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Excel Tips

By: CPA Australia
  • Summary

  • Excel Tips is a podcast for accounting, business and finance professionals who are looking to sharpen their spreadsheet skills and learn new hacks and tricks from Neale Blackwood CPA, a Microsoft Excel expert. Excel Tips helps spreadsheet users discover Excel’s hidden features and shortcuts and understand how best to apply the newest features and functionality. The podcast is a companion to regular articles in INTHEBLACK, CPA Australia’s award-winning business magazine. Every podcast episode includes links to the accompanying Excel Tips digital magazine article. Neale Blackwood CPA has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator. He is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants. Subscribe today to stay up-to-date with the latest episodes. Excel Tips is presented by CPA Australia, one of the world’s largest accounting bodies, with core services that include education, training, technical support and advocacy. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts: With Interest, INTHEBLACK and Excel Tips. To find out more about our podcasts, visit https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/tools-and-resources/podcasts - or search for the shows in your podcast service. To contact the podcast team email us at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au.
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Episodes
  • How to create a dashboard using Excel’s dynamic arrays
    May 1 2024

    Do you want to improve your dashboard-creating skills in Excel? Look no further.

    This episode has all the expert tips you need to know using dynamic arrays to create a dashboard.

    For fast access, use these timestamps:

    1. About the report template and using dynamic arrays - 0:17
    2. About dynamic arrays - 0:55
    3. Dynamic charts and dashboards using dynamic arrays - 1:33
    4. Variance charts and budget comparisons - 2:34
    5. Building the tables and chats - 4:26
    6. Additional resources 10:49

    Tune in now.

    Host: Neale Blackwood CPA has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator. He is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants.

    You can listen to the first two in this dynamic arrays three-part series at the Excel Tips home page.

    CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

    • INTHEBLACK
    • INTHEBLACK Out Loud
    • With Interest
    • Excel Tips

    Search for them in your podcast platform.

    You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

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    11 mins
  • How to automate report building in Excel (part 2)
    Apr 2 2024

    Don’t miss this episode, the second in a three-part series that explains how you can use the power of dynamic arrays in report building. Learn how to review a report that’s using dynamic arrays to create an automated month and year-to-date report.

    For fast access, use these timestamps:

    1. About the report template and using dynamic arrays 00:18
    2. Range names for formatted tables 2:35
    3. Budget layout and structure setup 3:34
    4. The offset function 4:15
    5. The filter function 5:11
    6. SUM IF S function 6:54
    7. Using the wildcard character 7:49
    8. Variance calculations 8:41
    9. The ABS function 9:39
    10. Additional resources 10:49

    Tune in now to learn more about this handy Excel subscription version functionality.

    Host: Neale Blackwood CPA has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator. He is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants.

    CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

    • INTHEBLACK
    • INTHEBLACK Out Loud
    • With Interest
    • Excel Tips

    Search for them in your podcast platform.

    You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

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    12 mins
  • How to automate report building in Excel
    Feb 29 2024

    Are you an accountant or finance professional looking to enhance your daily workflows?

    Don’t miss this episode, which delves into the exciting capabilities of dynamic arrays, empowering you to effortlessly build automated reports.

    For fast access, use these timestamps:

    1. The tutorial example report, and companion file 1:50
    2. Dynamic array calculation and spill ranges 3:12
    3. Referring to a spill range 4:05
    4. Building a structure to avoid spill errors 6:59
    5. Dynamic array formula tips 8:22
    6. Benefits of range formulas in limiting formulas 8:47
    7. Changing table structure to suit ranges and reporting 9:35
    8. Overview of the benefits of dynamic arrays 10:31

    Tune in now to learn more about this exciting addition to Excel’s subscription version.

    Host: Neale Blackwood CPA has more than 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Excel educator. He is the author of more than 200 INTHEBLACK articles as well as a book, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants.

    CPA Australia publishes four podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance, and accounting:

    • INTHEBLACK
    • INTHEBLACK Out Loud
    • With Interest
    • Excel Tips

    Search for them in your podcast platform.

    You can email the podcast team at podcasts@cpaaustralia.com.au

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    12 mins

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