Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Finance Page

What I want to talk about in brief detail is the pie chart I newly added. I've tried using Max and Min functions, but they just give a number, rather than the specific group which was of little use. I find the use of a visual representation more effective in this case.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Fin

Finally, after a journey of much prowess, perseverance, and hard work, I have finally reached the end. I've finished my project, and I'll be doing a final evaluation to talk about improvements along the way.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Something I've Worked on today. A records sheet to help keep a record of everyday sales, fully annotated and brought to you by Giraffe Inc.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Update on my progress

Yeah, Pic says it all. Basic Mechanic is working, and fufils most of the basic criteria but I'll be aiming to improve it

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Method 2 Analysis

Long story short if you either couldn't read my labels or just want a quick conclusion: Method 2 I overrated and Method 1 I discovered more potential in.

Edit: The bottom line is that the simple and easy method has equal and if not more potential than this complicated method and I see no reason to make it unnecessarily complicated.

Comparision

After much consideration I decided to stick with method one. There were several reasons for doing this, including:
  • Method 2 didn't have as much potential as I initially thought (explained in another blog post)
  • I think the idea of Method 1 looks more professional and compact, which I personally like.
  • If needed I can always make a 'method 2' presentation from it, giving it all of method 2's Pros
  • I'm confident that I can overcome the unregulated weakness of method 1.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Method 2 Continued

Right now, I will be developing the 2nd idea as I see a lot more potential in it, will be explained later.Ciao!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Method 2

*Note* I only did a tiny part of it to save time, when completed it can use countif, and itll also have an unbook button.
Pros: Visual could be more preferable, visual, can still get a number, atm better than method one in every way. MOST IMPORTANT: Easily regulated, as you cant go over 20 or go negative.
Cons: Takes up a lot of space.
Pros: Simple system, can use visual presentations later, simple and works.
Cons: Numbers can be grinding, no way to regulate it, easy to 'mess up'.

Up to two now..


Well, I finally solved the problem of adding one. It was through the special paste function, which when recorded with a macro solved my problem. However it worked for only one cell, as seen in the picture to the left:. A solution I had in mind was to use a separate sheet so i can copy and paste to the same cell without moving my cursor.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

To Add One...

Today, I engaged in one of the hardest quests in the history of mankind and excel: to create a marco that adds one without creating a replica of Pandora's Box or create a virus looping endlessly destroying the whole world.

Consulting a guide to add
(http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/tipsandfaqs/qt/new_add_excel.htm) proved to be of pitiful use, resulting in :

Which further on down the road Mr Dickson told us that it was called a circular reference.

Well, using the special paste function I solved the problem of adding one. My next problem is to create an universal formula that applies to all cells in my table, not just one since I do not want to be creating the exact same formula for the 18 cells.