In Excel, users sometimes want to display cells with zero values as blanks rather than hiding them from view. One may or may not need zero (0) numbers to be visible on the worksheets depending on the situation. There are several methods to make zeroes visible or hidden, depending on the format's standards or preferences. How do we show a zero value in Excel when we need to? This article concentrates on ways to make Excel worksheet cells with zero values invisible or visible. In this article, learners will understand the simplest practice to hide or display cells with zero ... Read More

In Excel, the user will understand the concept of how to hide negative numbers in Excel. Equations can also be written using integers with negative values. In this article, the user will learn three common examples. The first example is based on negative numbers by using conditional formatting. The second example is based on hiding the negative number by using the format cell option. Both examples are explained thoroughly within the article. Example 1: To hide the negative numbers in Excel by using the conditional formatting Step 1 The sample spreadsheet contains total 9 numbers. Few of them are negative ... Read More

Excel has a setting that prevents the software from showing formula outcomes. In clearer terms hiding an active sheet formula is possible. If the user inputs a formula into an empty cell with text formatting, the result will never appear. One can use formulas in a worksheet to advantage, and they are typically shown in the Formula bar. However, if there are any essential numbers that the user does not want to disclose with other than this option seems to be very useful. As it will allow the user to hide the way to process the provided data. Example 1: ... Read More

Hiding data simply means making the view of data unavailable for the user. This can be done either to hide the confidential data or to hide the unnecessary or scrap data to make the sheet look clearer and more precise. This article guides users with two different strategies to achieve the same task. The first approach uses VBA code to implement the required functionality while the second approach is based on the use of Kutools. All the steps are precisely and thoroughly provided with the help of proper snapshots. Example 1: To hide the rows within the Excel by using ... Read More

Duplicate data is information that has been entered into numerous Excel cells, sheets, or other objects. Data can be repeated across several rows, columns, and pages. Duplicate data increases data complexity and ambiguities. Therefore, it is suggested that users should not repeat the data until it is required very badly. One might occasionally need to retain the unique values for columns in Excel while hiding all duplicates. In this article, we'll demonstrate how to use Excel to hide all duplicates, including/excluding the first one. This article briefs two approaches. The first approach uses conditional formatting to hide duplicate values. ... Read More

Excel allow user to rapidly hide columns within a single worksheet, but have you ever attempted to hide columns across multiple sheets at once? Normally, if you attempt to select all sheets and use the Hide feature, it won't work. In this article, I'll discuss how to quickly hide columns across numerous worksheets. It may be desirable to show or print a worksheet so that some of the data is obscured but left intact in the workbook. For hiding private or confusing information, one can hide rows or columns. In this article, an example is demonstrated, to hide columns on multiple ... Read More

A pivot table is an essential tool present in MS Excel that rapidly analyzes and summarizes large voluminous of data in a table format. Grouping data by week usually means that the provided data is categorized by using week. This article covers three examples, first two examples are using the same strategy with a day or period difference of a week. But, in the last example, use a helper column to perform the same task, this helper column can be manipulated with the help of provided column. Example 1: To group the week in the pivot table by using 7 ... Read More

The concept of a pivot table would be used to rearrange, group, and summarize data from a spreadsheet in a flexible and customizable way. Creating a pivot table and grouping data is an effective and time-saving process to generate the final data. The only need is to understand the method and step so that the data in the pivot table can be grouped according to the user's requirement. In this article learners will understand the proper way to deal with the data. This article contains an example with a stepwise explanation. Example 1: To group the age data in pivot ... Read More

VLOOKUP is a function in Microsoft Excel mostly used to search for a specific value in the first column of a table and then retrieve a corresponding value from a different column in the same row. The name "VLOOKUP" stands for "Vertical Lookup”. This simply means that the function looks up a value vertically within a table. This article will use user defined VLOOK formula, to determine the age group for provided age data. The article briefs all the steps accurately and precisely. Grouping data in Excel allows for improving the organization of data and makes data easier to ... Read More

In this article, learners will understand the process of grouping the adjacent columns in Excel, and its associated benefits. The first and most important benefit of grouping data is that it improves the organization and makes it easier to read and analyze. Users can quickly collapse or expand the group to view the data according to the use and requirement, this will save time and make the spreadsheet professional and more efficient. Another major factor is that it makes the data manipulation easy. This means that modification and alteration of data become easy. For example, if the user wants ... Read More