Conditional formatting cannot be displayed when pasting using the camera method.
When I paste the table into a different area (using the camera method), the formatting for some cells is not properly displayed. These cells have “Conditional Formatting” applied, and their colors change based on their content. When I make changes to the original table, I can see that there is no issue and the colors update correctly. This problem also occurred when I used the table as a “linked image.” Visual Explanation; (The original table is on the left; on the right is the same table pasted using the camera method. Both are in the same file and tab.) When I copy and paste the hidden rows separately (using the camera method again), the conditional formatting appears. In other words, there is no specific issue with the rows where the “formatting styles” cannot be displayed properly: Unfortunately, I didn’t get any results when I tried the “shake” method. When I tried it on a new worksheet, the result remained the same. I also tried the “Repair Office” option, but the problem persists. Could there be a row height limit when copying this type of table using the “camera tool” (when capturing screenshots of conditional formatting) When the total row height in the tables exceeds a certain value, the “conditional formatting” properties of the table I move to another location using the “camera tool” do not display. When I copy 26 rows to another location with each row set to 32.75 units in height, all properties are displayed; however, when I change it to 33 units in height, the formatting starts to break. And this total value (26 × 32.75 = 851) isn’t consistent either. When I try to set individual height values for the cells to reach a total height of 851, the issue isn’t resolved. Sometimes I get proper display when the total height is 777, and sometimes when it’s 661. What do you think is the root cause of this problem I’m facing? How can I solve it? Office Version Information: Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/tr-tr/answers/questions/5861040/excelde-tabloyu-ba-l-resim-olarak-yap-t-ramama-sor
Alternative to Pivot Table in Dashboard for better UI Experience
Hi, currently I am using Excel to build a dashboard for asset management, in particular it is used to track how many items remain after someone borrow it for a particular date range. The data comes from MS Form and has been populated into Excel. I have cleaned up and transform the original data using Power Query and the final form of my data to build the dashboard look something like this. I wish the dashboard to be able to show the following part bracket in red, which represent the details of items being borrowed. Currently I am using pivot table as my solution, as you can observe above. Is there any idea or solution to enhance the overall look of the dashboard? Basically, what I want is instead of directly on the Excel grid, can this be turned into draggable table pane?Importing CSV file properly
Hey, I'm having issues importing a CSV file properly. There are three columns of data, two columns as dates and one as a measurement. I have done all the steps to import the CSV data. I've saved the data as a CSV file, then gone to Data > From Text/CSV > Chosen the CSV file > Put the delimiter as "comma" as the data is separated by commas, and it all still appears in one column. So then, I tried a different way. I tried Highlighting the data > Text to columns > Put the delimiter as "comma." Now, this worked to put the data in to columns, but then I needed to change the date format. The data originally displays the dates as YYYYMMDD, with no forward slashes or points between the dates. I tried to change the date via the "Number" function in the "Home" tab, but it won't change the dates and they all appear as hashtags. I tried to get help from a Uni adviser, but they were unable to give me a solution. I'm really stuck now as I have looked on forums, microsoft pages, YT videos, everything. I have the most recent version of Excel, have checked my settings, everything. I would really appreciate any help.
Excel App Builder: Should Excel Support Turning Workbooks into Standalone Low-Code Applications?
Excel has been much more than a spreadsheet application for a long time. In many organizations, Excel is already used as an informal low-code development platform. Advanced workbooks often contain not only data and formulas, but complete domain-specific logic: calculation models, planning tools, dashboards, input forms, reports, simulations, administrative workflows, and sometimes even small internal business applications. This is one of Excel’s greatest strengths. It allows domain experts, power users, analysts, engineers, teachers, consultants, and small businesses to build working tools without becoming full-time software developers. However, there is a structural limitation: the final product usually remains an Excel workbook. That creates several problems: the user needs a compatible Excel installation, macro security and Trust Center settings can block functionality, formulas and business logic are difficult to protect properly, distribution and updates are not as clean as with real applications, workbook-based tools often look less professional than standalone software, user interface, data, and logic are often mixed together in the same file. I believe Microsoft could turn this existing reality into a major strategic opportunity. Core proposal: Excel App Builder / Excel Runtime My suggestion is an official Excel App Builder or Excel Runtime. The idea would be to allow selected Excel workbooks to be packaged as protected standalone applications. Excel would continue to serve as the calculation, data, and automation engine in the background. The end user would not necessarily see the workbook itself. Instead, they would interact with a clean application interface: input forms, buttons, dashboards, charts, reports, controlled tables, and export options. Possible output formats could include: Windows apps, web apps, Teams apps, SharePoint apps, mobile-friendly internal tools, protected specialist applications. This would not replace Power Apps. In my view, it could complement Power Apps very well. Excel could remain the place where fast domain logic, calculations, prototypes, and models are created. Power Apps, Dataverse, Azure, and the wider Microsoft ecosystem could then support larger, scalable, enterprise-level workflows. In other words: Excel could become the natural entry point into Microsoft’s low-code ecosystem. Why this could matter strategically Excel already has an enormous “hidden developer base”: people who are not traditional programmers, but who build useful tools with formulas, tables, Power Query, Power Pivot, VBA, Office Scripts, and now AI assistance. This is a unique market position. Many of these users would not start with C#, JavaScript, Python, or a full application framework. But they already start with Excel. They already build the logic there. The missing step is a professional way to package, protect, distribute, and update those solutions. An official App Builder could: strengthen Excel’s long-term relevance, differentiate Excel from simpler spreadsheet competitors, create a stronger bridge between Excel and Power Platform, give power users a professional deployment path, create new commercial licensing opportunities, reduce the need for fragile VBA/UI workarounds, make Excel-based tools more secure and maintainable. Example use cases A small engineering office creates a technical calculation workbook and exports it as a protected customer tool. A school or university builds a grading, diagnostic, or planning tool with Excel logic but provides staff with a clean app interface. A small business turns an Excel-based quotation calculator into an internal sales app. A finance department packages a planning model as a controlled scenario tool for managers. A consultant builds specialized calculation tools and distributes them professionally without exposing the workbook structure. These are not exotic scenarios. Many people already build this kind of logic in Excel today. The difference would be that Microsoft could provide an official, safe, and professional deployment path. Supporting features that would make this stronger 1. Modern UI layer for Excel-based apps Excel-based applications would need a modern interface layer: forms, dialogs, navigation pages, buttons, card layouts, dashboards, responsive views, mobile-friendly layouts, role-based views, binding to cells, tables, named ranges, and data models. This would create a clearer separation between data, logic, and user interface. 2. Protected workbook logic A professional app export would require strong protection options: hidden formulas, protected named ranges, protected scripts or macro logic, defined input areas, digital signing, controlled editing, update mechanisms, possible licensing controls for commercial distribution. 3. Formula cells with controlled manual override One frequent Excel problem is that users overwrite formulas. A useful new cell mode could be: default formula + optional manual override The cell would keep the original formula internally but allow a controlled manual exception value. Excel could show whether the formula is active or manually overridden. This would remove many helper-column and VBA workarounds in planning, pricing, grading, budgeting, and technical models. 4. Native database layer inside Excel Excel is widely used as a database, even when that becomes fragile. A native database layer could support: primary keys, relationships between tables, required fields, validation rules, change history, duplicate detection, form views, simple queries, optional cloud synchronization. This should feel like a natural extension of Excel tables, not like a separate database product. 5. Multidimensional workbook models Many workbooks use separate sheets for months, locations, versions, departments, or scenarios. This often creates duplication and maintenance problems. Excel could support native dimensions for tables and models, for example: time period, location, scenario, version, department. Formulas, charts, dashboards, and PivotTables could become dimension-aware. This would be especially useful for financial planning, controlling, simulations, scientific models, and project planning. Why now? AI is changing how people build with Excel. Copilot and other AI tools make it easier for non-programmers to generate formulas, scripts, models, and structured workflows. That means more users will be able to build complex Excel-based solutions. But if AI helps users create more advanced workbooks, the next logical question is: How can these workbooks be safely packaged, shared, protected, and used as real tools? An Excel App Builder could be the answer. Possible first step This does not need to start as a massive platform. A realistic first version could be experimental: selected workbook ranges, simple input forms, protected formulas, dashboard view, Windows or web runtime, export as an internal app, optional Teams or SharePoint integration. It could even begin as an Excel Labs / Microsoft Garage style experiment to test demand and gather feedback from power users, developers, and organizations. Core question for the community Excel is already used as a hidden development platform. Should Microsoft make this official? Would an Excel App Builder / Excel Runtime be useful for your organization, clients, or internal tools? Which feature would matter most in a first version? protected workbook runtime, modern UI layer, formula override cells, native database layer, multidimensional models, Power Platform integration, commercial app distribution? I would be very interested to hear how other Excel users, developers, MVPs, and Microsoft product people see this idea. In short: Excel already allows millions of people to build domain-specific logic. Microsoft could turn that strength into an official, secure, and economically attractive low-code application platform.
PivotTable Date Slicer Not Visible in Excel for the Web (Works in Desktop)
Hi everyone, I'm experiencing an issue with Excel for the web and was hoping to get some help. I have an Excel workbook that is linked to a 'Microsoft Forms' form. The form responses automatically populate the main sheet, and from that data I've created several PivotTables. In one of the PivotTables, I added a date slicer to filter the data. Everything was working fine at first, but recently the slicer is no longer visible in Excel for the web. However, when I open the same workbook in Excel Desktop, the slicer is visible and it works as expected. What I have tried so far: Recreating the PivotTable and adding a new slicer Creating a completely new PivotTable and slicer Checked if the slicer is hidden by adjusting the zoom Unfortunately, the issue persists in Excel for the web. Has anyone experienced this before and found a workaround? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Calculating and adding time
I am trying to figure out how to automatically calculate time differences for a delayed racing start time. I have: a rating which provides a handicap correction factor: PHRF Tod A Sec/ Mile correction number A Total correction in Seconds (based on a distance) This I figured out. I have a set start time for the first entry at 11:00:00 I need to figure out the Start time for the delayed boats as shown in the diagram, but I don't know what formulas will do this. This diagram is taken from a pdf document.Excel: Subtract multiple parts from inventory with a single input
Ho un sistema di inventario in Excel con tre tabelle: Elenco principale di tutti i ricambi (Codice ricambio, Voce, Usato, Magazzino) Registrazione delle parti in entrata Registri UTILIZZATI delle parti consumate Il sistema funziona bene quando consumo singoli componenti , dato che mi basta inserire il codice del componente nella tabella UTILIZZATI e aggiornare le scorte. Il problema si presenta quando utilizzo dei componenti nell'ambito di un processo. Per esempio: Un Gruppo1 utilizza più parti Un assemblaggio completo utilizza tutte le parti Al momento, se completo un gruppo o un intero assemblaggio, devo inserire manualmente ogni singolo componente nella tabella USED. Vorrei poter inserire un singolo riferimento nella tabella USED (ad esempio: Gruppo1 o Completo) e far sì che Excel lo calcoli automaticamente: dedurre tutte le parti correlate dalla tabella PARTI basato su una mappatura predefinita La mia idea è quella di creare una tabella di mappatura (simile a una distinta base/definizione di gruppo), in cui ogni gruppo sia collegato a più codici articolo con una quantità definita per articolo. Quindi, quando inserisco un gruppo nella tabella USED, Excel dovrebbe sottrarre di conseguenza tutte le parti associate. La domanda è: come posso farlo?
Pivot Table
Hello, I am currently working on several dashboards that include multiple Pivot Tables Is there a way to filter data using the Filters field in Pivot Table design with conditions such as "greater than", "less than", etc..? At the moment, I have to manually select each value I want to keep, which is quite frustrating when the selection is huge It would be very helpful to have condition filtering available in this area Could you consider adding this feature in a future update ? Thanks in advance,MO 365 Excel - Difficulty Changing a Date format
I am using MO 365 - apps for Business, currently received an Excel Spreadsheet and am attempting to change date format in Excel and have tried all the usual methods however the dates remain unchanged. I need to change the date from month /day/year as 1/31/2025 to Year/Month/Day 2025/1/31 Any Suggestions? Thanks CJ
