{"id":1030,"date":"2021-11-17T12:50:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T12:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vueittraining.co.uk\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2021-11-17T12:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T12:50:32","slug":"how-long-do-you-spend-working-in-excel-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vueittraining.co.uk\/how-long-do-you-spend-working-in-excel-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How long do you spend working in Excel a day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vueittraining.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/accounting-1928237_640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a question posed on Linked in the other day.&nbsp; However, maybe the question should be how long do you spend working&nbsp;<strong>effectively<\/strong>&nbsp;in Excel each day?&nbsp; Could your time be used more efficiently by using the correct functions and shortcuts.&nbsp; Are you spending ages copying and pasting or re-entering data wondering if there is a quicker way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help with your spreadsheets here is a step by step plan for working with data.&nbsp; Follow these rules, and you will have a spreadsheet that will work properly and be bullet proof for further data analysis and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Think about the columns you require.<\/strong>&nbsp; What data will be included in that column.&nbsp; Is it going to be figures, dates or text?&nbsp; Keep the data consistent \u2013 don\u2019t mix figures and text otherwise Excel won\u2019t be happy when you try to total the column.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Give each column a relevant and effective heading.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Don\u2019t leave blank rows and columns between data.<\/strong>&nbsp; Excel needs to understand that the data in your list belongs together.&nbsp; Do not try and separate it with the use of blank columns or rows.&nbsp; If you follow this rule, your filters and sort will automatically include all the data.<\/li><li><strong>Make your data a table.<\/strong>&nbsp; Click in your data.&nbsp; Use the shortcut CTRL T.&nbsp; This will apply formatting, freeze the header row and apply filters.&nbsp; Any columns or rows you add will automatically become part of the table.<\/li><li><strong>Never merge cells<\/strong>.&nbsp; If you merge cells within a table, Excel does not understand which column that data is part of.&nbsp; Therefore ilters won\u2019t work beyond the merge cell.&nbsp; Rather then merge cells, incorporate an extra column with that information in.&nbsp; That way you can filter on that criteria as well.<\/li><li><strong>Dates&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 never use dots in dates other Excel will see this as text.&nbsp; The best way to enter a day is using a forward slash eg 7\/10\/2019.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to find out more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a question posed on Linked in the other day.&nbsp; However, maybe the question should be how long do you spend working&nbsp;effectively&nbsp;in Excel each day?&nbsp; Could your time be used more efficiently by using the correct functions and shortcuts.&nbsp; Are you spending ages copying and pasting or re-entering data wondering if there is a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How long do you spend working in Excel a day? 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