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What does the error message "#VALUE!" mean and what can I do about it?

Error messages are unavoidable when dealing with Excel, and you may be surprised when they suddenly appear. Here are the meanings and countermeasures for these errors. As an example of preconditions, let's make a table like this...

2024.05.30

Excel Functions

Excel: Color Cells When Input Doesn’t Match Dropdown List

In this article, you'll learn how to use conditional formatting in Excel to automatically change cell colors when a value entered doesn't match the dropdown list. If you've been struggling with errors during data aggregation using the VLOOKUP function, you're not alone. Fortunately, combining the MATCH and ISNA functions offers a simple and effective solution.

2025.06.11

Excel Functions

VLOOKUP function gives #N/A or #REF!

The VLOOKUP function is a very useful function for handling data, but many of you may have experienced that once you get stuck in the error swamp of #N/A or #REF! In this article, we will discuss how to use the VLOOKUP function to get rid of the #N/A and #REF!

2024.07.05

Excel Functions

Get the full path (save location and file name) of the opened Excel file "FullName" Excel (Excel) Macro (VBA)

There are many situations where it is useful to be able to retrieve the location of the Excel file you are currently operating on when you are trying to retrieve values from another Excel file or save a file as a name using a macro. In this article, we will show you how to use the "FullName" command, which is useful in such cases. The currently open...

2024.05.30

Excel Macro (VBA)

Macro suddenly stopped working Excel(Excel) Macro(VBA)

I have been experiencing a phenomenon around me where macros suddenly stop working after having been used normally until yesterday. The phenomenon is that I had set up a macro that is activated by double-clicking on a specific cell, but it no longer responds when double-clicked. I went to "Develop..." to check the contents of the macro.

2024.02.26

Excel Macro (VBA)

How to extract characters before a specific character "LEFT and FIND functions in Excel"

As shown in the figure below, if there is extra data after the string and you want to extract only the string to the left of the extra data, you cannot simply use the LEFT function alone because the number of characters is not constant. Function to extract the left side of the "¥" mark in cell "A2" = LEFT(A2,FIND(...))

2025.02.19

Excel Functions

Absolute and relative references in Excel (Excel)

Absolute and relative references are explained below. Relative reference: If you want to display the same contents in cell "C3" as in the neighboring cell "B3", enter the following in cell "C3": =B3. If you want to display the same content in cell "C3" as in the neighboring cell "B3", enter the following in cell "C3": =B3

2023.12.27

Excel Functions

Automatically create invoices from sales invoices3 Excel (Excel)

Continuing from the previous article, "Creating Invoices Automatically from Sales Statements 2: Excel," we will now move on to creating invoices. If you haven't read it yet, please also read "Creating Invoices Automatically from Sales Statements 1: Excel". Putting details on an invoice (using a macro)...

2024.05.16

Excel Macro (VBA)Let's make an invoice from a sales invoice.

Specific ways to present Excel skills that are useful in job interviews.

You use Excel in your daily work. But are those skills that allow you to say, "I'm good at Excel," really applicable in the job market? Many of us learn the basics of Excel in new employee training and use it in our daily work. Sure, we enter formulas, create graphs...

2024.09.29

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Excel (Excel) to automatically create a backup file every time you save

Here is how to automatically create a backup file every time you save Excel. Display the General Options screen First, display the "Save As" screen. On the Excel screen, click the "File" tab, then click "Save As," then click "So...

2024.01.10

Excel Functions