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How to Drag Autofill and Transpose a Formula in Excel

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:41:16 +0000

Have you ever needed to drag a formula horizontally, when the source data is formatted vertically?

For example, Sheet 1 has a bunch of data going down column A, and on Sheet 2, for whatever reason, you need to do a calculation and you want it across row 1. Or vice versa.

It's been frustrating me for a long time to have to manually make the change. But, I've found the way to drag a formula and have it transpose. The code works for either kind of transposition (horizontal to vertical or vertical to horizontal).

Assume source data is in Sheet1, A1:E1

In Sheet2

Put in A1:
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1,ROWS($A$1:A1)-1)

Copy A1 down by as many rows as there are columns in Sheet1, i.e. down to A5

A1:A5 will return whats in A1:E1 in Sheet1

Basically, set the $A$1 value to whatever the SOURCE is (the top left cell of the source range). So, if your source is in C26:M37, you would put:

=OFFSET(Sheet1!$C$26,COLUMNS($A$1:A1)-1,ROWS($A$1:A1)-1)

Then as you drag the formula horizontally or vertically, it will work.

Hope it helps!

Linda - http://how.best-free-information.com - The "How" Blog

How to Buy Stackable Office Chairs

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:04:23 +0000

We recently had to look at buying stacking office chairs for our church's fellowship hall. At first we looked locally, at the big-box office supply chains. Then we started looking online.

We were pretty surprised at how expensive many of the chairs were, even for the 'basic' models.

We eventually found a model that would work for us. We needed the kind that would stack 20 high, because we had only a small space to put the chairs when we needed to clear the room entirely. (Some of the chairs we looked at only stacked 4 high, and would not have saved us enough room.)

Then we ran into a problem, which was explained at http://stackingofficechairs.net. Namely, the weight of the stacked chairs. We had forgotten to budget for dollies to move the chairs in a full stack. Uh-oh. Now we have to put the chairs where we want them and stack them, instead of piling them up where they are and moving them to the storage space.

We will remedy that soon, but it's something to consider when you're looking at these types of stackable chairs.

Linda - http://how.best-free-information.com - The "How" Blog

How to Build Bullet Lists in OpenOffice Impress

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:09:59 +0000

If you are used to Microsoft PowerPoint, you will find that building bullet lists in OpenOffice Impress (the equivalent of PowerPoint) is not very intuitive.

But you CAN do it, without having to create a separate text box for each bullet.

Here's how:

Select the text box that has the bullet list in that you want to build.
Under Custom Animation, 'Add' a Modify Effect.
Choose an Entrance. I prefer 'Appear'. Click OK.
Click on the ellipsis (3 dots ... ) next to the 'Property' drop-down. (Even though Property is ghosted.)
On the Text Animation tab, Group Text by 1st level paragraphs and click OK.

That will make your bullet lists build in OpenOffice Impress the same way they do in Microsoft Powerpoint.

Linda - http://how.best-free-information.com - The "How" Blog