The default setting for the text label of checkboxes is to use a normal font type. In this tutorial, we will see how you can bold the text that is inside the checkboxes that are located in your worksheet. Bold text in Checkbox in Excel You can use the following steps to change the text label of checkboxes so that they use a bold font style. Let’s understand step by step with an example. Step 1 Adding a checkbox in Excel can be done in the following steps. Navigate to the Developer Tab and select Form controls and click ActiveX ... Read More

It's common practice to highlight individual cells in Excel, but sometimes you may want to highlight specific characters within a text string within a single cell, as illustrated.  This post will show you how to bold specific portions of a string of text within a cell. You can make a partial text string bold in a cell by following the instructions below. Let’s understand step by step with an example. Step 1 In the first step, let's assume we have a sample data as shown in the below screenshot. Step 2 You can edit the cell you want to ... Read More

When you are calculating some formulas in Excel, the result may be incorrect sometimes due of the rounding, and you may be wondering how to avoid making rounding errors while calculating in Excel. Avoid Rounding Errors while Calculating in Excel Let’s understand step by step with an example. Step 1 In the first step, let’s assume we have a product, sales and profit list for sample data as shown in the below screenshot for the same. Step 2 In the next step, we are trying to calculate the profit ratio using the below formula. Please checkout this screenshot ... Read More

Excel will display a notice known as a #REF error (the "ref" stands for reference) if a formula makes reference to a cell that does not now exist. This is typically the result of removing cells that a calculation is referring to. A competent financial analyst will be familiar with locating and correcting #REF problems in Excel, which are discussed in greater detail below. Avoid #ref Error while Deleting the Rows in Excel When you refer a cell to another cell, the cell that you are referring to will display the #REF error if the row that the cell is ... Read More

When we open a new excel sheet, we can see that the sheet will start from the cell A1, but when we open an existing worksheet, we can see that the sheet will start from where we last saved it. When we send the sheet to other people, they will be able to know where you last edited, but they will not be able to know if it starts in cell A1. This tutorial will help you understand how we can always open a workbook at cell A1. Here, we will have two parts: first, the code will work for ... Read More

Let us assume we have an Active X command on an Excel sheet at one place, and the data in the Excel sheet is in large volumes. If you want to use the active x command, we need to search for it every time. This problem can be solved by making the button floating. This article will help you understand how we can make the button always float in Excel. Floating a Command Button on a Worksheet Here we will first insert a button and then assign a macro to the button to make it always floating. Let us see a ... Read More

Sometimes, in Excel, you want to calculate the average of absolute values. If we consider the values as positive, even if they are negative, then they are called the absolute values. The absolute values are always positive. Basically, absolute values are used in calculating distances or inequalities. If we want to calculate the average distance travelled by a delivery person in a day, we can use this process. This tutorial will help you understand how we calculate averages for absolute values in Excel. Average Absolute Values in Excel with Helper Column Here, we will first use the ABS formula and ... Read More

You could have applied the average function to tables in Excel, but have you ever tried to use the average in filtered cells? When we apply the direct formula to the filtered cells, the result is an error. There is a special method for finding the average for filtered cells. This tutorial will help you understand how we can average filtered cells in Excel. We can complete this process just by using the simple formulas supported by Excel. Average Filtered Cells/List in Excel Here we will first create the table, then insert the slicer and use the SUBTOTAL formula to ... Read More

Sometimes, when we want to calculate the average of every five objects in Excel, we can directly follow a shortcut, which will be mentioned in this article. This will save you a lot of time compared to calculating the average for every five units using the general method. This tutorial will explain how to average every five rows or columns in Excel. We can complete this process by using the formulas. Average Every 5 Rows in Excel Here we will use the AVERAGE and OFFSET formulas to get our first average and use the autofill handle to get all the ... Read More

Have you ever tried to find the average of values based on the days of the week? Doing it manually can be an awfully long and time-consuming process. We can do it directly by using the formulas supported by Excel. This tutorial will help you understand how we can average data based on weekdays or weekends in Excel. Here, we have two processes: the first is an average based on weekdays, and the other is based on weekends. Average Data Based on Weekday Here we will use the SUM and WEEKDAY formulas to complete our task. Let us see an ... Read More