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Limit Excel CPU Usage

Is there a way to limit how much CPU usage excel has access to when running? I have a VBA script that calculates a bunch of giant array formulas. The entire calculation takes maybe 20 minutes using ...
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Custom Formula Not Updating

I followed this guide to create the following custom function which counts the number of cells of a certain colour in my spreadsheet: Function ColorFunction(rColor As Range, rRange As Range, Optional ...
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Custom user function without using VBA

Is it possible to create a custom user function in Excel without using VBA? My problem is I have a long string of standard excel functions strung together to make one very long function. This function ...
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Searching for a value in Excel, returning yes or no

I have one workbook, with two separate worksheets. I want to know if the values that appear in worksheet B also appear in worksheet A, if so, I want to return a "YES". If not, I want to return a "NO". ...
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How to combine values from multiple rows into a single row in Excel?

I have a data dump in Excel that consists of annual customer data for two different values. The data was provided with a separate row for value for every year and customer. I.e. it looks like this: ...
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How can I turn a Calculated Column back into a data column in an Excel Table?

I have a large Excel Table (44 columns, 1000+ rows), but one of the columns has been accidentally turned into a Calculated Column (See Here). The result being that now when the users try to add new ...
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How do I download a stock price in Excel 2013? Is there an equivalent to Google Doc's GoogleFinance spreadsheet function?

In a Google Docs spreadsheet, I can use this cell formula: =GoogleFinance("GOOG", "price") to download the latest price of a stock. Is there an equivalent function in Excel 2013? Earlier versions ...
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How to return everything between two characters in Excel?

I'm a programmer with lots of languages, but somehow I've never learned Excel macro or formula language. I'm sure there must be a simple way to do this, but I'm stumped. I have a column of file names ...
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Count unique value ignoring Text in range

123 562 My Data 548 K166 You 1548 123 562 100 My Data 100 I want to count unique values by ignoring text in the above shown list. For this I've tried an array formula, {=SUM(1/Countif(,,,,))} but it'...
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How to find and replace the character “*” in excel text values in cell, but NOT formulas

Very similar to this question: How to find and replace the character "*" in Excel But I need to leave formulas untouched. I've got about 50+ sheets that have two types of cells with "*" ...
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Is there a way to tell which cells reference a selected cell in Excel?

In Excel, you can tell a cell to reference another cell in order to calculate its value. I'd like to be to do the opposite, to get any cells that reference the currently-selected cell. Is this at all ...
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Excel format from mm/dd/yyyy to mm-dd-yyyy

I am trying to convert a date from a format with slashes to one with dashes. however when i try: =SUBSTITUTE(B3,"/","-") It converts my the would-be date into a date integer. I have tried formatting ...
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Extract number from complex string if it falls in a given range

I need an Excel formula (or VBA macro) that will allow me to extract a value from a string. The string is a sequence of words, separated by spaces, in a single cell. I want the word (representing a ...
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Add/Subtract button Excel VBA

Here is an example of my project in this picture I like collecting, so I am making an inventory sheet in Excel. I want to make a way that I can click a button and it affects the next, or previous ...
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Prevent Excel 2010 user from pasting formatting into cell

Is there a way to lock a cell so that a user can copy/paste a value into it, but not copy formatting to it? Locking the worksheet doesn't prevent the user from changing the formatting of the cell by ...
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