Google Sheets allows you to customize your spreadsheets in so many ways. From logical formulas to applying specific formatting rules to selected cells, to change fonts, and so on. You can use different fonts to highlight specific data sets and make them stand out. Or you can use them to t...
Dashboard Sheet tab structure (click to enlarge) I separate the raw data tabs, the staging tabs and the dashboard tab by inserting blank sheets between them, and then labeling these separator tabs consistently with a red color and this style: Raw data >> I use this same format for every ...
Keep pivot tables on separate sheets in your spreadsheet. (Click image to enlarge it.) Read this next:Google Sheets power tips: How to use dropdown lists byHoward Wen Contributing Writer Howard Wen (www.howardwen.com) is a longtime contributor toComputerworld. He specializes in explainer guide...
However, one of the challenges I’ve faced with Google Docs in the past is this: Unlike other document software, Google Docs doesn’t allow you to directly copy images from a file and use them in your computer’s clipboard. It allows you only to crop, adjust or replace the images by ...
The final task is to drag that first row of formulas down to the bottom of the dataset, so that every row is filled in with the formulas (click to enlarge): Ok, now we're ready to draw some pretty pictures! Drawing The Mandelbrot Set In Google Sheets Highlight columns M, N and O...
To extend an existing print area, select the cells you want to add, and in the Ribbon, go to Page Layout > Print Area > Add to Print Area.If you are adding adjacent cells, you will just enlarge the existing print area; but if you are adding non-adjacent cells, you will create a ...
Alternatively, you can highlight the cells with a light color or add dashes to make them more interactive. We created the following form entirely using Google Docs elements. It’s worth mentioning that forms created from scratch in Google Docs can be printed and distributed. In the absence of...
For one thing, Google research scientist Julian Kelly said, theBristlecone quantum computing chip has 72 qubits, the weird memory cells that endow quantum computers with their ability to store an immensely wide range of combinations of ones and zeros. For another, it should be able to outdo Goo...
Google Sheets will recognize the COUNTIF formula as you start to type it.Click image to enlarge. When a cell contains text, the criterion is quoted. For our example, I first wanted to get a count of all of the sales to California — designated as “CA” in the cells of the state co...
The output of this formula is this bullet chart in Google Sheets: Use Array Literals Next, we use anarray literalformula to generate the data rather than typing it into 3 separate cells. Clear the contents of cells A1, B1, and C1. ...