by DerekHenry | Mar 1, 2021 | Efficiency
Summary I share this fun fact often because it frequently surprises people: McKinsey found that the average worker spends 20% of their time looking for information. That’s about 10 WEEKS a year! Much of that time is spent dealing with email, and I covered that in a...
by DerekHenry | Feb 1, 2021 | Efficiency
Summary If you’re like most people, you spend a lot of time looking for things, and a lot of time managing email. In fact, McKinsey found that the average worker spends 20% of their time looking for information, and 28% of their time managing email. While there is...
by DerekHenry | Jan 1, 2021 | Thought Leadership
If you’re like me, you probably think to yourself on a daily basis “OMG, this is such a pain…” I’m admittedly very impatient and I can get frustrated easily. I like to think that it’s coming from a good place; after all, I just want things to be as good and easy as...
by DerekHenry | Oct 17, 2018 | Excel Tips
Why to Use Review Templates in Excel Setting up files so that they are easy to review can make a huge difference in the quality of the files you work with. Your colleagues and reviewers will also appreciate being able to quickly navigate your files, find what they...
by DerekHenry | Oct 15, 2018 | Excel Tips
Why to Use Auto Fill and Flash Fill in Excel Auto fill is an awesome feature that helps you quickly fill data in Excel. You can fill single values or formulas (basically copying and pasting), or fill a series of common list values, such as numbers, dates, days of the...
by DerekHenry | Sep 20, 2018 | Excel Tips, XLEV8 Add-ins
People often ask me which macros in the XLEV8 Excel add-in are my favorites. As you can imagine, I use a lot of them, but the ones below stand out, and below I explain why. It helped to run the Macro Usage report to show which ones I use the most frequently and...
by DerekHenry | Aug 8, 2018 | XLEV8 Add-ins
Why to Use XLEV8 Custom Macro Files You may have some personal macros that you want to be able to run from the ribbon, keyboard shortcuts, or the search macros box, just like the XLEV8 add-in macros. You may also want to be able to easily share these macros with your...
by DerekHenry | Aug 8, 2018 | XLEV8 Add-ins
XLEV8 Excel Add-in Popular Macros With 250+ macros and growing, we could spend all day demonstrating the features included in the XLEV8 Excel add-in. But to give you a sense of what some of them can do, we’ve created the video below that demonstrates some of...
by DerekHenry | Aug 8, 2018 | Excel Tips
Why to Use Macros There are several reasons to use macros but the obvious answer is that they can save you a tremendous amount of time. From creating shortcuts for common tasks to automating large, complex, or repetitive processes, macros are probably the most...
by DerekHenry | Aug 8, 2018 | Excel Tips
Why to Use PivotTables and PivotCharts in Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts are powerful tools that let you quickly summarize and analyze your structured data. They are so powerful and full of features that there are full-day courses dedicated to them! We’ll...
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