Category Archives: Excel

Drawing in Excel 5 – Shape List

Posted on 26/07/2008 by dougaj4

Previous Post For some reason best known to Microsoft, the Excel documentation does not include a graphic list of shapes with an example of each shape, and the text list they do provide is incomplete.  The file shapelist.zip rectifies that … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Cradle

Posted on 20/07/2008 by dougaj4

Previous animation post I have added a Newton’s Cradle animation to the animation file posted previously: Animation.zip The animation finds the correct period for the input string length and starting angle, and displays the movement of the balls in real … Continue reading →

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Drawing in Excel-4

Posted on 15/07/2008 by dougaj4

This post will look in a bit more detail at the methods presented in the previous post.  It would be a good idea to open the previous post on another tab, or download the example file and open the code … Continue reading →

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Evaluate Function – update

Posted on 05/07/2008 by dougaj4

Previous post The evaluate function described in the previous post has been used in writing a UDF that will evaluate the integral of any suitable function over a specified range. The revised worksheet can be downloaded from: Eval.zip

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Drawing in Excel-3

Posted on 04/07/2008 by dougaj4

Previous post OK, here are some of the promised basics of using VBA to create drawings in Excel. This and following posts will cover: The shape objects and how to create them How to select, group, and delete shapes How … Continue reading →

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