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Excel to allow entry of items not in the pull-down (drop-down) list

When using the pull-down entry function in Excel with the default settings, if you try to enter an item that is not in the list prepared for entry, an error message like the one shown below will appear and you will not be able to enter the item. In such a case, you can either allow any item to be entered, or display a message...

2025.06.11

Excel Functions

How to use the sheet protection function.

After you have created a great system or tool in Excel, do you ever have this fear when you want others to use it? What if someone accidentally breaks a formula... What if an important function is deleted? I only want to edit the cells I need, but...

2024.10.08

Excel Functions

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

How to Change Digital Certificate Display Names in Microsoft Edge for Easy Identification

How to Change Digital Certificate Names in Edge | Stop Certificate Confusion. Set friendly names for easy identification. Step-by-step guide to distinguish multiple certificates in Microsoft Edge browser.

2025.07.03

Edge

Color every other line alternately to make stripes

When creating a table, it is possible to make the table very easy to read if each row is colored alternately and striped. In this issue, we will show you three ways to do this. How to use the table functionHow to set up a tableSelect a cell anywhere in the table you want to make a table and click "Insert...

2024.05.16

Excel Macro (VBA)Excel Functions

Forgot Password? How to Remove Read-Only (Write Protection) in Excel

If you forgot your Excel password, don’t worry! This article explains how to remove write protection easily by simply changing the file extension. Learn how to unlock read-only mode fast.

2025.07.12

Excel Functions

How to display time in 15-minute increments (CEILING and FLOOR functions) Excel

In the last issue, we introduced how to use the TIME function to display the time in 15-minute increments, 30-minute increments, etc. (TIME function) Excel pointed out that it would be easier to use the CEILING and FLOOR functions...

2024.06.18

Excel Functions

Allows you to see the address where the book is saved Excel (Excel)

You can display the path in the toolbar so that you can always see the address where you saved your Excel book. We will show you how to do this in this article. Click on the "File" tab, click on "Options", click on "Quick Access Toolbar" > "All...", and then click on "Quick Access Toolbar" > "Quick Access Toolbar" > "All...".

2024.05.16

Excel Functions

Get the path (save location) of the opened Excel file "Path" Excel Macro (VBA)

In many cases, it is useful to be able to get the location of the Excel file you are currently working on when you want 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 "Path" command, which is useful in such cases. The currently open Excel file...

2024.05.30

Excel Macro (VBA)

VBA "Overflow occurred." Error cause and remedy (runtime error '6′:)

Cause of ErrorThis error occurs when the data type is not in a format that can be handled, or when the data type exceeds the range of numbers that can be handled. First, let's reproduce the error. As shown in the figure above, we have set up the code to copy the numeric value in cell "B3" to cell "B4".

2024.10.10

Excel Macro (VBA)