Convert Multiple Line Records into Different Rows

Sometimes you get a list that's in a two column name value or attribute value format and need to split these multiline records into separate rows. If this were a small table you could do a copy/paste or create some formulas to pull out the name value pairs. If this were a recurring process you might even write some VBA. Well I'm no VBA guru but this can be done with Power Query and then be used again. If you get these type of tables often and have to perform these steps on a regular basis just overwrite or append the new data and refresh the query like it's magic! 🧙‍♂️

Combine Tables with Header Values in Different Rows

Excel can be used to to combine or append tables in multiple different worksheet tabs in the same workbook file. But there may also be a value that you'd want to preserve in those worksheets to use for a new column value in the combined output. The tables are all structured the same and have the same column headings but the worksheet tabs have the generic name (i.e, Sheet1 or Sheet2). The common field in each worksheet can be used as a value that categorizes the tables. One worksheet will be California data and another worksheet would be New York data. However there's a catch...the header for those state are in different rows for each sheet. If these were small data sets, then copy/paste and some column movements would suffice. However if these are large tables, you do this on a recurring basis or you had 10 or 20 worksheets in the file, it would be a chore. This is a great opportunity to use Power Query and this video will show how. This is a tip I learned from Gil Raviv's book. Get the book at https://amzn.to/2Zj9ADY

Use PowerPoint Zoom Feature to Make Landing Page Summary Slide

The Zoom feature can help you make a summary slide that acts like a landing page for your presentation. It's available only on Microsoft 365 subscription or PowerPoint 2019. It's helpful if you have a large presentation and wanted to have your audience come back to a summary or landing page slide the center on the overall topics, section or categories of the presentation. It's a neat feature that keeps an audience engages in the main messages of the presentations.