Jump Directly to a Cell with Formula

• June 15, 2016
• Marcus Small

I was involved in a post to trace the precedents and dependents of a cell.  My answer while accurate was a bit long winded as it turns out (happens more often than I like to admit).  Here is a link to the thread on the Chandoo forum. Chandoo Jump to Cell Thread 

The question was along the lines of how do I jump directly to a cell with formula? I was all about the “click on Formula - Trace Precedents - then click OK and it jumps to the sheet and cell which the formula references.” 

A Dynamic Pareto Chart in Excel

• April 4, 2016
• Marcus Small

A Pareto chart in Excel is a chart which is made up of a column chart and a line chart to show a cumulative position.  This is often a good chart to show an 80 20 scenario, where 80 % of the costs are achieved by 20% of the cost drivers.  The chart can be created by segmenting the the data into cost drivers or buckets.  If your business expenses were allocated into the following buckets:

• Staff

• Building

• Legal

• Accounting

• Rates

• Entertainment

• Marketing