoying things about excel – you CAN do it ...
Excel is subtracting numbers when it gets bumped off the bottom of my spreadsheet11/8/2009Jan Karel Pieterse
  Q: I'm a commodities trader and i have real time data coming into my spreadsheet all day. I fill up ...
  A: I'm not sure how this part is caused by Excel: "when the data gets down to the bottom, about row ...
save sheet as separate file11/8/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I am always happy to have your kind support. Your help, comments and suggestions are really useful. ...
  A: attis, I can't test the specific code offered because I don't even remotely have any situation ...
count if11/8/2009Richard Roberts
  Q: I have two criteria in column C "individual,"organization" I need to switch between the two , using ...
  A: Bill I am not sure that I am reading the question correctly but-- You can use data validation to ...
Hiding rows with blank value11/8/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: The spreadsheet containing a list box which enable user to drill down by Region and the results will ...
  A: I assume your dropdown is done using the List option from data validation. If so, you can react to ...
Hiding rows with blank value11/7/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: The spreadsheet containing a list box which enable user to drill down by Region and the results will ...
  A: Sian, Let's assume that column B can be used to determine which rows are blank - i.e. if a cell in ...
Calculations using Visible results of other Calculations11/7/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I think there will be blindingly simple answer to this but it eludes me at the moment. I have a ...
  A: IAN, Based on your stated sitation and needs, I would recommend making the stored value and the ...
VBA Formula11/7/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I am trying to write a formula in VBA to update the value of a specific cell based on its value in ...
  A: use the CHANGE event of the worksheet to handle the macro (vba editor, click the worksheet, change ...
Insertion point11/7/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: assume that the insertion point is positioned at the beginning of the txtName text box. which one of ...
  A: technically none of them as it needs round not square brackets, also not a method I use myself, but ...
visual basic help11/7/2009Jan Karel Pieterse
  Q: assume that the insertion point is positioned at the beginning of the txtName text box. which one of ...
  A: You do need to specify the SelStart too, so this should do the trick: txtName.SelStart = 0 ...
vsual basic11/7/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: which of the following would place the insertion point in the first position of a text box named ...
  A: Nessie, I created a userform and with Textbox1 and a commandbutton. I then put this code in the ...
time calculation11/7/2009Tom Ogilvy
  Q: I have a large spreadsheet with production times, ie time job started and time job finished. ...
  A: Malcom, E2: 8.55 E3: 11.2 E4: ...
finding letters of the alphabete11/7/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I like to do crosswords/codebreakers I automated the process but know want to cross the letters used ...
  A: I think the easiest way to do this would be with conditional formatting where a formula is used – ...
Using formulas to sort rows of data automatically11/7/2009Victor Lan
  Q: I'm making a financial spreadsheet. I need to be able to sort 5 columns and up to 20 rows (can be ...
  A: I looked at the website and it shows us how to use Excel formulas (without VBA) to generate a ...
Error with looping macros11/7/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: In Microsoft Excel 2003 I have a macro set up that pulls information from a database where the ...
  A: There isn't a limit for looping as such, but there IS a limit for variables - you haven't included ...
Password protect cell editing11/7/2009Adelaide carvalho
  Q: :) Please look at this post before trying to answer my question. ...
  A: How are you? Yes it is possible. Please see the following for Excel 2007. But similar way for Excel ...
Password protect cell editing11/7/2009Chad Welch
  Q: Please look at this post before trying to answer my question. ...
  A: Thorsten, That is a functionality that is built into Excel. You don't mention which version of Excel ...
Formatting Dates in a Formula11/7/2009Miguel Zapico
  Q: =if(today()+45>A1,"Warning: Payment is coming due","") In your example above, how should A1, which ...
  A: In order for the formula to work, it has to be in a Date format. You can check if it is a date ...
compare, match and copy between sheets11/7/2009Victor Lan
  Q: sorry to email you directly previously.. below is what im trying to do If cell H of Worksheet A = ...
  A: The VBA code given is working fine. However, your description of the problem is not too clear. I ...
Excel formula needed11/7/2009Bill Hermanson
  Q: I looking for an Excel formula to perform the following: Objective: The spreadsheet will compute ...
  A: Mark, Your problem is most likely more complex than a simple formula, especially given your ...
Fuctions Running Automatically11/7/2009Richard Roberts
  Q: I am doing this in VBA because when I write if statements in excel itself it causes a circular ...
  A: Eric I am definately not a VBA expert--while I may be able to figure out an answer for you It won't ...
Using formulas to sort rows of data automatically11/7/2009Victor Lan
  Q: I'm making a financial spreadsheet. I need to be able to sort 5 columns and up to 20 rows (can be ...
  A: In order to sort it automatically, you will need to use VBA macro to capture worksheet events. ...
VBA Formula11/6/2009Aidan Heritage
  Q: I am trying to write a formula in VBA to update the value of a specific cell based on its value in ...
  A: As a function, it should have something stored in a variable called FF, and to VB you have a lot of ...
Formula in VBA11/6/2009Jan Karel Pieterse
  Q: I am trying to write a formula in VBA to update the value of a specific cell based on its value in ...
  A: Not sure what your requirements are, the proper syntat inside the function might be: Public ...

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