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Build Stunning Dashboards with ‘Place in Cell’ 😮
3 things we’re covering today:
- Lookup Images - now made easy 💪
- A special surprise… 🏆
- The first certificate for my new course! 🥇
🎬 How to Use Excel's NEW Lookup of Images
I have something exciting for you in this week’s video!
Microsoft is rolling out a new Excel feature called ‘Place in Cell’ that lets you insert pictures inside cells.
This lets you create more advanced and professional looking Excel dashboards without the need for complex solutions.
Inserting images in cells makes it easy to use functions like XLOOKUP or FILTER to return an image.
Place in Cell is currently in beta only, and only released to a percentage of people in the beta channel. I was lucky to have it on one of my PCs at home in the cellar!
Hence the poorer audio quality in my video.
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I really love Shortform’s super-detailed book guides.
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It’s game-changing browser extension that generates detailed summaries of blogs, articles, emails (and even YouTube videos) in a single click.
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🤓 Geeky News
📈Power BI - Cool update to card visuals
Microsoft have created a new version of the card visual for Power BI! You can now display multiple cards in a single container, and have full control over every component of each card. This should make it easier to access and interact with your data.
👥 Teams - Collaborative Meeting Notes
Microsoft Teams Public Preview users can now use collaborative meeting notes. These let meeting attendees work together to create agendas, take notes, and generate action items.
Any notes you take will be synchronized across all you devices. And if you get assigned a task via Collaborative notes, they’ll auto-sync with To Do and Planner.
👩🏫 PowerPoint - New Auto-Scrolling Teleprompter (Currently in beta)
Power Point has a new auto-scrolling teleprompter feature that lets you make better eye contact and know exactly where you are as you’re giving a speech or presentation.
Just press ‘record’, and Power Point will detect when and how fast you’re talking, moving the on-screen text automatically.
📋Microsoft Forms - Share Live Surveys
You can now conduct Microsoft Forms surveys live. With a QR scan or short URL, your audience can participate in a live survey, and view real-time responses as feedback comes in.
Find out more on how to present a live survey here.
💚 A Huge Thank You
I was voted the ‘Most Influential Professional in the Excel Industry’ in this year’s Global Excel Awards!
It was just announced on LinkedIn a few days ago.
A huge thank you to everyone who voted for me, including many XelPlus Weekly readers - it’s an incredible honor. We have an amazing online Excel community, and over the years I’ve learnt so much from many experts, who I deeply admire.
Click here to see the winners of other categories.
🚀 Power Stories
Super exciting to see one of the first certificates for the course we just released: Automate with Power Query - Recipes to Solve Business Data Challenges.
Congratulations to Tie Teck Chee for completing the course! I love that the techniques help Tie to streamline the team's current workflow, and reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.
Got a success story about using your XelPlus skills? I’d love to hear it! Hit reply to share the details, and inspire other students 😇
See you next week,
Leila
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Leila Gharani - XelPlus
XelPlus is a leading online education company, providing training courses for Excel, Power BI, Finance, and Google Sheets. XelPlus’ bestselling courses are popular among financial analysts, CFO’s, and business owners. Technology is changing fast. We help our members turn confusion into confidence with every skill learnt.
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